Ultra-low tide at Golden Gardens

Kids of all ages headed to Golden Gardens park at noon today for the extreme low tide. Bottoming out at -4.3 feet, this tide is the lowest tide so far this year, and we’ve heard that it may be the lowest in years. We heard lots of “ooohs” and “aaahs” from the kids as they …

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Low tides coming this Sunday

To the delight of beachcombers, the lowest tides of the year will begin this Sunday and last for one week. On Wednesday at 11:48 a.m., the tide will be at its lowest point: -4.3 feet. In fact, Seattle Aquarium beach naturalists will be on hand at Golden Gardens Park on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday and the …

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Golden Gardens ‘Forbidden Trail’ closed

When the majority of Golden Gardens Drive washed out during last winter’s storms, the Seattle Department of Transportation closed the road with barricades and a fence. It wasn’t much of a deterrent as people routinely walked or rode bikes around the edge of the fence. SDOT recently returned to the site to bulk up the fence, …

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Bring peds, bikes to Golden Gardens Dr.

That’s what anonymously posted fliers are touting at the construction site where flooding washed out a portion of the road last December. The organizer(s) suggest the drive be turned into a one-way road for traffic going downhill, with the uphill lane converted into a bike and pedestrian path. It’s being pitched as a way to enhance bicycle …

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Burke-Gilman trail to Golden Gardens

Good news for bicyclists and joggers. The construction project to extend the Burke-Gilman trail to Golden Gardens Park is very close to completion. We were down on Shilshole taking a look around, and construction workers were laying down some of the last asphalt along the route. The city expects the trail will open (weather willing) …

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Golden Gardens slide covered in cloth

We hiked down Golden Gardens Drive to the mudslide that took out a big chunk of the roadway back in December. You may remember, it also took a Suburu with it. Well, now the Suburu is gone and the entire slide area is covered in cloth to slow the erosion process. It looks like cloth …

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Christmas Ship at Golden Gardens

This Friday, the annual Christmas Ship pulls up to Golden Gardens to spread its holiday cheer from 9:05 to 9:25 p.m.  Of course, getting to the park is still a bit of a pain with that washout on Golden Gardens Drive, just west of View Ave.