Tag: sammamish river trail
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Why Trails?
Tell us about regional trails: Do you use them? If not, why not? What do you like about them? How could they be better? We want to hear about your experience on our regional trails – take this four-minute survey to help us understand how we can improve regional trails in the future. Regional trails…
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Trail Spotlight: Sammamish River Trail
The Sammamish River Trail runs 10.9 miles along the Sammamish River from Bothell to Marymoor Park in Redmond as part of the “Locks to Lakes Corridor.”
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Trail Spotlight
Come along with me as I explore the amazing resource of the King County Regional Trails System.
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Trail Alert: Sammamish River Trail closure
A trail detour goes into effect Aug. 15 through mid-Sept. Trail users can expect brief trail interruptions on the Sammamish River Trail, near the pedestrian footbridge leading to downtown Bothell. The interruptions will affect trail users in both directions. The contractor will be placing sandbag protection in the Sammamish River. In order to keep the public and…
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Trail Alert: Sammamish River Trail
Survey crews are continuing to map property boundaries and utilities and carry out wetland delineation for King County’s sewer upgrade project in Redmond. During the week of May 23, crews are expected to be working along West Lake Sammamish Parkway, the Sammamish River Trail, and by Marymoor. You can expect to see surveyors in bright…
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Trail Alert: Sammamish River Trail (we promise we are done for the day)
Straight from the fingers of the KC Media [Picture a smoke enveloped room, filled with the sounds of typewriters and lots of horn-rimmed glasses, but with none of that]. Electronic trip counter coming to Sammamish River Trail part of statewide mobility study Transportation planners will soon have new data available to them with the installation of…
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Trail Alert: Sammamish River Trail
Reminder that slope mowing is still happening along the trail, so there will be brief closures. Work is scheduled for completion by this Thurs.
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Trail alert: Sammamish River Trail
Reminder that there will be slope mowing along the Sammamish River Trail this week, with rolling closures
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Field notes: Keeping your trails clean safe and open without the use of gnomes
As much as we’d all like to believe that gnomes are trained and disciplined enough to maintain our parks, the reality is that they are unskilled labor (with no basis in reality). On the other hand, King County Parks employees are tangible human beings, not mythical fantasy creatures, and they take care of a large swath…
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Trail alert: Downed tree on Samm. River Trail near Luke McRedmond
Crews will be out this morning to clean up. Update: Trail cleared
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It’s been sonorous, Pianos in the Parks!
What happens when twenty pianos are put in twenty parks for one month? Go to the KEXP/Seattle Center Concerts at the Mural tonight and find out! The winner of the Pianos in the Parks video contest, Mindie Lind, will be opening tonight’s Mural show at 5:00. King County Parks was a proud partner in this…
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Trail Alert: Construction and New Additions
Summertime means construction and lots of action on our regional trails; here’s the latest scoop! Construction Alerts From August 4 – 25, King County will be repairing scour damage around the southern pier and southern bank of Gold Creek, near the Sammamish River Trail at the bridge south of the NE 124th Street and east…
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Random photo post: Sammamish River Trail
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From the inbox: “I just wanted you to know…”
Have feedback for us? We are listening! Stop by parksfeedback.com and share your King County Parks feedback with us.
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Catch your rolling high-five on Bike to Work Day
You read it here first! We are handing out rolling high-fives to any and all cyclists that cruise by one of our cheering stations on the annually celebrated Cascade Bicycle Club’s F5 Bike to Work Day happening this Friday. We are excited to see every make and model of bikes from recumbent to tandems and…
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The Long Walk in retrospect
A great video that captures an experience from Golden Gardens Park to Snoqualmie Falls http://bit.ly/XZBM9p
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I’m freakin’ out, man!
Don’t let this happen to you! To help ensure the safety along our 175 miles of regional trails in King County, King County Sheriff deputies will patrol the trails, such the Burke-Gilman and Sammamish River Trails, starting this weekend. Deputies will be on bicycles and on foot and will be issuing warnings or fines for…
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You’re Invited! East Lake Sammamish Trail Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Nov 7
Join Deputy County Executive Fred Jarrett and King County Parks to celebrate the grand re-opening of the trail! Monday, November 7, 2011 11 a.m. At the new trail parking lot Northeast 70th Street and East Lake Sammamish Parkway Redmond A month early and under budget, the redeveloped 1.2-mile-long stretch of the East Lake Sammamish Trail…
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Field Notes: Reports from The Long Walk
Our very own Cristina Gonzalez, intrepid deputy finance manager, decided to tag along on The Long Walk, a 45-mile pedestrian adventure from Puget Sound to Snoqualmie Falls along King County’s Regional Trails System. Sponsored by 4Culture and led by artist Susan Robb, this is the trek’s second year. From Thursday, July 28 – Sunday, July…
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April is Earth Month! (and that’s no joke)
It may be April Fool’s Day, but here at King County Parks, Earth Month is no joke. We love Mother Earth and we *heart* King County Parks even more, so we encourage you to join us in grand green spirit to celebrate Earth Month! Need some ideas of what to do? Even those crazy kids…
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Trails Project providing a soundtrack for your walkabout
Pop over to 4Culture’s blog to watch some video, learn about the Trails Project and find out where Paul Rucker is playing.
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Trail alert: Sammamish River Trail back online.
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Trail Alert: Sammamish River Trail
The City of Woodinville is beginning a project to install a new 48inch culvert from Wilmot Park to the Sammamish River and installing a large pre-cast vault in accordance with the Dept. Fish and Wildlife requirements. Beginning June 15/16 the city’s contractors will begin construction of a Sammamish River Trail (SRT) detour around the project…
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Trail Alert: parking lot at 102nd NE in Bothell
Hey, Sammamish River Trail users: Heads up that the parking lot and trail access at 102nd Northeast in Bothell – aka “the chicken lot” – will be closed Thursday, March 25, for grading and resurfacing.
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25 ways to get your spring on
The Seattle Times was kind enough to compile a list of great outdoor adventures for you, and … oh what’s this? It appears as though there are at least 4 trips that are in King County Parks – Your Big Backyard. Head on out and get to springing at Cougar Mountain with its trilliums, Sammamish…
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On the trail: Sammamish River Trail
The Sammamish River Trail (SRT) is one of the most popular trails in King County’s 175-mile Regional Trails System. At nearly 11 miles, it connects the Burke-Gilman trail to Marymoor Park and offers extraordinary views of the river, the rolling Sammamish River Valley, the Cascade Foothils, and even Mount Rainier. As you’re cruising along the…