Tag: camping
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Refuge Outdoor Festival returns to Tolt-MacDonald Park
Now in its sixth year, the annual Refuge Outdoor Festival returns to King County’s Tolt-MacDonald Park from Friday, August 18 to Sunday, August 20. Geared towards people of color, this 3-day camping festival is open to everyone, including allies. Participants can come out for a day trip, camp out for a night, or stay for…
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Timber! Music Fest 2018 in pictures
Artist Home put together another great, sold out, Timber! Music Fest. Now on its sixth year! Total attendance: 3000 Of the 3000 attendees 597 were children ages 12 or under admitted for free Programming featured performances from 30 regional and national artists A big shout out to Artist Home for being such an amazing partner…
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Primitive Camping With A Waterfront View on Maury Island
King County Parks has partnered with Vashon Adventures to bring camping to Vashon-Maury Island. “Hike, bike or paddle in to your picturesque campsite at King County’s Maury Island Marine Park. Spend a night or more under the stars, listening to the waves lap on the beach and waking to Mount Rainier rising above the water.…
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Volunteer Campground Host opening at Tolt-MacDonald Park
Got an RV? Enjoy the outdoors? We have an opening at the beautiful Tolt-MacDonald Park in Carnation for a Volunteer Campground Host during the 2017 camping season. Starting March 1 through October 31, the campground host will reside at the park at a campsite that fits a personal RV. (Site includes electrical, water and sewer…
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Timber! Just Days Away
Have your tickets? If so, what are you hitting up first – the river, a hike, mountain biking with REI, kayaking, bubble football, mustache waxing? Don’t really matter, whatever you choose it all coalesces into one crazy-awesome experience. Don’t believe? Check it. Video never lies.
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Timber Outdoor Music Festival adds seven more artists to the stellar lineup!
Just to sweeten the live music pot, the following seven artists have been added to the stellar lineup for the Timber Outdoor Music Festival!Tickets are currently on sale for this hot summer event hosted at King County Park’s Tolt MacDonald Park & Campground, but there’s only a limited number of camping options left, so grab them while you…
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Timber! Outdoor Music Festival gets more festival-y
Some additions to the already killer lineup: Pablo Trucker, Passenger String Quartet, Nu Klezmer Army and more
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Timber! Outdoor Music Fest: Tickets on sale now.
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This is HOT: Timber! Outdoor Music Festival
Get on the ball and line up your friends because tickets go on sale Tuesday, March 19 at 10 a.m. PT, for the hottest musical festival this summer will ever know. With a vision for “a big neighborhood campout,” the organizers from Artist Home Presents are partnering with King County Parks to bring the freshly announced Timber!…
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Sunset Magazine Hearts Parks
King County’s camping container has hit celebrity status as it graces a page within the October issue of Sunset magazine – on stands now! With a nod of recognition from a West Coast magazine that is widely followed for its curating taste of the best of the best places to eat, visit and play; we…
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CAMPing in a box. It’s cargotastic!
YOU’RE INVITED to the unveiling of Parks’ camping cargo container before the 24-foot structure is delivered to its permanent address at Tolt MacDonald Park & Campground. The container will be parked at street level for public viewing in front of King Street Center on Second Ave South and open for tours of the eco-friendly interior design.…
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Camping container or “Box of Awesome?”
Camping container or “Box of Awesome”?, a photo by kingcountyparks on Flickr. The container is moving along (pics here). We paid a visit yesterday to discus with the project lead what we have left to do before our July unveil. Looking like some windows, a sliding door, interior framing and a paint job are all…
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Little Footprint Big Forest cargo container
Little Footprint Big Forest cargo container, a photo by kingcountyparks on Flickr. It begins. Check out the Flickr feed to see the beginnings of our camping container. It wants to be called “ContainerTron – the Cozy Container”…or was it “AwesomeBox – Lord of the Glamp”? Whatever container. All I know is that when I look…
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Think you’re an expert on ‘glamping’?
Enter to win a spot on our Little Footprint, Big Forest judges’ panel We want to hear from you! One lucky King County Parks fan will have the opportunity to join our all-star judges’ panel and help us select the winning design for the Little Footprint, Big Forest cargo container camping shelter contest. All you…
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Little footprint big forest
Hey kids, we’ve got some homework for ya. King County Parks and the King County Solid Waste Division’s GreenTools Program are partnering on a design competition. What is it you ask? Well let’s just say that we want to turn unused cargo containers into really cool ‘green lodging’. Sound like your kind of thing? Good,…
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Staycations: An awesome side effect of a horrible economy, or how Mary learned to love a yurt
Tolt-MacDonald Park, a bucolic park nestled into the Snoqualmie Valley, is known for many things: fly fishing, softball, baseball, mountain biking, quiet scenic walks, a suspension bridge, eagle scout adventures, RV and tent camping, but one of our more recent attractions is still relatively unknown…the yurts. Instead of giving you a hard sell I’ll simply…
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Spring sun on Saturday out at Tolt-MacDonald
Living in the Northwest, we cherish every second of sun when it decides to grace us with its presence. This Saturday was a perfect example. Had you paid a visit to Tolt-MacDonald, you would have seen a packed parking lot and acres of people. The park was not only host to a volunteer group, girl’s…
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Seattle Times on Tolt-MacDonald Park
King County’s Tolt-MacDonald Park was profiled in this week’s Outdoors section in the Seattle Times. Check out Tolt for a day hike, family event, mountain bike ride, or weekend outing. And don’t forget the yurts! Tolt’s got ’em, so you can get out of town and into nature, but stay comfy, cozy and dry. So…