Category: Parks & Recreation

April is National Poetry Month on Bainbridge and Across the Country. Check out Links and Details, Plus List of Earth Month Activities

April is National Poetry Month on Bainbridge and Across the Country. Check out Links and Details, Plus List of Earth Month Activities

If poetry is your thing, there are plenty of opportunities this month to explore what is happening with rhymes and couplets and other forms of poetry at any number of events and venues. Below is a comprehensive list of activities …

Nature at its Best: A ‘Blood Moon’, Chirping Frogs, Maybe a Hooting Owl or Two, or a Howling Coyote. We Have it all on Our Lil’ Island

Nature at its Best: A ‘Blood Moon’, Chirping Frogs, Maybe a Hooting Owl or Two, or a Howling Coyote. We Have it all on Our Lil’ Island

Isn’t nature grand? Two amazing recent episodes – last night’s lunar eclipse and the onset of chirping frogs in our ponds and waterways – makes us appreciate that there is more to life than what just happened on our latest …

B.I. Metro Park District Moves to New Administrative Office at Strawberry Hill Park; Free Threshold Choir Concert on Saturday

B.I. Metro Park District Moves to New Administrative Office at Strawberry Hill Park; Free Threshold Choir Concert on Saturday

The Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District has officially relocated its administrative offices to a newly repurposed building on the east side of Strawberry Hill Park. This move marks a significant milestone in the Park District’s ongoing efforts …

Don’t Let the Snow and Cold Weather Keep you from Enjoying Some Wonderful Hikes at Gazzam Lake, the Arbor Trail and Sakai Park

Don’t Let the Snow and Cold Weather Keep you from Enjoying Some Wonderful Hikes at Gazzam Lake, the Arbor Trail and Sakai Park

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Our current cold weather snap reminds us that it’s a good time to venture outside in the crisp winter air and take in some of our parklands both old and new. …

Bainbridge School District to Surplus Nearly 40 acres of Land in Grand Forest, Leaving Opportunities for Orgs to Preserve It

Bainbridge School District to Surplus Nearly 40 acres of Land in Grand Forest, Leaving Opportunities for Orgs to Preserve It

The Bainbridge Island School District (BISD) Board of Trustees recently voted to to surplus its 39-acre property that functions as part of Grand Forest East parkland.

The Grand Forest nature complex is a well used and highly treasured island landscape, …

Bainbridge Pickleball Players and Metro Park District Personnel Discuss the Future of Free Covered Courts

Bainbridge Pickleball Players and Metro Park District Personnel Discuss the Future of Free Covered Courts

The quest for free indoor Pickleball play on the island is beginning in earnest.

At two separate meetings organized by Bainbridge Island Pickleball last weekend (Jan.10-12), local pickleballers and some representatives from the Bainbridge Metro Parks District on hand …

Land Gift to Metro Park & Recreation District Creates a New ‘8 Acre Woods’ Park near Rolling Bay; Dedication on Thursday

Land Gift to Metro Park & Recreation District Creates a New ‘8 Acre Woods’ Park near Rolling Bay; Dedication on Thursday

We love our Bainbridge parks and open space. Indeed, very few communities our size have the number of parks and trails that our little rock has acquired over the years. From the Grand Forest to Battle Point Park to Fort …

How do you Escape the Gloom and Doom of a Northwest Fall and Upcoming Winter? Our Solution was to Take a Road trip to Sunnier Climes

How do you Escape the Gloom and Doom of a Northwest Fall and Upcoming Winter? Our Solution was to Take a Road trip to Sunnier Climes

We mostly embrace the cold, wet, and sometimes dreary weather of a typical Pacific Northwest fall and winter, such as this past week’s surprisingly strong storm. We still try to bike, hike, walk, play golf and do other outside activities, …

Try Shutterbugging at Sakai Park and other Interesting Island Locations with the Bainbridge Island Photo Club

Try Shutterbugging at Sakai Park and other Interesting Island Locations with the Bainbridge Island Photo Club photographer checks her camera while taking photos at a recent BI Photo Club photowalk.

By Jenn Hemmingsen
photos by Abby Wyatt

As the sun dips low on a crisp autumn evening, a group of photographers gather outside BARN. They’re members of the Bainbridge Island Photo Club and guests, all eager for tonight’s photo walk …

Dan Hamlin Replaces Terry Lande as BI Metro Park & Recreation District Head; Explore Sunny Hill Trail This Coming Thursday

Dan Hamlin Replaces Terry Lande as BI Metro Park & Recreation District Head; Explore Sunny Hill Trail This Coming Thursday

The Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District has appointed Dan Hamlin as its new Executive Director, replacing the retiring Terry Lande. Hamlin has been with the Parks District since 2006 and has spent 35 years working for parks organizations …

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