Carkeek Park
Address: 950 NW Carkeek Park Rd. > directions
Environmental Learning Center: (206) 684-0877
Celebrating Heaven and Earth at Carkeek Park
Saturday, June 27, 2009, 1 to 5 p.m.
Carkeek Park is 80 years old, and you're invited to the celebration!
Join us from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at the Carkeek
Park Environmental Learning Center, 950 NW Carkeek Park Road,
for a celebration of the park's 80th birthday.
For more information on the Heaven and Earth art exhibit, please
see www.cocaseattle.org/carkeek.html.
For more information about the birthday event, please call 206-684-0877.
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news release
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Carkeek Pedestrian Bridge Closure
Starting Monday, June 8, 2009, 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Daily
Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Seattle Department of Transportation
are working together to upgrade the safety of the Carkeek Park
Pedestrian Bridge over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad
tracks on the west side of Carkeek Park. The bridge will open
to pedestrian traffic after 3 p.m. daily and will be open weekends.
For more information, please contact Gary Gibbons, Parks Project
Manager, at 206-386-1511 or gary.gibbons@seattle.gov.
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Park Hours
Daily 6 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Environmental Learning Center Hours
Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Located in northwest Seattle, this popular park offers extraordinary
views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains.
Years of hard work by neighbors and volunteers have brought salmon
back to Pipers Creek in Carkeek Park.
About the Environmental Learning Center
 The
Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center (ELC) has been built using
sustainable practices to provide additional space for environmental
education and stewardship activities and to create additional community
gathering/meeting space.
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building
Updated
June 25, 2009
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