Westside Park

Playground includes: medium climber, toddler parkour

Westside Park is a 47 year-old neighborhood park in the Overlake Neighborhood.

The 6.4-acre park is accessible to pedestrians from three directions:

• 156th Avenue NE
• NE 59th Way, and
• West Lake Sammamish Parkway NE—through the Bridle Crest Trail

The park is both a neighborhood destination for activities and an important connection in Redmond for pedestrians, cyclists and equestrians. The rolling, forested site influences the character of the features and activities.

Park Elements:

• A 1/4-mile ADA accessible trail loop offers several options for a longer or shorter path, speedier access to the woods, and horse access to the north.
• A dedicated pickleball court, a multi-sport court with basketball, soccer, and other sports, as well as stationary exercise equipment, are now part of the expanded active recreation area.
• Large wide spaces allow for flexible play, clear sightlines, and unorganised pick-up sports with better drainage that may be played all year long.
• Maximize proximity to the natural area and connecting to the active recreation zone, with playground space that features a host of accessible nature play elements that allow for fully compliant, safe spaces for children to play, and be the authors of their own self-directed adventures.
• This is the first zipline in our park system.
• A wooden picnic shelter, that provides year-round use and is sized to accommodate three picnic tables.
• Existing trees were protected, the natural area was expanded to include native and butterfly gardens that border walkways, and ornamental trees which were added across the site.

photos courtesy of Board and Vellum