Editing Redmond, Washington (section)

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Marymoor Park climbing rock.jpg|thumb|Climbing rock in [[Marymoor Park]] {{Coord|47|39|51.49|N|122|6|41.26|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark|name=Climbing rock in Marymoor Park}}]]
{{see also|Parks in Redmond, Washington}}

Redmond has 47 public parks totaling over {{cvt|1351|acre|ha}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redmond.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=676|title=Parks & Trails |publisher=City of Redmond |website=www.redmond.gov|access-date=January 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219051539/http://www.redmond.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=676|archive-date=February 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Many of these are neighborhood parks with picnic tables and sports fields or courts. The largest park within Redmond is King County's {{convert|560|acre|km2|adj=mid}} [[Marymoor Park]], one of the most popular recreational areas in King County. It features a [[climbing]] rock, a [[Model aircraft|model airplane]] flying field, a 48-acre off-leash [[dog park]], an outdoor theater, sports fields such as baseball and soccer, a playground, tennis courts, a community garden, cricket pitch, and the [[Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome]], which hosts the FSA Star Crossed – Redmond [[cyclo-cross]] competition in September.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 16, 2019 |title=Marymoor |website=kingcounty.gov |url=https://kingcounty.gov/services/parks-recreation/parks/parks-and-natural-lands/popular-parks/marymoor.aspx}}</ref>

The city offers over {{convert|59|mi|km|0}} of public trails for hiking, bicycling, and horseback riding. The [[Redmond Central Connector]] runs through downtown. The [[Sammamish River Trail]] connects to the [[Puget Power trail]], the [[Burke-Gilman Trail]] (in [[Bothell, Washington|Bothell]]), and the East Lake Sammamish Trail.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sammamish River Trail {{!}} Washington Trails {{!}} TrailLink |url=https://www.traillink.com/trail/sammamish-river-trail/ |access-date=April 28, 2022 |website=www.traillink.com}}</ref>

[[Sixty Acres Park]] is known for its soccer in the spring through fall and RC electric airplanes and gliders in the winter time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=60 Acres Park |url=https://experienceredmond.com/host-your-event-here/venues/60-acres-park/ |access-date=April 28, 2022 |website=Experience Redmond |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2004, Redmond North [[Little League]] won the Northwest region and participated in the [[2004 Little League World Series|Little League World Series]] in [[South Williamsport, Pennsylvania|South Williamsport, PA]]. With Redmond North claiming the Northwest, it is the third team from [[Washington (state)|Washington]] to claim the Northwest since its inception in 2001. Previous Washington champions were [[Bainbridge Island, Washington|Bainbridge Island]] (2001), [[Richland, Washington|Richland]] (2003).<ref>{{cite web |title=2003 Little League World Series |url=https://www.littleleague.org/history/world-series/rosters/year-2003/ |website=Little League World Series History |publisher=Little League World Series |access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref>

The [[Seattle Orcas]] of [[Major League Cricket]] plan to play at Redmond's Marymoor Park, where a 6,000-seat cricket pitch is planned to be built.<ref>{{cite news |last=Oxley |first=Dyer |date=March 16, 2023 |title=Seattle is getting a major league cricket team |url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-is-getting-a-major-league-cricket-team-e3f0 |publisher=KUOW |accessdate=March 23, 2023}}</ref>