Pullman Parks (pt 1)

I was going to continue downtown Moscow but the sun is shining and it is so beautiful that all I can think about is spending time in Pullman parks. Now it's still winter so not all the parks are open at this time but many of them are. My pictures are from this past fall and I hope to add new ones as the spring flowers start but pretty much the parks are what the parks are.
This area of Washington seems to have more parks per capita than any other area I have been in. Maybe that's because the Palouse is home to really small towns with lots of little parks so in the square footage department it may not be true. However, Pullman parks have a lot of variety and are just fun places to spend some time. I picked some of the more obscure parks to start with because as I was planning this blog, I wanted to see all the parks. I made my family spend a couple of days tracking down parks we had never been to.
According to the Pullman Parks and Rec website (http://www.pullman-wa.gov/DrawOnePage.aspx?PageID=728), Pullman has 14 parks, numerous green spaces (Well 7, Cougar Plaza, Pine Street Mall, etc.), three city cemeteries, R.V. park and the City trail. Now some of the green spaces actually have park names so this may get a little confusing (for example, there's the Scout Park behind the library not listed as one of the parks).
Officially the 14 parks are: Military Hill Park, Sunnyside Park, Terreview Park, Woodcraft Park, Harrison Tot Lot, Itani Park, Kruegal Park, Lawson Gardens, McGee Park, Reaney Park, Spring Street Park, Conservation Park, City Playfields and Petry Natural Area.
The two parks for today are Itani Park and Conservation Park. These two parks are nice for walking or just enjoying nature. Conservation Park is nothing but trees where Itani park does have a covered picnic area. I envision these as great places to visit in the spring when the grass is green and the flowers are blooming, in the fall they are not quite as interesting, being that they are filled with native grasses that do not stay green.
Conservation Park - 799 NW Darrow St. Finding this park is a little tricky even for Pullman natives like me. Darrow Street is a little residential street on the back part of Military Hill (not the new district but the older one). Darrow actually ends at the park so once you find the street - keep driving til the end.

The entrance into the park.

View of the street from the entrance.



Fall images of the park.

Itani park is hidden in one of the new developments on Sunnyside Hill at 905 SW Crestview Dr. It's a newer park and the pictures on the Parks website shows a beautiful green pasture with lots of flowers so I may have to take pictures in a few months and share.