Date: 2/7/26 1:03 pm From: Jane Hadley via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Where does one park to best access the Kent Ponds?
Dan Rieff asked where does one park to best access the Kent Ponds in order to search for the Red-shouldered Hawk.
The GRNA has both public trails and trails that are closed to the public. A bird survey, which is conducted once a month, has permission to use the closed trails for the survey.
I can't tell you exactly where the Red-shouldered Hawk was seen at Kent Ponds (aka Green River Natural Area or GRNA), but I can tell you of two parking areas that are close to the public trails.
The main, largest parking area is at Van Doren's Landing Park. You can get directions to it by typing this address into Google Maps:
22230 Russell Rd, Kent, WA 98032
There is only one way to get to this parking area and that is by taking Russell Road off of Veteran's Drive, aka S. 228th Street.
The second parking area I know of at GRNA is a small informal parking area that can accommodate two to four cars. You then take a trail heading north that hooks up with the public Puget Power Trail.
This parking area is at the northwest corner of 64th Ave S. and South 226th Street. Type this into Google Maps to see its location: 47.400492, -122.255176
Bruce LaBar and Marcus Roening reported seeing the Red-shouldered Hawk yesterday (Friday, Feb. 6), so you might contact them to ask where they saw it.
