Yarrow Bay Wetlands Park, Kirkland Washington
The waterfront area encompassing Evergreen Point, Hunts Point and Yarrow Point contains some of the most expensive estates in all of the Puget Sound.
In the midst of this luxury and grandeur lies a Kirkland Park with 73.33 acres. It is called Yarrow Bay Wetlands and lies between Yarrow Point and the Lake view neighborhoods.
Mostly it is just what it is named. A wetlands.
The best view, according to Seattle Times writer Peyton Whitely, is from the water side, paddling a kayak or canoe. There is a
channel from the Lake Washington side where you can explore the wetlands for hundreds of feet. Most likely you will be the only person there, unless you bring a friend or two along.
The waterfront area encompassing Evergreen Point, Hunts Point and Yarrow Point contains some of the most expensive estates in all of the Puget Sound. In the midst of this luxury and grandeur lies a Kirkland Park with 73.33 acres. It is called Yarrow Bay Wetlands and lies between Yarrow Point and the Lake view neighborhoods.
Mostly it is just what it is named. A wetlands.
The best view, according to Seattle Times writer Peyton Whitely, is from the water side, paddling a kayak or canoe. There is a
channel from the Lake Washington side where you can explore the wetlands for hundreds of feet. Most likely you will be the only person there, unless you bring a friend or two along.My wife and I explored it from the land side, on a warm summer evening. Access is very limited. We actually went twice before finding the parking lot and the trail. From Lake Washington
Boulevard in Kirkland you head west on Northeast Points Drive. The confusing thing is that you turn right onto the 101st Way Northeast. You see a large sign declaring this to be “The Point”, a condominium development. Immediately to the left is a small parking lot. The mailboxes for “The Point” are along one side. We parked in front of a sign declaring this to be private property. My wife insisted we leave, but I had checked and double checked.An Interpretive Sign for a nature trail in the only obvious indication that there is indeed a public trail here.
You walk into the neighborhood, past two obvious signs stating the limits of private property with warnings of “do not enter”. Wow! Talk about feeling all warm and fuzzy about the welcome!!We found the trail. It does take about 10 minutes to walk. There are inviting park benches along it, with the condominium complex on one side, and the wetlands on the other.
The effort to keep the public from enjoying the wetlands (owned by you and I) seems to be working. We only met two sets of people on our walk, and they both obviously lived in the complex.
It is a completely beautiful area, and well worth the stroll during our good weather spells.
I imagine it would be an even more memorable experience paddling a kayak through it from the water side...
www.parksofkirkland.com
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