Category Archives: Parks

Lots of Salmon to View at Carkeek Park Salmon Festival

The annual day after Thanksgiving salmon festival at Carkeek Park was well attended by humans and salmon.  (Click on pictures for larger view.)               Each year in late winter salmon fry are released in Venema Creek, and three to  five years later the adult salmon return to Piper’s Creek and Venema Creek. …

Join a Hike at Carkeek Every Wednesday

The Seattle Parks Department leads a guided hike at Carkeek Park every Wednesday at 10:00 AM.  As noted on the poster below the hike offers options on ease or difficulty of the hike.  The hike starts from the Eddie McAbee entrance to the park, located on 100th Place NW, across from the Holman Road QFC.

Event at Carkeek Park After Thanksgiving

Food for Thought Served After Thanksgiving Feast Free activities, food, and special performance: “Stormwater: Life in the Gutter”  Stop talking turkey and start talking salmon. The day after Thanksgiving will provide food for thought at Carkeek Park, 950 NW Carkeek Park Road, where the annual salmon run will be celebrated on Nov. 25, 11 a.m.-1…

Suspect arrested in Carkeek Park jogger attack

The Seattle PI is reporting: By LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Published 08:54 a.m., Thursday, October 13, 2011 Seattle police have arrested a man suspected of attacking a woman jogging in Carkeek Park. Sexual assault unit detectives arrested the 19-year-old late Wednesday in North Seattle, a police spokesman said in a statement. The teen was booked into King…

Woman Assaulted in Carkeek Park, suspect at large

 From Seattle Police Blog posted by Jeff Kappel On October 10th at approximately 8:26 a.m. officers responded to a 911 call of a woman assaulted in the 800 block of Northwest Carkeek Park Road.  Preliminary investigation indicates that an adult female was jogging in Carkeek Park.  She ran past the suspect who was sitting on a…

Fruit Festival Saturday September 24th

 Saturday September 24    9:30 am – 2:30pm  The fifth annual Festival of Fruit and Piper’s Orchard 120th Anniversary We’re excited about our fifth annual Festival of Fruit at Carkeek Park’s Environmetal Learning Center on Saturday, September 24th. We’re honored to have Susan Dolan as our keynote speaker. She’s a historical landscape architect for the National Park…

Bitter Lake Reservoir Park Enhancements

 Seattle Parks and Recreation invites you to a public meeting to learn about the new community initiated Opportunity Fund project at the north side of Bitter Lake Reservoir.  The project site is located along N 143rd St and the corner of Linden Ave N.  At this meeting Parks design team will present concept plans for…

“Heaven and Earth” Returning to Carkeek Park

The Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), in collaboration with the Carkeek Park Advisory Council and Seattle Parks and Recreation, will once again present an exhibit of outdoor art at Carkeek Park. “Heaven and Earth 3:  Cycles of Return” will be on display throughout Carkeek Park from July 9, 2011 to October 9, 2011. An Opening Reception…

Master Forestry Class Coming to Carkeek Park

Starting July 9th, Carkeek Park will once again host a Master Forester Class to train skilled volunteers as urban forest stewards. This 12-week course spans through the summer, fall and winter months and focuses on species identification, forest restoration and management, and knowledge of forestry tools.  Hands-on work includes removal of invasive plants, site preparation, planting, monitoring, tool maintenance, and developing…

Bitter Lake P-Patch Work Party, Sunday June 5th

This Sunday, June 5th, will be the second Work Party at the new Bitter Lake P-Patch site! Two weeks ago we moved two of the five Alaska Cedars on the site and transplanted them on far west edge of the property.  We will move the remaining 3 on Sunday and welcome anyone who’d like to…