By Kristin Bartholet In the fall of 2014, it became necessary to take out a giant Cedar tree, which was leaning precariously toward our...

By Maryfrances Lignana We call Mirrormont Park “our park.” In fact, the park is a King County Park—akin to Cougar Mountain, Marymoor, and...

Distances Measured by Tom Cole Walking or Driving Around Mirrormont: One of the main walking routes, at least for those living at the...

Did You Know? By Tom Cole, 2017 Because over 180 new families moved into Mirrormont during the past five years (2013—2017), and may not...

Mirrormont’s Entrance: History and Controversy Did you know that your MCA dues keep our entrance to Mirrormont looking nice? Did you know...

Heidi Kayler started a Nextdoor group to brainstorm what might be done with Mirrormont Stables at 15201 Issaquah Hobart Rd SE. Many...

When you think of the MCA, it’s likely volunteer-powered events from Halloween parties to Chipper Week that come to mind. If you’ve...

by Linda Shepherd Mirrormont Water: Close to the Best in the World I feel grateful that we have such wonderful crisp, pure-tasting water...

Thanks to Seattle Tilth’s Master Composters Ruth Ihlenfeldt and Michelle Brennan, we learned how to make our Pea Patch composting system...

Have you ever wondered about those huge stumps in your yard? Have you ever hiked or biked one of the many trails on Tiger Mountain that...

From The Seattle Times: FLYING SAUCERS! REAL — OR JUST A FALSE SHOW? More and more people are beginning to believe in “Flying Saucers,”...

From a 2010 interview of Rod Loveless Plats 35,000 sq. ft. or larger were the type of plats you could do as “relaxed standards” plats...

From a 2010 interview of Mirrormont developer Rod Loveless The oil system was unique at that time. A lot of developments had gas...

From an interview with Mirrormont’s developer Rod Loveless: It was difficult to get water out here. Everybody had wells. So we started...

From The Seattle Times, May 19, 1975: From James Carey Elder II, whose parents moved to Mirrormont in 1966: It was a calm, quiet summer...

Research and interviews by Linda Jean Shepherd From Heidi Kayler: When I was a girl growing up in Mirrormont, we kept horses at the...

We did a deal to build up interest in Mirrormont. In cooperation with Channel 7, we built a house. We had big advertisements on J.P....

I designed all the chalets, built them as spec houses, then sold them after they were completed. Mountain chalet-houses were a whole new...

First House: 26004 SE 158th St The Mirrormont property was a wild and wooly area, no roads, just logging trails. J.J. Welcome Co of...

While Seattle celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Seattle World’s Fair, Mirrormont had our own 50th Anniversary. In 1962, the first three...