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Sports, Recreation and Hobbies

QUICK LINKS: Gateways, Games & Hobbies, Martial Arts, Outdoor Recreation

Gateways

[e]ssential Links to Sports Resources on the Internet
A great list of sports sites, including all of the major news sites as well as live sports links. A nice feature is the area that links to the sports section of the major subject directories and search engines.             
About.com - Sports
An excellent starting point for finding sports sites by type of sport, including statistics, current news and history, and player profiles. The links are compiled by human editors, so the sites are well-chosen. Side-bar menus make finding what you want easy.

Games and Hobbies

About.com - Hobbies
A very extensive list of links about every hobby imaginable, including pastimes such as bird watching or beekeeping, arts and crafts, and collecting. 
Amateur Woodworker
A monthly online magazine for the novice woodworker without lots of fancy tools or skills. Includes two new project each month and an archive of projects, as well as ideas about joinery and finishing.
American Radio Relay League
For those interested in the amateur or ham radio, this site has information about how to get a license, clubs and hamfests, products and a searchable database by name of person with the FCC license or by their FCC call number.
About.com Woodworking
A well organized site of links selected by an editor, including such topics as tools, techniques, plans and patterns, etc.
Baseball cards 1887 - 1914
A part of the Library of Congress American Memory project, this site highlights the players and trading cards of a legendary time in baseball history. The site is searchable by player, team, league, keyword and card set.
National Basketball Association
National Model Railroading Association 
Need parts, ideas, club or standard information about the hobby of model railroading?  This is the site for you, complete with over 4,000 links!
Yahoo! Sports Cards
Great place to start, with links to auctions, dealers, and more.
Yahoo! Games
Another good list from Yahoo! with links to all kinds of games as well as web directories for more links.

Martial Arts

Aikido Information
This easy to use site has no advertising and lots of information about the practice of Aikido, as well as links, news and a discussion forum.
World of Judo and Jujutsu
Rules, discussion forum, articles about techniques, philosophy and history, events calendar, links and more are part of this well designed, advertisement free site.

Outdoor Recreation

Kulshan.com
Whatcom County and Bellingham's Community Web Site with information about business, lodging, community events and links to other community web sites.
PARKNET: The National Park Service
This site includes all the information you need for visiting the parks. Included are links to other non-NPS sites and sections on the Past (historical, cultures, and places) and Natural Resources.
Mt. Baker Ski Area
Mt. Baker/Snoqualmie National Forest Recreation
Need current, local trail, road or campground information? This is the site for all of that, as well as where to buy maps, forest passes, , winter recreation information and links to other forests and parks in Washington and other states.
Recreation.GOV
"One-stop resource for information about recreation on federal lands. Recreation.GOV offers information from all of the federal land management agencies and allows you to search for recreation sites by state, by agency, or by recreational activity."
SeriousSports.com
Washington State Dept of Fish and Wildlife
This is the site for those interested in wildlife viewing, fishing or hunting. Site includes information about where to go, rules, licensing, and current wildlife conservation activities.
Washington Trails Association
A hiking guide, including such information as recipes for backcountry kitchens, trail reports and reviews, guides to the plants and animals, trail maintenance teams, and great list of links, including outdoor gear companies.

Woodall's Campground Directory
Take your pick from over 14,000 commercially-owned and government-owned park listings. Searchable by city, state specific park and park features.