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Black River Riparian Forest and Wetland

Cedar River Park

Parent Category: Renton

in Small Parks

Created: 20 November 2013

Address:

1717 Maple Valley Hwy

Renton, WA

Directions to the park:

From I-405 South:

Take Exit 4 (Maple Valley exit) on to Sunset Boulevard NE. Go left at the second signal light, which is Maple Valley Highway/Highway 169. Get into the right lane, travel a short distance and turn right into Cedar River Park.

From I-405 North:

Take Exit 4A (Renton/Maple Valley exit). Turn right at the end of the exit onto Maple Valley Highway/Highway 169. Get into the right lane, travel a short distance and turn right into Cedar River Park.

Cedar River Park is a spectacular 23-acre community park. Here visitors will find multi-use field and a baseball field that can be reserved with a permit from the Renton Community Center.

This park opens great opportunities for active families, because here hikers will find the access to Cedar River Trail that follows an old railroad from downtown Renton to King County’s Landsburg Park, and this trail stretches along beautiful and scenic Cedar River.

The Cedar River provides natural surrounding for a variety of wildlife. The river provides habitat for anadromous fish such as Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, Sockeye salmon, and Steelhead trout. Cedar River Chinook salmon is currently listed as threatened. The Cedar River is where the largest run of sockeye salmon in the lower 48 states begins.

To learn about the journey that happens every year you can in different places, but most spectacular is at Cedar River Park. Trained group of volunteers will tell visitors and guests about the history of the Cedar River Salmon Journey, they will tell about the life cycle of the salmon and about the needs of the wildlife.

At Cedar River Park visitors will have the opportunity to see sockeye salmon that are removed from the hatchery.