By Devin Chicras
About 40 volunteers celebrated Earth Month in Skyway Park on April 25, 2026 with a successful restoration event, thanks to King County Parks Volunteer Program led by Lina and Anna.
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A Look Back at WHCA’s 2025
by Devin Chicras
For 2025, we continued to help transform Skyway Park, get out the vote, keep community informed, and pulled off Skyway’s largest Halloween party in the middle of a fierce storm. And we did it all together, with the greatest neighbors around.
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Skyway Park Gets About 200 New Plants Thanks to Volunteers
By Devin Chicras
Nearly 200 new plants were added to Skyway Park on Saturday, November 15, 2025, thanks to King County Parks Volunteer Program led by Nick and Anna, and the amazing Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) staff and alumni.
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Skyway Park’s Summer 2025 Restoration Event
By Devin Chicras
About a dozen volunteers got up early on Saturday, August 30, 2025 and made their way down to Skyway Park to continue blazing a trail through its overgrown corners.
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Exploring Skyway Park’s Past, Present, and Future
About 30 folks gathered in Skyway Park on July 22, 2025 to learn a little more about our 23-acre green gem.
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Skyway Park Volunteer Work Party
Sat, August 30, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Come join King County Parks and West Hill Community Association for a day stewarding and restoring Skyway Park.
Skyway Park is located in the West Hill community, an unincorporated urban area on Lake Washington. There are three wetlands in the park that function as the headwaters of Taylor Creek a salmon-bearing stream that passes through Seattle’s Deadhorse Canyon and enters Lake Washington. Skyway Park is 23 acres and has baseball fields an informal football/soccer field a playground basketball and tennis courts.
The site address takes you to a house near the park entrance. Meeting location is near the covered picnic shelter – keep an eye out for the King County Volunteer signs.
See what we accomplished at our Earth Month event in April 2025:
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Explore Skyway Park: A Guided Tour
Tue, July 22, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Whether you’ve been a long-time fan or didn’t even know Skyway even had a 23-acre green gem at its center, join us for a fun, guided tour around Skyway Park to learn more about its past, present, and future. Fun surprises and free light refreshments included. Accessibility note: ADA parking spaces are available and trails are fully paved. Youth accompanied by an adult are welcome.
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Celebrating Earth Month 2025 at Skyway Park
About 20 volunteers dedicated three hours of their sunny Saturday morning on April 26, 2025 to restore habitat in Skyway Park.
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A Look Back at WHCA’s 2024
by Devin Chicras
What a year! We brought movies to the park for the first time, took over multiple blocks with a Halloween festival for the second time, painted a mural, restored precious green space, helped get out the vote and vital information, and so much more. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights!
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Skyway Outdoor Cinema Premieres in Skyway Park for 2024
For the first time since 2003, Skyway Outdoor Cinema (SOC) moved to a new location: Skyway Park! While our regular parking lot location at the former U.S. Bank remains a construction zone as the new Skyway Resource Center is built, we heard loud and clear from neighbors that they couldn’t wait another season for this annual tradition.
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“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” at Skyway Outdoor Cinema
Fri, August 30, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Skyway Outdoor Cinema will return in a NEW VENUE this summer while our traditional venue (the parking lot of the Skyway Resource Center, former U.S. Bank) is under construction.
We’ll have 23 acres of Skyway Park to stretch out under the stars and fill up with food vendors, preshow entertainment, and fun activities.
Join us on Friday, August 30 (NEW DATE, rescheduled from 8/23) for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”!
“Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with Nakia and Everett Ross to forge a new path for their beloved kingdom.”
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7-9 p.m. Preshow Fun includes:
- Live performance from 8-Bit Brass Band
- Bike Works FREE/sliding-scale bike repair
- Taco Cortes Food Truck
- A&M Sweet Treats Ice Cream Truck
- Seattle Majestics Women’s Tackle Football
- Hatter Mike Balloons
- Concessions and Skyway Outdoor Cinema t-shirts for sale
- Game zone from King County Parks Mobile Engagement Team
- Skyway United FC
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“Barbie” at Skyway Outdoor Cinema
Fri, August 16, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Skyway Outdoor Cinema will return in a NEW VENUE this summer while our traditional venue (the parking lot of the Skyway Resource Center, former U.S. Bank) is under construction.
We’ll have 23 acres of Skyway Park to stretch out under the stars and fill up with food vendors, preshow entertainment, and fun activities.
Join us on Friday, August 16 for “Barbie”!
“Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.”
Follow us on social media or jump on our email list for updates!
7-9 p.m. Preshow Fun includes:
- Live performance from Filthy FemCorps
- Double Dutch Divas
- Taco Cortes Food Truck
- A&M Sweet Treats Ice Cream Truck
- Seattle Majestics Women’s Tackle Football
- Hatter Mike Balloons
- Concessions and Skyway Outdoor Cinema t-shirts for sale
- Game zone from King County Parks Mobile Engagement Team
- Skyway United FC
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Skyway Park Volunteer Work Party
Sat, June 22, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Come join King County Parks and West Hill Community Association for a day stewarding and restoring Skyway Park.
Skyway Park is located in the West Hill community, an unincorporated urban area on Lake Washington. There are three wetlands in the park that function as the headwaters of Taylor Creek a salmon-bearing stream that passes through Seattle’s Deadhorse Canyon and enters Lake Washington. Skyway Park is 23 acres and has baseball fields an informal football/soccer field a playground basketball and tennis courts.
The site address takes you to a house near the park entrance. Meeting location is near the covered picnic shelter – keep an eye out for the King County Volunteer signs.
See what we accomplished at our Earth Week event in April 2024:
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Celebrating Earth Week 2024 at Skyway Park
By Devin Chicras
On April 27, two dozen volunteers joined WHCA and King County Parks in Skyway Park to celebrate Earth Week by restoring more of the wetland area we’ve been working on for the last five months.
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Sat, April 27, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Come join King County Parks and West Hill Action Mob for a day stewarding and restoring Skyway Park in celebration of Earth Week.
Skyway Park is located in the West Hill community, an unincorporated urban area on Lake Washington. There are three wetlands in the park that function as the headwaters of Taylor Creek a salmon-bearing stream that passes through Seattle’s Deadhorse Canyon and enters Lake Washington. Skyway Park is 23 acres and has baseball fields an informal football/soccer field a playground basketball and tennis courts.
The site address takes you to a house near the park entrance. Meeting location is near the covered picnic shelter – keep an eye out for the King County Volunteer signs.
Stay after for a FREE lunch provided by WHCA!
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