Snohomish County Parks & Recreation

04/26/2025

Our maintenance team will be grading and adding gravel to the following parking lots (which will be closed during work):

-Monday 4/28: Pilchuck and Machias Trailheads (Centennial Trail)
-Tuesday 4/29: 20th St. and Getchell Trailheads (Centennial Trail)
-Thursday 5/1: Twin Rivers parking lot

Pardon our dust as we work to improve your parks and trails!

04/25/2025

04/25/2025

Thanks to Sky Valley Singletrack and the Monroe Mountain Bike Team for getting started on the Quarry Trail reroute at Lord Hill Regional Park this week. They got the whole reroute roughed in. Grading/drainage work and building a switchback will continue into late May. Thanks to Main Street Mountain Sports in Monroe for supplying the pizza to the hard working volunteers!

04/23/2025

Join us April 26 for FREE electronics recycling at the Evergreen State Fair! More information at https://snohomishcountywa.gov/3871

Stop by the Evergreen State Fair this Saturday, April 26, to recycle your end-of-life electronics and keep them out of the landfill. We are partnering with 3R Technology who’s certifications ensure that all environmental and data security aspects are managed to the highest industry standards. Nothing goes to the landfill, and your private information is securely destroyed for your protection.

♻️ WHAT: FREE electronics recycling event - see full list of accepted items: https://snohomishcountywa.gov/3871

📅 WHEN: April 26, 10am - 2pm or when the truck is full

🎡 WHERE: Evergreen State Fair Park - Red Lot

🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏽 WHO: FREE to all residents for residential loads only

See you there!

04/22/2025

Thank you to Boy Scout Troop 90 for their hard work cleaning up campsites for the season at Flowing Lake Campground! They are looking spiffy and ready for campers! https://snocoparks.info/reservations

04/22/2025

Happy Earth Day! We hope you get to spend today in one of our 118 park properties. And if you are looking for a way to give back to nature and your community, consider signing up to volunteer in one of our parks. More information is available here: https://snohomishcountywa.gov/970/Volunteer

04/18/2025

Behind the scenes on the Forsgren Park playground installation! Construction is underway and will finish in May. The parking lots will be resurfaced in May after the playground has been finished and will be closed for a few days. Dates will be posted when scheduled. The north parking lot in the park will be closed for the duration. Thank you for your patience during construction! https://snocoparks.info/ForsgrenProject

04/17/2025

Park Ranger Assistant Hoag and Park Ranger White were at the Arlington High School career fair today talking with students about what it’s like to be a park ranger and work for Snohomish County.

04/10/2025

Spring cleaning has begun and what better way to celebrate Earth Day than by recycling your old electronics that have piled up? On Saturday, April 26, Snohomish County Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and Public Works are hosting a free electronics recycling event at the Evergreen State Fair's Red Lot. Items will be accepted between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (or when the truck is full). Snohomish County is partnering with 3R Technology who’s certifications ensure that all environmental and data security aspects are managed to the highest industry standards. Nothing goes to the landfill, and your private information is securely destroyed for your protection.
More information and list of items accepted: https://www.snohomishcountywa.gov/3871/Earth-Day
*This event is free to all residents but is only for residential loads.*

04/10/2025

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-little-park-at-martha-lake-an-example-of-success/

For 35 years, a state program has secured vital funding for parks, habitat, forests and farmland.

04/03/2025

As the weather gets nicer, our trails get busier. Thanks to Sky Valley Singletrack for creating this awesome graphic on how mountain bikes should yield to equestrian riders at multi-use parks like Lord Hill Regional Park and Paradise Valley Conservation Area.

✔ Step 1: Stop! Pull over on the low side of the trail in a spot where the horse can easily see you.

✔ Step 2: Communicate! Speak up and listen on how to handle passing. When approaching from behind, call our early and ask how to pass.

✔ Step 3: Ride on! Give it a couple bike lengths and then slowly start back up before getting back into the groove!

Freshen up on the basics of right of way here: https://snocoparks.info/sharethetrail

04/02/2025

Here are a few behind the scenes photos from a recent staff training! Our forester, Stacey, led a Forestry Field Day for our ranger and maintenance teams in Paradise Valley Conservation Area where they learned about forest health and maintenance.

📷 : Ranger Frenzen

04/01/2025

Join us at the Paine Field Park Playground Renovation Project Open House #1 on April 27 from 10 am to 2 pm! Come chat with our park planners at the tent by the playground and let them know what you would like to see for the future playground! More info here: https://snocoparks.info/PFB-PlaygroundReno