Soaring Eagle Traditional Cache
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Named in 2001 by a second grader at Samantha Smith Elementary School, Soaring Eagle Regional Park is 600 acres of mature forests, wetlands, and wildlife habitat. Formerly Washington State school trust land known as Section 36, this natural area is home to black bear, bobcat, black tail deer and more than 40 species of birds.
Soaring Eagle Regional Park is a 600-acre forest oasis providing hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding on over 12 miles of rolling soft surface trails that meander through sword ferns and vine maples underneath stands of mature Douglas fir and red alder trees. It sits above Patterson Creek on the edge of the Sammamish Plateau along the western flank of the Snoqualmie River Valley. All of the trails are used regularly by hikers and mountain bikers, as well as members of the Sammamish Saddle Club, a local equestrian group. It is quite common to see families with baby strollers along the pipeline trail. Soaring Eagle has become a site for organized trail runs and is a regular host site for the Northwest Trail Run Series. King County Parks staff partner with hiking and biking volunteers, Boy Scouts and corporations like Microsoft to maintain and improve the trails. The Friends of Soaring Eagle work to preserve the forests and trails. Access The main entry is on the west side of the park in Sammamish via 228th Ave SE and SE 8th Street to the end of East Main Drive where a paved parking lot can accommodate up to five horse trailers. Address is 26015 East Main Drive. This cache was placed as part of the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the use of Conservation Futures. Since 1982, King County had partnered with cities, nonprofit groups and civic leaders to protect 111,000 acres of land from development including 99,000 acres of Cascade foothills; 3,200 acres of urban greenbelts and parks; 4 miles of Puget Sound shoreline; 4,700 acres of riparian habitat on rivers and creeks; and leveraged $150 million in matching funds.
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