Tag: vashon island
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Dockton Park’s New Playground is Open!
The new Dockton Park and Marina Playground on Vashon-Maury Island is now open for fun! Kids and adults alike enjoyed the new playground and planted dozens of native plants at the opening event.
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Three Short Spring Walks
As the spring weather finally heats up, King County Parks offers some great options to explore hiking in scenic, shaded landscapes. Whether making a short daytrip to Vashon Island or birdwatching in Marymoor Park, these short walks will get you immersed back in nature in no time. To be specific by what we mean by…
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Dockton Park: Dock Closure
Attention boaters! We’re sad to say that as of March 2019, the marina at Dockton Park on Maury Island is (mostly) closed until further notice. In order to protect public safety, King County Parks closed the floating piers, including the breakwater and finger piers, for all use. A small area of the main dock structure…
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Where does one go to get yelled at by frogs? Why, Frog Holler Forest, of course!
Frog Holler Forest is our newest park, a 60-acre forest on the southern part of Vashon Island. Frog Holler is actually the name of the neighborhood where the park is located, named as such for the chorus of tree frogs in the area. Acquired in December 2016 with the help of the Vashon Maury Island…
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Dockton Forest Mountain Bike Park – Now Open
Great turnout. Great partners. Great community. Thank you Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, and Vashon Mountain Bike Association. To learn more about the partnership(s) that helped make this happen, see our press release. Follow this link if you’d like to see more photos.
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An Icy Morning On Vashon
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Learn more about Dockton Forest mountain bike trail plan at Nov. 17 community meeting
Where: the cafeteria of Vashon High School, 20120 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon. When: Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Come hear what King County Parks representatives and the Vashon Mountain Bike Association have to say about the proposed mountain biking trails throughout Dockton Forest. Community members are invited to share their feedback and ideas…
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New Skatepark on Vashon is Now Open!
The Youth Sports Facilities Grant (YSFG) awarded a $75,000 grant to Vashon Park District and Burton Adventure Recreation Center (BARC) for a Grindline designed bowl. The bowl is now open to the public! Grindline Skateparks creates safe, original and durable parks that the whole community can enjoy. This park has one of the steepest and…
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Day Trip Idea: Maury Island Marine Park
Looking for a mini weekend getaway? Hop on a ferry and spend the day exploring Vashon-Maury Island in the “Heart of the Sound”. With 45 miles of shoreline, Vashon is a gem of the PNW. Visitors should check out the newly renovated Maury Island Marine Park. Thanks to a a $2.1 million effort funded by…
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New Maury Island Shelter – Rainier in HD
With some help from our Community Partnerships and Grants program the Friends of Maury Island Marine Park have put together a shelter to weather any storm. View is okay, I guess.
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A day trip to Vashon in King County Parks
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Dog walking at Island Center Forest and Taylor Mountain
If you have a dog, you’ve probably realized by now that King County is full of fun places where dogs and their human companions can go and romp around in the outdoors. Here at King County Parks, we love dogs (and their people). In fact, our very own Marymoor Park, which features a 40-acre off-leash…
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Come find out the latest on the Maury Island site, March 9th
King County Parks will host an informational meeting on Vashon Island to talk about the recently acquired former Maury Island gravel mine site. Meeting Details Wednesday, March 9 6:30 – 8 p.m. Vashon High School Commons We’ll provide an overview of the property and give an update about what we’ve found out in the two…
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Add some learnin’ to your next Island Center Forest visit.
King County Parks in partnership with the Friends of Island Center Forest, which =’s the Vashon Forest Stewards, Vashon Island Horse Assoc, Vashon Audubon, and the Vashon Land Trust commissioned Vashon resident Sandra Noel to create 6 new interpretive signs along the trails at ICF. They were created to help educate visitors about the site’s…