This is a really cute and well kept park! The zipping is really fun and unique. There is something…read morefor kids of all ages and a great field for picnics or activities. Bathrooms are clean!

Squalicum Creek Park is a nice little park for a picnic, bird watching, or feeding the ducks. It is…read morea very small park with trails to access other areas. The water is stale and murky so I wouldn't recommend getting in it. There is a bench near the water where you can sit and enjoy the view, and a few picnic tables in the grassy area.

Located along the Swinomish Channel in La Conner, Pioneer Park isn't the fancy-pantsiest park I've…read moreever been to, but it's a nice place to sit with a friend on a sunny day and watch the boats go by. Marked by the aptly-named Rainbow Bridge, the waterfront portion of the park includes a playground (closed during our visit, due to covid restrictions), a few picnic tables, and easy-to-stroll paved paths along the channel. Besides photographing the impressive bridge from below, the park's best feature are the many boats, trawlers and sailboats navigating past. I'm not sure I'd make this a destination park, but it was a great place to stop while already enjoying an afternoon in La Conner.

If you are visiting the town of La Conner make sure you don't forget to stop here. It is a must-see…read morein my opinion. Amazing views of the beautiful rainbow bridge and Swinomish channel. Picnic tables and even a fun trail that takes you up and underneath the bridge for a fun unique view. They had a huge picnic shelter and what looked like an amphitheater area with rows of benched seating in the upper park area. So they must rent that out or have events.

Silo Park is located in Concrete, Washington. It's the gateway to the North Cascades National Park…read morewhich is beautiful! I suppose what catches your eye here is the the 1914 era cement silos that say "Welcome To Concrete". A lot of little towns have this type of thing and runs on the gimmicky side of things but what made me want to stop here was these silos were in the film This Boy's Life which had some filming done here which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. But if I wasn't going off of the film I still would have wanted to stop as the silos are quite large and impressive. This town also once had a major cement industry which were supplied to the local dams. It is free to see and is a minor tourist attraction for those that get their attention drawn to the structure or want to see it because they watched the film.

This park is my favorite by far! Every time I come here to see the concrete silos I am just blown…read moreaway and not by the wind. Some updates for this place: the water park was up and running, there are two disc golf carts, and an updated big-foot big ramp area! It was quite lively there for a sunshine filled day, it was awesome to see people there.

What an amazing jewel near Ferndale! You could spend hours here looking at their beautiful and…read morediverse gardens. They do a great job labeling and blending all of your favorite bushes. trees, herbs, etc. The boardwalk trail on the Lake is a great place to learn about nature, bring the family or just sit and read a book. Highly recommended!

Tennant Lake Park is a fun park near the Hovander Homestead Park. Once you park, you'll walk…read morethrough an herb and flower garden alongside a historic home now visitor center. Then you'll see a 50-feet observation deck that's fun to get a view of the park. Then follow the trails through the wetland boardwalk enjoying the marshes and looking for birds, frogs and turtles. It was a fun little hike for our whole family!

Pulling into a parking spot in one of the parking areas in Cornwall Park in Bellingham this…read moremorning, Wednesday 20 September 2023, I noticed a gray squirrel burying something. Trying to get my camera out in time while still in my car, I got one blurry picture before it scurried off. Grabbing my bag and getting out of my car, I noticed something new to me, a black squirrel. It was on the ground foraging. I took a few pictures and a video and then said hello out loud. It came to attention and started making its way towards me. Eventually, it came to sit on a curb by my car and looked at me, letting me take an up-close picture. After the click it continued on. Exploring the park on foot, I found walkers, runners, foraging gray squirrels, and foraging black squirrels. Walking paths through the trees were gravel and relatively flat near the parking area. Gray squirrels towards the entrance of the park were shelling felled chestnuts and carrying them away. A black squirrel or two ran past with a peanut, not sure from where. Sunlight broke through the canopy of the trees, lighting up the leaves and spots of ground.

I love all the little hidden parks in Bellingham, but Cornwall takes the cake. You don't realize…read morehow expansive this park is until you're in it. There are several different entrances into the park from all surrounding streets. The trails connect all the entrances, but the roads do not connect though. Cornwall park has pickleball courts, tennis courts, basketball courts, frisbee golf, a wading fountain, fields to play in, trails to run on AND MORE! Every time I walk my dogs here, I find new trails and features I haven't seen before. It is well maintained and has a ton of parking within the park so you don't have to walk far. I would recommend pulling up a map if you are looking to get to a specific part of the park for the first time!

This park has been renovated since we were kids and used to play here. But the layout remains…read more Rolling hills of grassy fields, a playground - now featuring a water play area, pavilions for rent/use and plenty of trails to walk along.

Daughter took me here for the first time and I loved it. Nice trails to walk close to her house…read moreand a nice park. We will come back here to walk again .

The board, manager and employees ( most of whom are non-owners) have installed cameras EVERYWHERE…read morewithout the approval or vote of the owners and without informing people. They have them outside of every bathroom ( which shows the inside of the bathroom when the door is opened), as well as ALL AROUND the outdoor pools and hot tubs. The club house and pools are already secured with gate key access only, which already shows management WHICH LOT OWNERS have accessed the buildings and pools and the dates/ times associated with that access. The cameras are not needed. These web cameras have audio, zoom and sharability options. The user is notified in an app when someone gets into the hot tub or pool, so the hot tub goer can be watched in real time ( with sound available!). All content is sharable to other users of the app. The app itself can also be easily shared to non-employee devices at will. However, the owners whom foot the bill for these cameras are NOT allowed to have access to the app and cameras, only the board, management and all employees. Owners are not allowed to know how many people are employed by Lake Tyee either, depsite the owners paying their salaries. Owners are not allowed to know the number of people accessing these cameras. There are apparently NO background checks for those accessing cameras, as Lake Tyee does not require that for employment. The company they use for these cameras, utilizes AI when storing ALL content to the cloud. The employees of that camera company also has access to those cameras at will in real time, and all content previously created from those cameras. The camera company employees can share that content without ever needing to inform Lake Tyee. Lake Tyee is making potentially profitbale online content for a camera company at the detriment of owners. Lake Tyee has also installed hidden trail cams outside of comfort stations, green belts and trails. These cameras had no signage. These cameras ALSO pick up adio, recording your private conversations. Lake tyee has no real security camera policy, and put up all these cameras PRIOR to ever attempting to create one. They did however, put a single piece of paper in the owners handbook in May 2024, claiming to have a policy, and back dated it several months to March 2024, as a form of CYA after owners started asking questions. When the office employees were asked for a hard copy of the supposed policy they claimed to have had, they were unable to produce one. They were caught red handed falsifying records. Lake tyee did not put up camera notice signage until AFTER owners complained about the hidden cameras. Many cameras still have no signage. They put cameras up around the dumpster, and WILL go through your trash, in order to fine you. They have recently started to drive around with Dash cams on Lake Tyee vehicles and body cams on the security personnel, which affords them the abity to record your private property as they walk and drive around throughout the park. They have brought a Surveillance State to every owners front door. Important to note, security is so low level, you can not even call them directly. Only a message line. Because of these new body cam and dash cam footage they are getting, They now host monthly "public hearings" where they share the video footage of an owner doing something they can hopefully fine them for. Public embarrassment. Surveillance Abuse. When asked, the board and management claims that the shared spaces within the park are not considered private, so therefore, they are allowed to record us. FYI, Skagit County has those lands listed as private. Lake Tyee also markets the park as "private", yet films you everywhere throughout the park, in hopes of fining you. An example of a fine.... $1500 usd for a first time offense, no written or verbal warning, for having evidence of a fire during a burn ban ( even one that is already put out). Another example, $500 first time offense for putting ANYTHING into the dumpsters that management does not consider a kitchen scrap ( despite the owners being the ones who pay for those dumpsters to begin with). They will put a lean on your property and seize it, if you do not pay their ridiculous fines. At the annual owners meeting June 2024, they bragged about the number of lots they got "quit deeded" to them, because they overwhelmed the owners with assessments. The board president is buying up property within the park, with his personal LLC company, Alpine Lakes. His position on the boar awards him employment opportunities for his LLC, that other owners do not have. When asked about this obvious conflict of interest, the entire board was complicant. The presidents wife use to work in the realistate company LandsWest, who is the exclusive realtor for Lake Tyee, and would benefit from leans placed on properties by the board. Another conflict of interest. Would NOT recommend this park.

I've been here a couple of times as a guest and love this place! It is more like glamping than…read morecamping, but you're still enjoying the outdoors :) My husband and I live in Kirkland, so it's far enough away that we feel like we're on vacation, but close enough we don't have to spend much time and money to get here. The first time we came was about 4 years ago in late September and there wasn't anyone there. It was kinda cold and drizzly (surprise! WA!) and we mostly stayed inside. However, we came for Labor Day weekend this year and it was so much fun! There were a lot of activities (my favorite was the pig they roasted on the spit), music, drinks, great food, crafts, etc. etc. and the weather was pretty decent, minus a few sprinkles here and there. TONS OF PEOPLE were out and about and I hear this is the big weekend and kind of the last bang of the year before things go quiet again. I'm so happy we were here for this and had a great time. Everyone was so nice! The grounds are well maintained. I like that there are public restrooms/showers scattered around the grounds in case you are on a walk and need to go ;) Everything is clean. Loved using the hot tub and pool (nice and heated) during the weekend and took most of my showers there even though we could have done that at the trailer we were at. Seems more convenient since you're wet from swimming. Apparently there are hikes around Lake Tyee, but I was usually recovering from the nights festivities and ended up in the hot tub instead ;) People were out riding bikes and running in the morning. Just an overall great place to enjoy the outdoors with the comforts of home. I'd definitely look into getting a place here if we had some extra $ :)

Causland Park in Anacortes is a worthy little gem to visit. After so many years of visiting…read moreAnacortes, I spotted it on Google maps and dropped by. Intriguing. John Baptiste LePage (1857-1939) is the French-Canadian artist and architect who designed this unique memorial park, built from 1919 to 1921. It is now a registered national historic place. The plaque at the front of the gazebo/stage centerpiece dedicates the park in honor of Harry Leon Causland and the "brave sons of Fidalgo Guemes Decatur and Cypress Islands... who gave their lives in the Great War... 1917-1919." A second war memorial has been added with places to honor those who lost their lives in subsequent wars - World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War. Ominously, a spot sits empty on this memorial, as if to await the names from the Afghanistan 20 years war that just ended (or did it?). While the park has clearly been updated, it's quite clear what is original vs. what is new. The original portions feature different colors of stone mosaics forming 3-dimensional designs with an architectural style that favor non-angular, non-edged designs. At certain angles, they resemble Park Güell in Barcelona, i.e., the work of Antoni Gaudi. This park is lovingly well maintained. While I do not suggest driving to Anacortes just to visit this small park, I highly recommend stopping by if you are in the area.

Nice park ..lots of character, beautiful trees. Fun for…read moredogs on a leash. This is a memorial park.. Very spiritual.