Wilmot Gateway Park

Woodinville's first public community park, Wilmot Gateway Park, offers a playground, open play area and large grassy area. It encompasses 3.7 acres, boasts a beautiful, covered pergola nearly the length of the park with 11 picnic tables and 6 benches under cover. Bike racks are located at the north end of the park next to the ADA-accessible restrooms, along with drinking and water bottle-filling fountains. The park provides electrical outlets in the pergola. 

Wilmot Gateway Park connects to the Sammamish River Trail along the Sammamish River by way of a paved, 15-foot-wide bike path and recreational trail. Outdoor recreational enthusiasts avidly use the trail for hiking, running, walking, biking and skating.

With easy access to the Sammamish River, kayaks, canoes and SUP are commonly seen enjoying the scenic waterway teeming with wildlife. Beavers, deer, frogs, ducks, geese, heron, eagles and hawks can be seen while meandering the river or biking/walking the trail. (The Sammamish River Trail is 11.3 miles in length with Blyth Park in Bothell 2.8 miles to the north and Marymoor Park in Redmond 8.5 miles to the south.)

Wilmot Gateway Park is named for Jerry Wilmot, a founding father of the City of Woodinville, an active member of the Woodinville Rotary and general manager for Molbak’s. A talented athlete and community member, Wilmot succumbed to ALS disease in 1996. 

Wilmot Gateway Park was partially funded through the State Department of Natural Resources Water Access Program, Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation, Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program and thousands of private donations from individuals, families and corporations in a private campaign sponsored by the Woodinville Rotary Club. Donors are recognized in decorative engravings on brick and tiles throughout the park.