EarthCorps Volunteer Event: Interlaken Park

Join EarthCorps, Green Seattle Partnership, Seattle Prep, Friends of Interlaken Park, CLC and Seattle Parks & Recreation as we continue to restore historic Interlaken Park. Volunteers should expect to perform restoration site maintenance, remove invasive plant species and possibly plant native trees, shrubs and groundcover in this 52 acre park.

Interlaken Park is a densely wooded area on the north end of Capitol Hill. The paths and trails throughout the park are frequented by bikers, hikers and joggers.
In the 1890's, Interlaken Boulevard was the principal bike and buggy path linking Capitol Hill with the boulevards on Lake Washington. The conversion around that time of the high bicycle wheel to the low bicycle wheel made bicycles much easier to ride and very popular. Assistant City Engineer George F. Cotterill, conscious of the hazards of biking on city streets lined with planks, toured the city to look for good bikeways. His bike trails formed the basis of the city's boulevard system, and in 1903, the Olmsted Brothers approved Interlaken as a boulevard route. It soon became popular with walkers and auto drivers, who appreciated the views of mountains and lakes. In 1913, five acres of the Interlaken area were set aside as Boren Park to honor Louisa Boren Denny, the last surviving member of the party of pioneers that landed at Alki in 1851.

Directions

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From I-5 proceed northbound or southbound. Merge onto WA-520 E via exit number 168B - toward BELLEVUE/KIRKLAND. Take the MONTLAKE BLVD. exit. Turn RIGHT onto MONTLAKE BLVD E. MONTLAKE BLVD E becomes E MONTLAKE PL E. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto 24TH AVE E. Turn SHARP RIGHT onto E CRESCENT DR. E CRESCENT DR becomes 19TH AVE E. Look for EarthCorps event signs. Please park on 19th AVE E and E GALER ST.

DIRECTIONS BY BUS

Our Interlaken Park meeting location is the intersection of 19th Ave E and E Galer Street. For bus routes please visit www.tripplanner.metrokc.gov.

For more information, contact:

Chris LaPointe, Volunteer Program Manager
(206) 322-9296, ext. 217
chrisearthcorps.org

Day-of-event contact:

Elizabeth White
(206) 255-4160