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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SHARE THIS: Emergency Food Resources for Skyway and Nearby
By Devin Chicras
When things are tough, it’s important we look out for each other. Here’s a list of resources to find food and support others in Skyway-West Hill and nearby. Please share with your networks, and let us know if you have updates or edits.
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Gusty Conditions Couldn’t Stop Skyway’s 2025 Halloween Takeover
By Devin Chicras
Despite 40-mph gusts and sideways rain, nearly 1,000 costumed characters descended on downtown Skyway for West Hill Community Association’s Halloween Takeover on Saturday, October 25, 2025.
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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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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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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!
Continue ReadingSkyway 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.
Continue ReadingEarth Week Volunteer Event at Skyway Park
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!
Free
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Volunteer Crew Clears “Secret Trail” in Skyway Park
by Devin Chicras
On Saturday, December 2, 2023 a dozen volunteers cleared 1,200 square feet of blackberry from the secret trail that starts at the base of the power line hill entrance to Skyway Park.
Continue ReadingRestoration and Stewardship at Skyway Park
Sat, January 20, 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.
We’ll be adding 90 plants to the trail we cleared in December.
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.
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Restoration and Stewardship at Skyway Park
Sat, December 2, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Come join King County Parks and West Hill Action Mob 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.
Free