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Looking for a fresh park to visit? Our region boasts an impressive number of wide-open spaces for hiking, biking, swimming and other outdoor play, and each one has an interesting backstory that illuminates our area's history. Historylink.org's staff historian Paula Becker takes a look at the region's major parks from an historical perspective, with an eye to kid-friendly park features, while other ParentMap writers deliver the scoop on park destinations you'll want to know about.
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Nothing’s quite as sweet as camping with good friends and lots of children. But here it is, the middle of a Northwest winter, and camping’s still a far-off dream — right? It doesn’t have to be! The Puget Sound area has a wealth of resources for group getaways available year-round — and many offer t
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Tucked into a corner of the multipurpose Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, it doesn’t look like much from the outside; from the parking lot, a killer view of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge draws your eye away from the tall, plain wooden fence that encloses the grounds. But step inside the Fort Nisqually
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Two distinctly different islands lie near downtown Everett. Both have interesting terrain, abundant wildlife and spectacular views. Their salt marshes, mudflats, rivers and sandy beaches provide habitat to a variety of creatures. Not more than five miles apart, each island tells a different tale. Mi
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