Marysville Parks and Recreation, Sites, Attractions

Events

The big rigs are back on Sept. 11! Touch A Truck puts your child in the driver's seat of public works, police, fire vehicles and more The City of Marysville invites you to Touch A Truck on Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at Totem Middle School, 1605 7th St. Touch A Truck is a free event that puts your kids in the driver's seat of Marysville's biggest heavy-duty rigs. Honk horns, set off sirens, and learn about various Public Works big rides from the workers who drive them - dump trucks, backhoes, vactor truck, police patrol vehicles, garbage trucks, fire rigs and more. Marysville Noon Rotary Club will offer special activities for kids, and Marysville Kiwanis will have tasty treats for sale. For more info, call (360) 363-8400. Bring a camera! No pets, please. Horns and sirens from 10 a.m.-noon only.

Marysville Touch A Truck Saturday, Sept. 11 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Totem Middle School Asbery Field 1605 7th St.

Fall/Winter 2010 Marysville Parks & Recreation Activities Guide/Marysville Messenger now available Pick up your copy of the Fall/Winter 2010 edition of the Marysville Parks and Recreation Activities Guide and getting planning your fall activities and events for the coming season. Click on the link below to read or download. [Fall/Winter 2010 Marysville Parks and Recreation Activities Guide/Marysville Messenger] [2010 Marysville Parks Class Registration Form]

Marysville free Sounds of Summer Concert Series and Popcorn in the Parks outdoor cinema series end this weekend with music Becca Atterberry & Soul Intention, movie "Twilight The 2010 Sounds of Summer Concert Series and Popcorn in the Parks outdoor cinema series, sponsored exclusively by FiOS/Frontier Communications end this weekend. Music in Jennings Memorial Park features the soulful sounds of Becca Atterberry and Soul Intention at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 13, with a season's end movie showing of the Vampire hit, "Twilight" on Saturday, Aug. 14, starting at dusk at the Jennings Park Ballfield, 6915 Armar Road.

More Summer Events! Sounds of Summer Concert Series July 9-Aug. 13 Popcorn in the Park Outdoor Cinema Series July 10-Aug. 14

Strawberry Fields for Rover Off-Leash Park Visit Strawberry Fields for Rover Off-Leash Park, open for dog lovers and their four-legged friends to enjoy year-round. The off-leash park is located at the Strawberry Fields Athletic Complex, 6100 152nd St. NE in north Marysville, southeast of the soccer fields. Dogs must be on-leash while on walking trails leading to the park. Park hours are 7 a.m. to dusk daily. For more information call the Parks Office at (360) 363-8400 or visit the Marysville Dog Owners Group M-DOG website.

Calendar of Events Jennings Memorial Park Jennings Nature Park Comeford Park Marysville SkatePark Neighborhood Parks Ebey Waterfront Park Strawberry Fields Athletic Complex Strawberry Fields for Rover Off-Leash Park

2010 Sounds of Summer Concert Series 2010 Popcorn in the Park Outdoor Cinema Series All-Comers Track & Field Meets Non-Discrimination Policy Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Visitors Information Center Annual Events       Strawberry Festival & Grand Parade       Homegrown Arts and Crafts Fair       Merrysville for the Holidays

Jennings Memorial Park & Jennings Nature Park

51 acres - 6915 Armar Road

Surrounded by a natural trail setting, Jennings Memorial Park along Allen Creek provides a peaceful environment for the entire family. Jennings Nature Park, dedicated in 1993, is joined to the Memorial Park by a pedestrian bridge. It is situated adjacent to a 17-acre wetland observatory.

The Memorial Park offers picnic facilities, trails, playgrounds, softball fields, meeting rooms with kitchen facilities in the Jennings Park Barn, restrooms, the Gehl House Museum, a WSU master garden and compost demonstration site, Lions Centennial Pavilion and Jennings Dinosaur Park. The dinosaur park includes a Pterydactyl swing, and ride-on prehistoric beasties Barney, the Tyrannosaurus Rex; a Triceratops and a baby Brontosaurus.

Message to Marysville Rotary Ranch Petting Zoo visitors: the petting zoo is no longer operational as a result of cutbacks in the Marysville School District Animal Science program and closure of the school farm. Everett Parks and Recreation offers a petting zoo at the
Animal Farm at Forest Park, 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd. The Animal Farm opens June 7. For more
information contact Everett Parks and Recreation at (425) 257-8300.

Comeford Park

2.6 acres - 514 Delta Ave.

Downtown Comeford Park offers a chance to relax and enjoy beautiful grounds, a youth playground, picnicking areas, a gazebo and restrooms. It's the centerpiece for several community events including the annual Marysville Strawberry Festival. The Ken Baxter Senior Community Center is also located in Comeford Park, and can be rented for various events, activities, weddings, etc. Call Marysville Parks at (360) 651-5085 for more information.

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Neighborhood Parks

If the ever-popular Jennings Park and Comeford Park are the reigning jewels of the Marysville parks system, then the neighborhood parks are undoubtedly the hidden gems that harbor surprises of their own - all you need to know is where to look. Each neighborhood park has been planned and designed to serve local residents. Furnished with new and exciting playground equipment or basketball courts, or perhaps a grassy field to toss a Frisbee, each park possesses its own unique character.

Hickok Park 1.3 acres - 67th Avenue and SR 528 This neighborhood park serves residents of the Sunnyside area with a grass play area and playground equipped with a climber, swings and slide.

Foothills Park 11.6 acres - 58th Street Dedicated in April 1994, this park features a beautiful rolling landscape, nature trails, a tiered and landscaped detention pond, as well as a playground and picnic facilities.

Northpointe Fitness Park 28 acres - 71st Place and 71st Avenue This charming park tucked away in the Northpointe neighborhood boasts a forested playground, trails, picnicking areas, small athletic field and extensive natural areas for habitat viewing. And that's not all. In November 2009, the park got a facelift when nine fitness stations funded by an Activate America grant and new playground equipment were added by recommendation of the Marysville Healthy Communities Project. The park is a great jumping off point for the 1.6-mile Northpointe Park Walking Loop Trail [view/download map].

Northpointe East Park 2.2 acres - 7818 70th St. NE This neighborhood park, located in the eastside foothills of Marysville, includes playground equipment beneath a canopy of evergreens, a half-court basketball court, a soccer kick wall and an extensive grassy play area extending north and south that will be the site of an extensive trail soon. The trail would extend north to 84th Street NE from the park, and eventually interconnect to the south with SR 528 (Fourth Street).

Verda Ridge Park 1.5 acres - 52nd Drive NE and 71st Avenue Amenities include Big Toy play structure, picnic tables, walking trail and the City's only full-court municipal basketball court.

Cedarcrest Vista Park

82nd Street NE

Tuscany Ridge Park 1.5 acres - Getchell Hill Road Tuscany Park in the Tuscany Ridge neighborhood on Getchell Hill Road provides visitors with sweeping vista of the Marysville lowlands and beyond from its grassy picnic areas, half-court basketball court, playground area with a unique climb-aboard pirate ship, and paved footpaths. The park was donated by the developer of the Tuscany Ridge development and opened in Spring 1997.

Serenity Park - 72nd Drive NE

Youth Peace Park 1.8 acres - 67th Avenue and Grove Street This park project, the brainchild of students from the Marysville Middle School Leadership/Life Skills class, is the result of the hands of many volunteers who came together in October 1998 for "Make A Difference Day," and built a special park. The corner park's main features are the gravel path in the shape of an enormous peace sign, a climbing wall, swings and picnic areas. The property for the park was graciously dedicated by residents in the adjacent Cedarcrest Manor South neighborhood, who signed quit-claim deeds.

Cedarcrest Reservoir Park

.4 acres - 71st Avenue and Grove Street
Cedarcrest Reservoir Park isn't an actual park, but rather a half-acre small patch of corner green space covered with grass.

Harborview Park 11.5 acres - 4700 60th Ave. NE Unveiled in spring 2001, this community park located in the Harborview neighborhood in the Sunnyside area in south Marysville features a full playground, climbing system, spring toys, swing sets, basketball court, parking, and a youth soccer field and nature trail system. Barclays North Inc. dedicated the property to the City as a part of the new residential home development.

Shasta Ridge Park - newest park, opened in June 2010! 1.5 acres - 3907 82nd Ave. NE The City's newest park located in Sunnyside area of south Marysville features Sunnyside area, features a playground, fitness station, a full-sized outdoor basketball court, picnic tables, benches and open space, with views overlooking the Puget Sound. Belmark Homes in Marysville donated the park property to the City as a part of the new Shasta Ridge development.

Deering Wildflower Acres Park 30 acres - 4708 79th Ave. NE Accented by thick forest, and an extensive trail system that weaves through ponds and wetlands, this passive 30-acre park is unlike any other in the Marysville park system because the City must preserve it in its natural state "for scientific, educational and aesthetic purposes." Those are the conditions under which the Deering Wildflower Acres Park was granted to the City by Western Washington University, which used to use the property as for an outdoor laboratory, and the Nature Conservancy. The City accepted the property in 1997. The park is open to the public weekends and holidays by appointment only June 1-Sept. 30 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Tuesday-Thursday from noon-6 p.m. (closed Mondays.) Appointments can be made by calling the Parks Office at (360) 363-8400 or the Deering Wildflower Acres Park Caretaker at (425) 397-6325. Return to Top of Page

Greater Marysville-Tulalip Chamber of Commerce/Visitors Information Center

Come visit the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce/Visitor Center off I-5 Exit #200 in Quil Ceda Village, which celebrated its Grand Opening in October 2002. The facility contains a wide array of visitor information, brochures and guides, local business and relocation information, and helpful volunteers who know the region and can help you with all your travel and business information needs.

8825 34th Ave. NE., Suite C
Marysville, WA 98271
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday
Phone: (360) 659-7700
www.marysvilletulalipchamber.com

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Annual events

2010 Marysville Strawberry Festival and Grand Parade -

June 17 - 20 - The state's longest continually-running annual festival, the Marysville Strawberry Festival, and festival sponsors Maryfest Inc., invite visitors to join them starting the second weekend in June for hours of endless fun and entertainment painting the town red - red with strawberries, that is - for this annual celebration of the ripe, red berry that earned Marysville the moniker of "The Strawberry City."

In 2010, the Twilight Grand Parade will be Saturday, June 19 from 8:00-10:00 p.m. downtown along State Avenue. The annual festival began in 1932 as a one-day event to celebrate the fields of strawberries found in nearly all corners of the city. For more information and a full rundown of events, call the festival sponsors office at (360) 659-7664, or view the entire schedule of events at the official Strawberry Festival web site.

2010 Marysville Homegrown Festival Friday, Aug. 13 - Saturday, Aug. 14 - Don't miss the Homegrown Festival, an annual marketplace and street fair on downtown Third Street sponsored by the Marysville Downtown Merchants Association. The fair showcases local produce, artisans, musicians and artistes displaying their works and demonstrating their craft. Hours are 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Browse the shops, or visit the many crafts, arts & food booths. Admission is free. For more information or to reserve a booth, call Patricia at (360) 474-4544, Nicole at (425) 345-9890 or download the application form [here].

2010 Merrysville for the Holidays Winter Celebration Saturday, Dec. 4 - The City of Marysville invites you and your family to get into the holiday spirit and step into a winter wonderland of fun, food and music during the 21st Annual Merrysville for the Holidays winter celebration in downtown Comeford Park. The fun starts at 5:30 p.m. with a Craft Fair in the Senior Center, bonfire, crafts for the kids, holiday concert, festive treats and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus, ending with the annual Water Tower Lighting at 7 p.m. The Electric Light Parade will not be held this year. For more information call the Marysville Parks and Recreation Department at (360) 363-8400.