Jennings Memorial Park & Jennings Nature Park
51 acres - 6915 Armar Road
Surrounded by a natural trail setting, Jennings Memorial Park along
Allen Creek provides a peaceful environment for the entire family.
Jennings Nature Park, dedicated in 1993, is joined to the Memorial Park
by a pedestrian bridge. It is situated adjacent to a 17-acre wetland
observatory.
The Memorial Park offers
picnic facilities, trails, playgrounds, softball fields, meeting rooms
with kitchen facilities in the Jennings Park Barn, restrooms, the Gehl
House Museum, a WSU master garden and compost demonstration site, Rotary
Ranch Petting Zoo, Lions Centennial Pavilion and Jennings Dinosaur Park.
The dinosaur park offers Godzilla-sized fun with such dinosaurs as a
23-foot-long Stegasaurus heavy-duty climber; a 17-foot SalamanderSaurus;
a Pterydactyl swing, and ride-on prehistoric beasties Barney, the
Tyrannosaurus Rex; a Triceratops and a baby Brontosaurus. Bring a
camera!
 Comeford Park
2.6 acres - 514 Delta Ave.
Downtown Comeford Park
offers a chance to relax and enjoy beautiful grounds, a youth
playground, picnicking areas, a gazebo and restrooms. It's the
centerpiece for several community events including the annual
Marysville Strawberry Festival. The Ken Baxter Senior Community
Center is also located in Comeford Park, and can be rented for
various events, activities, weddings, etc. Call Marysville Parks
at (360) 651-5085 for more information.
Neighborhood Parks
If the ever-popular Jennings
Park and Comeford Park are the reigning jewels of the Marysville parks
system, then the neighborhood parks are undoubtedly the hidden gems that
harbor surprises of their own - all you need to know is where to look.
Each neighborhood park has been planned and designed to serve local
residents. Furnished with new and exciting playground equipment or
basketball courts, or perhaps a grassy field to toss a Frisbee, each
park possesses its own unique character.
Hickok Park
1.3 acres - 67th
Avenue and SR 528
This neighborhood park serves residents of the Sunnyside area
with a grass play area and playground equipped with a climber,
swings and slide.
 Foothills Park
11.6 acres - 58th
Street
Dedicated in April 1994, this park features a beautiful rolling
landscape, nature trails, a tiered and landscaped detention
pond, as well as a playground and picnic facilities.
 Northpointe Park
28 acres - 71st Place
and 71st Avenue
This charming park tucked away in the Northpointe neighborhood
boasts a forested playground, trails, picnicking areas, small
athletic field and extensive natural areas for habitat viewing.
Northpointe East Park
2.2 acres - 7818 70th
St. NE
This neighborhood park, located in the eastside foothills of
Marysville, includes playground equipment beneath a canopy of
evergreens, a half-court basketball court, a soccer kick wall
and an extensive grassy play area extending north and south that
will be the site of an extensive trail soon. The trail would
extend north to 84th Street NE from the park, and eventually
interconnect to the south with SR 528 (Fourth Street).
Verda Ridge Park
1.5 acres - 52nd Drive NE and
71st Avenue
Amenities include Big Toy play structure, picnic tables, walking trail
and the City's only full-court municipal basketball court.
Cedarcrest Vista Park
82nd Street NE
Tuscany Ridge Park
1.5 acres - Getchell
Hill Road
Tuscany Park in the Tuscany Ridge neighborhood on Getchell Hill
Road provides visitors with sweeping vista of the Marysville
lowlands and beyond from its grassy picnic areas, half-court
basketball court, playground area with a unique climb-aboard
pirate ship, and paved footpaths. The park was donated by the
developer of the Tuscany Ridge development and opened in Spring
1997.Serenity Park
- 72nd Drive NE
Youth Peace Park
1.8 acres - 67th
Avenue and Grove Street
This park project, the brainchild of students from the
Marysville Middle School Leadership/Life Skills class, is the
result of the hands of many volunteers who came together in
October 1998 for "Make A Difference Day," and built a special
park. The corner park's main features are the gravel path in the
shape of an enormous peace sign, a climbing wall, swings and
picnic areas. The property for the park was graciously dedicated
by residents in the adjacent Cedarcrest Manor South
neighborhood, who signed quit-claim deeds.
Cedarcrest Reservoir Park
.4 acres - 71st Avenue and
Grove Street
Cedarcrest Reservoir Park isn't an actual park, but rather a half-acre
small patch of corner green space covered with grass.
Harborview Park
11.5 acres - 4700 60th Ave.
NE
Unveiled in spring 2001, this community park located in the Harborview
neighborhood in the Sunnyside area in south Marysville features a full
playground, climbing system, spring toys, swing sets, basketball court,
parking, and a youth soccer field and nature trail system. Barclays
North Inc. dedicated the property to the City as a part of the new
residential home development.
Deering Wildflower Acres Park
30 acres - 4708 79th Ave. NE
Accented by thick forest, and an extensive trail system that weaves
through ponds and wetlands, this passive 30-acre park is unlike any
other in the Marysville park system because the City must preserve it in
its natural state "for scientific, educational and aesthetic purposes."
Those are the conditions under which the Deering Wildflower Acres Park
was granted to the City by Western Washington University, which used to
use the property as for an outdoor laboratory, and the Nature
Conservancy. The City accepted the property in 1997. The park is open to
the public weekends and holidays by appointment only June 1-Sept. 30
from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Tuesday-Thursday from noon-6 p.m. (closed
Mondays.) Appointments can be made by calling the Parks Office at (360)
363-8400 or the Deering
Wildflower Acres Park Caretaker at (425) 397-6325.
 
Marysville Noon Rotary Ranch
Petting Zoo
The "fur and feather" set are
ready to welcome visitors again this year to the Marysville Noon Rotary
Ranch Petting Zoo, located in Jennings Memorial Park, 6915 Armar Road.
The petting zoo opens in May for weekends from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,
continuing with those same hours Tuesday-Sunday until mid-August. The
petting zoo draws 40,000 visitors a year between May and August to meet
friendly farm animals. Calves, pigs, billy goats, burros, ducks, rabbits
and occasional surprise drop-in guests give animal-lovers young and old
a chance to hobnob with creatures great and small. The Petting Zoo is
supported by the Marysville School District Future Farmers of America
and operated by the City's Parks and Recreation staff. Special tours can
also be arranged. Call (360) (360)
363-8400 for specific opening dates and times.
Greater Marysville-Tulalip
Chamber of Commerce/Visitors Information Center
Come visit the Greater
Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce/Visitor Center off I-5 Exit #200
in Quil Ceda Village, which celebrated its Grand Opening in October
2002. The facility contains a wide array of visitor information,
brochures and guides, local business and relocation information, and
helpful volunteers who know the region and can help you with all your
travel and business information needs.
8825 34th Ave.
NE., Suite C
Marysville, WA 98271
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday
Phone: (360) 659-7700
www.marysvilletulalipchamber.com
Annual events
2007 Marysville Strawberry
Festival and Grand Parade -
June 8 - 17 - The
state's longest continually-running annual festival, the Marysville
Strawberry Festival, and festival sponsors Maryfest Inc., invite
visitors to join them starting the second weekend in June for hours of
endless fun and entertainment painting the town red - red with
strawberries, that is - for this annual celebration of the ripe, red
berry that earned Marysville the moniker of "The Strawberry City."
In 2007, the twilight Grand Parade will be Saturday, June 16, running
from 8:00-10:00 p.m. downtown along State Avenue. The annual
festival began in 1932 as a one-day event to celebrate the fields of
strawberries found in nearly all corners of the city. A special Maryfest-sponsored
event, the 2st annual Poochapalooza, a fun outdoor dog event at Asbery
Field from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday, June 17. For more questions and a
full rundown of events call the festival sponsors at (360) 659-7664, or
view the entire schedule of events at the official
Strawberry
Festival web site.
2nd Annual Poochapalooza
Outdoor Dog Event
 Sunday, June
17 - Dog lovers and your four-legged friends are invited
to the 1st Annual Poochapalooza, a new Marysville Strawberry
Festival-sanctioned outdoor dog event set for 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday, June 17, last day of the Strawberry Festival. The event
will be at Asbery Field, Marysville Jr. High, Fourth and
Columbia Avenue, adjacent to Market in the Park. See
Frisbee-catching Flyball dogs in action, run your pet through
the NOAH agility training course, and visit pet product vendor
booths. Enter your dogs in the "pet showcase" for wackiest pet,
cutest ugly dog, best costume, best bark, among others. Entry is
$15 that will include a free "Poochapalooza" doggy bandana, with
proceeds going to support development of Marysville's first
off-leash dog park (site to be determined). Vendors needed! For
vendor registration forms and more information call Maryfest at
(360) 659-7664 or Poochapalooza Coordinator Leslie Buell at
(360) 659-1300.
2007 Homegrown Arts & Crafts
Street Fair
Friday, Aug. 10 -
Saturday, Aug. 11 - Don't miss this annual marketplace and
street fair on downtown Third Street, sponsored by the Marysville
Downtown Merchants Association. The fair showcases local produce,
artisans, musicians and artistes displaying their works and
demonstrating their craft. Hours are 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Browse the shops, or
visit the many crafts, arts & food booths. Entry is free. For more
information or to reserve a booth, call (360) 659-4997.
2007 Marysville for the
Holidays Winter Celebration & Electric Lights Parade
Saturday, Dec. 1 -
The City of Marysville invites you and your family to get into the
holiday spirit and step into a winter wonderland of fun, food, music and
a parade of lights during the Marysville for the Holidays winter
celebration in downtown Comeford Park. The twilight Electric Lights
Parade water tower lighting, an outdoor holiday concert, a visit from
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, and holiday treats and drinks are just some of
the fun offerings that give this annual event its glitter. For more
information call the Marysville Parks and Recreation Department at (360)
363-8400.
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