Protected Properties
Maple Creek Urban Preserve
King County
Protected Since 1997
Acreage 4.0
- Located in King County
- 4 acres within Maple Creek Ravine
- The preserve is well vegetated with red alders, bigleaf maples, Douglas-firs and sword ferns
- Stream begins at the ravine headwall on the property flows east under the Burke-Gilman Trail then merges with the main stem of Thornton Creek
- 35 residential lots and 23 landowners indicated interest in placing a conservation easement on their property, easement covers 16 individual landowners’ parcels
- Wildlife on the property includes ospreys, owls, eagles, coyotes, raccoons and opossums

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