**CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED INFO ON THE 2018 GREEN LAKE OPEN WATER SWIM!** 2017 Results 2017 Half Mile Results 2017 One Mile Race Results About the Race Sunday, June 25, 2017 Green Lake Park The event includes the ½-mile straight course and the 1-mile oval course. All participants… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation awarded Quigg Brothers, Inc. the construction contract to replace the pilings at seven swimming beaches along Lake Washington and two swimming beaches at Green Lake. The project will replace selected wood pilings used to secure swim area ropes and floats with steel helical pipe piles. The… [ Keep reading ]
Sunday, June 26, 2016 Green Lake Park The event includes the ½-mile straight course and the 1-mile oval course. All participants receive a commemorative t-shirt and cap. There will be prizes for the top male and female in age group categories. First Open Water Swim? Read up on tips here….. [ Keep reading ]
In order to preserve the health and safety of Green Lake, Seattle Parks and Recreation is treating the lake with aluminum sulphate or alum. Seattle Parks and Recreation awarded the contract for the alum treatment to HAB Aquatic Solutions. The contractor will close the parking lot north of the Green… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Friends of Green Lake invite the community to learn about the Green Lake alum treatment at a public meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at The Hearthstone, 6720 E. Green Lake Way N. At this meeting Seattle Parks and… [ Keep reading ]
Volunteers needed! Seattle Parks and Recreation presents the Pathway of Lights at Green Lake on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., rain or shine. Join thousands of families, friends and neighbors for this beloved Seattle tradition. Travel the 2.8-mile path around the lake, taking in the warm… [ Keep reading ]
The city is dark. The air is cold. But Green Lake Park is aglow. Since the 1980s, on the second Saturday of December, neighbors, families and tourists have celebrated the Pathway of Lights. The idea was brought to Green Lake Community Center by a woman who was inspired after seeing… [ Keep reading ]
The State Department of Ecology will be collecting fish from Green Lake during the week of Oct. 5, 2015 as part of its statewide Freshwater Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program. The work involves collecting fish using an 18 foot electrofishing boat and will likely be completed in two days. Fish collection… [ Keep reading ]
Please pardon our dust! What? Seattle Parks and Recreation, in cooperation with Seattle Public Utilities, is updating the outfall vault (the vault structure that lets water leave Green Lake and enter the stormwater system, located on the lake’s north side near Meridian Ave. N). We will replace the vault lid… [ Keep reading ]
Come experience the Windermere Summer Splash at Green Lake from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15! In addition to featuring corporate crew races, the event will celebrate summer fun and healthy activities for families. There will be food vendors, children’s activities, entertainment and opportunities to experience rowing, canoeing,… [ Keep reading ]
