This is where you find out about everything that's happening at B.A.R.C.
Location: 10500 SW 228TH rD.
Looking for a disc Golf course?The course and when to play
Check out the B.A.R.C BMX cycling track
Skate Park
All About B.A.R.C.
B.A.R.C. is one of the Park District's most unique properties, and it's improving all the time. With the help of a team of volunteer stewards. We at VPD hope to turn B.A.R.C. into "THE" alternative park for all. The Master Plan tells most of the story; though it's evolving with input from the community. Click here to download a PDF copy of the Master Plan -- caution: it's a big file and will take some time to download.
You too can help create Vashon's most unique alternative park. Join the B.A.R.C. stewards. Just email VPD Commissioner LuAnn Branch or Program Coordinator Susan McCabe to join the group.
We've been working with Jim Gerlach, a Vashon resident and landscape designer, to develop preliminary planting, trail and skate park plans for B.A.R.C. Park stewards have provided input for the three major anchor points of the park -- the skate park, BMX track and frisbee golf course. Park Commissioners have approved the design, final plans are currently being used to seek funding that will implement the Master Plan. Click here to see Jim's initial Skate Park layout. Click here to see Jim's preliminary planting plan associated with the B.A.R.C. layout.
With help from King County, we've obtained funding for engineering designs for a skate park. Those will be unveiled at an upcoming B.A.R.C. Stewards meeting, and we'll post them here for everyone to see. STAY TUNED!
Come Join the Fun!!!
-- Friday, April 9, Red Bicycle Bistro, 8PM
We're hosting a Karoake Contest and Rubber Boot Fashion Show
$5 Entry fee for singers and boot designers.
Of course, you'll get to walk the runway!
Best Boots WILL be auctioned off.
It's a fund-raiser for BARC -- Burton Adventure Recreation Center
The goal is to make the BARC Dream Real for the whole community.
Lucky Seven Challenge Grant
Doubles Your Contributions
The Lucky Seven Foundation has awarded B.A.R.C. a $5,000 match grant. That means we'll get the $5,000 if we manage to acquire contributions that match the $5,000 dollar for dollar. So, every dollar you give to B.A.R.C. right now is worth $2.
We are seeking other grants to make the B.A.R.C. dream a reality, and all those granting groups want to see what they call 'community support' for the project. That means either volunteering to help or contributing money to the B.A.R.C. capital development fund. You can do that (contribute dollars) by clicking here to donate $10.
Click here to donate $25
Click here to donate $50
And, thank you!
Vashon Indoor Skate Park--
Burn Energy!
Have Fun!
Image art by Flynn & Remi Joffray for the Skate Park wall
"The Vashon Island skate park is one of the most fun places I’ve been to. It is an indoor skate park surrounded by water, and a bridge. You walk in and there is a man that greets you, and he always has tips, and tricks to show. There’s one half pipe, a quarter pipe, a speed ramp, a platform you can move, and a rail you can move. Whenever I visit my uncle Lee, that’s almost the first place we go. My uncle owns a pair of roller blades and I usually skateboard, or rollerblade. We also sometimes do trick contests to see how much we have practiced. You are only allowed to stay until 9:00 PM, and that is the worst time of the day for me when I am at Vashon Island." Charlie Kimzey
The Skate Park is supervised fun for inline skaters and boarders alike. Get a membership and save on your weekly indoor play. Call Steve at 463-9999 for more information.
Buy a Skate Park membership for one...or for your whole family.
Fall and Winter Hours
Skate 3-hr. sessions $4/member & $8/non-member
2:30-5:30P Wednesday Thru Friday; Saturday & Sunday--- 11:30A –5:30P
And NOW -- Family Memberships available at $ 15/family of 2; $18/family of 3 and $20/family of 4 or more. Membership means half-price session fees.
And NOW -- Family Memberships available at 15/family of 2; $18/family of 3 and $20/family of 4 or more. Membership means half-price session fees.
To view and print the PDF member registration form click here
The Skate Park can be rented for parties during off hours with two weeks advance notice. Call Steve Schrock at 463-9999 during regular Skate Park hours, or call the Park District at 463-9602.
Helmets are COOL, required and available for use at the Skate Park. Bring your own board.
SOMETHING NEW TO DO ON FRIDAY NIGHTS
Vashon's indoor skate park ishosting a special Friday night session through the Fall and Winter.
It's the perfect close to any week.
Call Steve at the Skate Park for deatails...463-9999...or just show up.
Disc Golf Course-Open Dawn to Dusk
The popularity of Frisbee Golf, also called Disc Golf, continues to grow nationwide. Players on the West Coast are especially active, and Vashon-Maury Island has its own group of Frisbee Golf enthusiasts. In fact, B.A.R.C. has had a Frisbee Golf course almost as long as it's had a skate park.
To view the map of our current course, click here. Our course was created by Vashon Island resident and disc golf expert, Bryan Forsythe. B.A.R.C. volunteer stewards are overseeing design and fund-raising for improvements to the course.
The existing Frisbee golf course has been cleared of invasive plants. The removal of these plants and subsequent re-planting of native plants will be sculpted to create a series of labyrinths that will approximate the fairways of a regular golf course. The plantings will create an aesthetically sculpted system of native plants that will in turn create obstacles desired by the Frisbee golfers. The actual paths for the fairways will be either returned to grass or will be provided with a type of surface that will be sanctioned by the doctrines of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
BMX Trails
B.A.R.C. currently hosts a rudimentary BMX track that needs work. Landscape architect Jim Gerlach of Charles Anderson Landscape Architects in Seattle has developed designs that include the BMX track as part of the overall park plan.
Early in the process of the Master Plan the park stewards recognized that the fledgling BMX-style track could be a great asset to the park if certain parameters were met. The bike skills course will be built to meet applicable safety, signage, and design standards as recommended by the BBTC who have developed a similar park in Seattle with great success and city support. For the scope of this plan it will initially include the existing course and a new pump track area of approximately 40'x30'. The existing course will be brought up to standard. BARC will be a place for all levels of bike riders to practice their skills without having to be on the street.