List of Washington state parks - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of state park
State park
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the federated state level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or recreational...

s and reserves in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

of Washington which are part of the Washington State Park System

Washington State Park System

The Washington State Park System is a set of state parks owned by the state government of Washington, USA. They are managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. As of 2011, the parks are primarily funded through the state's general fund, augmented by usage fees...

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Battle Ground Lake State Park
Battle Ground Lake State Park
Battle Ground Lake State Park is a 280 acre park northeast of Vancouver, Washington, USA, consisting of an ancient volcano in the Boring Lava Field where a magma-induced steam explosion made a large bean-shaped crater, a maar, which later filled with water, forming a crater lake.The lake was...
Bay View State Park
Bay View State Park
Bay View State Park, on Padilla Bay in Skagit County, Washington, is one of the Washington State Parks. Its and of shoreline allow for camping, picnicking, fishing, swimming, paddling and bird watching.-External links:* , at Washington State Parks...
Beacon Rock State Park
Beacon Rock State Park
Beacon Rock State Park is a state park of Washington, USA, in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, on State Route 14 about east of Vancouver, Washington....
Belfair State Park
Belfair State Park
Belfair State Park on Hood Canal in Mason County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of of mudflats and beach, including of saltwater shoreline. Available activities include camping, fishing, swimming, clam digging, crabbing, camping, birdwatching, and outdoor sports...
Birch Bay State Park
Birch Bay State Park
Birch Bay State Park, near Blaine in Whatcom County, Washington, is part of the Washington State Park System. It's , with of shoreline on Birch Bay and 14,900' along Terrell Creek allows camping, picnicking, fishing, hiking, crabbing, clamming, and boating....
Blake Island State Park
Blind Island State Park
Blind Island State Park
Blind Island State Park in San Juan County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks and part of the Cascadia Marine Trail. It consists of of marine park on a small island near the entrance to Blind Bay and includes of saltwater shoreline. Available activities include crabbing, boating...
Bogachiel State Park
Bogachiel State Park
Bogachiel State Park in Clallam County, Washington, United States is a State Park. It is located approximately six miles south of the city of Forks on Highway 101. Bogachiel was established in 1931 and the state began staffing it in 1961....
Bridgeport State Park
Bridgeport State Park
Bridgeport State Park in Okanogan County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of with of freshwater shoreline on Rufus Woods Lake, the reservoir behind Chief Joseph Dam. The park includes of lawn in an otherwise desert setting...
Bridle Trails State Park
Bridle Trails State Park
Bridle Trails State Park is a 482 acre park in the Washington State Park System. It borders the Eastside cities of Kirkland, Bellevue and Redmond, Washington. It has a popular trail system used for horseback riding. There is also an outdoor arena for equestrian shows.- External links :* *...
Brooks Memorial State Park
Brooks Memorial State Park
Brooks Memorial State Park is a park in the southern Cascade Mountains near Goldendale, Washington, USA. In 2011 the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will consider transferring the ownership of Brooks Memorial State Park to the Central Klickitat Conservation District.-External...

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Cama Beach State Park
Cama Beach State Park
Cama Beach State Park in Island County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of a modernized 1930s-era fishing resort on the southwest shore of Camano Island facing Saratoga Passage. Available activities include boating, crabbing, scuba diving, fishing, swimming,...
Camano Island State Park
Camano Island State Park
Camano Island State Park is a Washington state park in Island County, Washington in the United States. The park is and sits at an elevation of . It is fourteen miles southwest of Stanwood on Camano Island in the Puget Sound. Established in 1949, it has of shoreline. It took just one day for 900...
Cape Disappointment State Park
Cape Disappointment State Park
Cape Disappointment State Park, formerly known as Fort Canby State Park, is a park located southwest of Ilwaco, Washington. The park is located on the southern part of Long Beach Peninsula, which is fronted by the Pacific Ocean. The park is one of several state parks and sites in Washington and...

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Centennial Trail State Park
Centennial Trail State Park
Centennial Traill State Park in Spokane County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It is managed by Riverside State Park and consists of the Spokane River Centennial Trail following the meandering course of the Spokane River from Nine Mile Falls to the Idaho border. The listed...
Columbia Hills State Park²
Columbia Plateau Trail State Park
Conconully State Park
Conconully State Park
Conconully State Park in Okanogan County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of with of freshwater shoreline. Available activities include camping, boating, fishing, waterskiing, horseshoes, interpretive activities, wildlife viewing, and mountain biking.-References:...
Crawford State Park
Curlew Lake State Park
Curlew Lake State Park
Curlew Lake State Park in Ferry County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of on Curlew Lake not far from a public access paleontology site and an airfield...
Columbia Park, Kennewick
Columbia Park, Kennewick
The Columbia Park is a recreational area with 4.5 miles of shoreline of the Columbia River located in the city of Kennewick in the U.S. state Washington...

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Damon Point State Park
Damon Point State Park
Damon Point State Park in Grays Harbor County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of at the southeastern tip of Ocean Shores Peninsula and consists of a by piece of land jutting out into Grays Harbor. Available activities include fishing, clamming, crabbing,...
Daroga State Park
Daroga State Park
Daroga State Park in Douglas County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of along of Columbia River shoreline north of Orondo along the edge of Washington's Channeled Scablands. Available activities include camping, boating, fishing, swimming, waterskiing, birdwatching,...
Dash Point State Park
Dash Point State Park
Dash Point State Park in King and Pierce Counties, Washington, is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of including of saltwater shoreline on Puget Sound. Available activities include camping, beachcombing, hiking, biking, fishing, swimming, birdwatching, windsurfing, Skimboarding and...
Deception Pass State Park
Dosewallips State Park
Dosewallips State Park
Dosewallips State Park in Jefferson County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of with of saltwater shoreline on Hood Canal and of freshwater shoreline on each side of the Dosewallips River...
Doug's Beach State Park
Doug's Beach State Park
Doug's Beach State Park is a Washington state park in Klickitat County, Washington in the United States. It consists of on the Columbia River in the Columbia Gorge, east of Lyle on SR 14. The area is one of the premier windsurfing sites on the Gorge, and is rated for advanced sailors...

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Fay Bainbridge State Park
Fay Bainbridge State Park
Fay Bainbridge State Park is located on the northeast tip of Bainbridge Island, Washington, immediately south of the Point Monroe sandspit. The park comprises of land, including 1,420 feet of saltwater shoreline along Puget Sound....
Federation Forest State Park
Federation Forest State Park
Federation Forest State Park in King County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It is a day-use park of of old-growth evergreen trees along the White River. Available activities include of hiking trail, an interpretive center with gift shop, birdwatching, wildlife viewing, and...
Fields Spring State Park
Fields Spring State Park
Fields Spring State Park is a state park south of Anatone, Washington , on State Route 129. Hiking up nearby Puffer Butte affords views of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington including the Wallowa Mountains and the Grand Ronde and Snake River basins.- Facilities :The park has 20 tent spaces , one dump...
Flaming Geyser State Park
Flaming Geyser State Park
The Flaming Geyser State Park is located on the Green River in southwestern King County, Washington, near the city of Black Diamond.-History:...
Fort Casey State Park
Fort Columbia State Park
Fort Columbia State Park
Fort Columbia State Park is a park located in Chinook, Washington. The historic park encompasses Fort Columbia, one of the few intact coastal defense sites in the United States....
Fort Ebey State Park
Fort Ebey State Park
Fort Ebey State Park in Island County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. Fort Ebey was originally built during World War II as a coastal defense near the mouth of Puget Sound...
Fort Flagler State Park
Fort Flagler State Park
Fort Flagler State Park is a Washington state park on the site of Fort Flagler, a former United States Army fort at the northern end of Marrowstone Island. From Fort Flagler, visitors can see Port Townsend to the northwest, the cranes at the Navy base on Indian Island to the west, and Whidbey...
Fort Okanogan State Park
Fort Simcoe State Park
Fort Townsend State Park
Fort Townsend State Park
Fort Townsend State Park, formerly Old Fort Townsend State Park, in Jefferson County, Washington is a marine camping park in the Washington State Parks. It consists of of wooded land with of saltwater shoreline on Port Townsend Bay. Available activities include hiking, boating, fishing,...
Fort Ward State Park
Fort Ward State Park
Fort Ward Park is a former state park located along Rich Passage on the southern end of Bainbridge Island in Washington. Fort Ward Park is part of the Bainbridge Island Metro Park and Recreation District, on land which the former military base, Fort Ward, was located.Covering of dense forest and...
Fort Worden State Park

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Ginkgo/Wanapum State Park
Ginkgo/Wanapum State Park
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park/Wanapum Recreational Area is a state park at Vantage, Washington including 27,000 feet of freshwater shoreline on the Wanapum Reservoir on the Columbia River. Petrified wood was discovered in the region in the early 1930s, which led to creation of the park...
Goldendale Observatory State Park
Goldendale Observatory State Park
Goldendale Observatory State Park is an educational facility near Goldendale, Washington. It was acquired by the state of Washington in 1980, after being operated by the Goldendale Observatory Corporation since October 13, 1973....
Grayland Beach State Park
Grayland Beach State Park
Grayland Beach State Park, located near Grayland, Washington, is a , year-round, marine camping park with 7,449 feet of ocean frontage.-External link:*...
Griffiths-Priday State Park
Griffiths-Priday State Park
Griffiths-Priday State Park in Grays Harbor County, Washington is a marine park in the Washington State Parks. It consists of of beach, low dunes, and river mouth with of saltwater shoreline on the Pacific Ocean and of freshwater shoreline on the Copalis River...

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Harstine Island State Park
Jarrell Cove State Park
Jarrell Cove State Park in Mason County, Washington is a marine camping park in the Washington State Parks. It consists of of forest with of saltwater shoreline on Harstine Island in south Puget Sound...
Hope Island State Park (Mason County)
Hope Island State Park (Mason County, Washington)
Hope Island State Park in Mason County, Washington is a marine camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of old-growth forest and salt marsh with a beach on Puget Sound. The island is reachable only by boat. Available activities include hiking, fishing, clamming,...
Hope Island State Park (Skagit County)
Hope Island State Park (Skagit County, Washington)
Hope Island State Park in Skagit County, Washington is a marine camping park in the Washington State Parks. It consists of of beaches and forest with occasional meadows and rock outcroppings on an island in Skagit Bay. There is a trail across the island.There is a picnic area on the North end...

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Jarrell Cove State Park
Jarrell Cove State Park
Jarrell Cove State Park in Mason County, Washington is a marine camping park in the Washington State Parks. It consists of of forest with of saltwater shoreline on Harstine Island in south Puget Sound...
Joemma Beach State Park
Joemma Beach State Park
Joemma Beach State Park in Pierce County, Washington is a marine camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of with of saltwater shoreline on southeast Key Peninsula. Available activities include boating, fishing, waterskiing, crabbing, and beachcombing.-References:...
Joseph Whidbey State Park
Joseph Whidbey State Park
Joseph Whidbey State Park in Island County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of with of saltwater shoreline on the Strait of Juan de Fuca in north Puget Sound. Available activities include ADA-accessible hiking, crabbing, beachcombing, and birdwatching.-References:...

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Kanaskat-Palmer State Park
Kanaskat-Palmer State Park
Kanaskat-Palmer State Park in King County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of of forest with of freshwater shoreline on the Green River. Available activities include expert-level rafting and kayaking in the Green River Gorge, fishing, hiking,...
Kitsap Memorial State Park
Kitsap Memorial State Park
Kitsap Memorial State Park in Kitsap County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of with campsites, group facilities, and of saltwater shoreline on Hood Canal. Available activities include hiking, scuba diving, fishing, swimming, clamming, crabbing, beachcombing,...
Kopachuck State Park
Kopachuck State Park
Kopachuck State Park, situated on Henderson Bay in Puget Sound, is a marine and camping park with over a mile of saltwater shoreline. The park also includes Cutts Island also known locally as "Deadman's Island". The island is about half mile from shore and reachable only by boat...

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Lake Chelan State Park
Lake Chelan State Park
Lake Chelan State Park is a campground located along the scenic and popular Lake Chelan on the east side of the Cascade Mountains. There are camp sites and multiple water recreation activities, including fishing, boating, and swimming. This park lies in Chelan County, Washington....
Lake Easton State Park
Lake Easton State Park
Lake Easton State Park in Kittitas County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of in the eastern foothills of the Cascade Range with of freshwater shoreline on Lake Easton. Available activities include hiking, mountain biking, boating, fishing,...
Lake Isabella State Park
Lake Sammamish State Park
Lake Sammamish State Park
Lake Sammamish State Park is a park at the south end of Lake Sammamish, in King County, Washington, United States. The park is administered by the Washington State Park System. The park covers an area of and has of waterfront and is known for its boating and watersport activities, such as...
Lake Sylvia State Park
Lake Wenatchee State Park
Lake Wenatchee State Park
Lake Wenatchee State Park covers with of waterfront on Lake Wenatchee and the Wenatchee River. Lake Wenatchee is a glacier and snowmelt fed lake situated in the Wenatchee National Forest on the eastern slopes of the Cascades Mountain Range in the U. S. State of Washington. It is split into two...
Larrabee State Park
Larrabee State Park
Larrabee State Park is a state park in Washington, located six miles south of the city of Bellingham. It was the first state park to be created in Washington.- History :...
Leadbetter Point State Park
Leadbetter Point State Park
Leadbetter Point State Park is a Washington state park on the Long Beach Peninsula northwest of Oysterville, Washington. The park is bounded by Willapa Bay to the north and east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.-External links:*...
Lewis and Clark State Park
Lewis and Clark State Park (Washington)
Lewis and Clark State Park in Lewis County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of in one of the last major stands of old-growth forest in Washington. Available activities include hiking, horse trails, interpretive activities, wildlife viewing, athletic...
Lewis and Clark Trail State Park
Lewis and Clark Trail State Park
Lewis and Clark Trail State Park in Columbia County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of of old-growth forest and river amid surrounding grassland, and includes of freshwater shoreline on the Touchet River...
Lime Kiln Point State Park
Lime Kiln Point State Park
Lime Kiln Point State Park is a state park on the western shore of San Juan Island in the San Juan archipelago of Washington. Lime Kiln Point State Park provides opportunities for hiking, sight-seeing, and orca watching. Due to the unique bathymetric properties of the site, visitors on the shore...
Lincoln Rock State Park
Lincoln Rock State Park
Lincoln Rock State Park in Chelan County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of along the east side of Lake Entiat, above the Rocky Reach Dam on the Columbia River. Available activities include ACTIVITIES....
Loomis Lake State Park

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Manchester State Park
Manchester State Park (Washington)
Manchester State Park is a state park with of shoreline, located on Washington's Kitsap Peninsula. It was at one time a harbor defense installation for the protection of nearby Bremerton, then a fuel supply depot and Navy fire-fighting station. The park contains a former torpedo warehouse built...
Maryhill State Park
Maryhill State Park
Maryhill State Park in Klickitat County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of with of freshwater shoreline on the Columbia River. The Maryhill Stonehenge, a full-scale concrete replica of Stonehenge stands on a bluff not far from the park...
Millersylvania State Park
Millersylvania State Park
Millersylvania is an 842 acre park 10 miles south of Olympia, Washington. The park has of trails , old-growth cedar and fir trees, and also features camping and 3,300 feet of freshwater shoreline on Deep Lake.Deep Lake is located in Section 3, Township 16N, Range 2W, Willamette.According to the...
Moran State Park
Moran State Park
Moran State Park is a state park on Orcas Island, Washington, encompassing over of forest with some 30 miles of hiking trails. It is the largest public recreation area in the San Juan Islands. The park has facilities for boating, hiking, biking, horse riding, and camping. Mount Constitution is...
Mount Pilchuck State Park
Mount Pilchuck State Park
Located on the western edges of the Cascade Mountains in the state of Washington, Mount Pilchuck State Park is a scenic park featuring alpine scenery, recreational activities and Mount Pilchuck itself...
Mount Spokane State Park
Mystery Bay State Park
Mystery Bay State Park
Mystery Bay State Park is a Washington state park on Mystery Bay, a small inlet off of Scow Bay/Kilisut Harbor on the western side of Marrowstone Island...

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Ocean City State Park
Ocean City State Park
Ocean City State Park in Grays Harbor County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of of ocean beach, dunes, and dense shore pine thicket on the Pacific Ocean. Available activities include fishing, diving, swimming, clamming, crabbing, beachcombing,...
Olallie State Park
Olallie State Park
The Olallie State Park is a day-use park in Washington around part of the Snoqualmie River. The most prominent feature of the park is Twin Falls.- Location :...
Olmstead Place State Park
Olmstead Place State Park
Olmstead Place State Park in Kittitas County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of a working pioneer farm. Available activities include hiking, fishing, interpretive activities, wildlife viewing, and a living farm museum....
Osoyoos Lake State Park
Osoyoos Lake State Park
Osoyoos Lake State Park in Okanogan County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of of sandy lakeshore, green lawns, and shade trees on Osoyoos Lake, in contrast with the hot, arid conditions that prevail in the area. Available activities include boating,...

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Pacific Beach State Park
Pacific Beach State Park
Pacific Beach State Park in Grays Harbor County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of with of Pacific Ocean beachfront. Available activities include fishing, swimming, clamming, and beachcombing.-References:...
Pacific Pines State Park
Pacific Pines State Park
Pacific Pines State Park is a small, Washington state park, USA on the Long Beach Peninsula, just north of Ocean Park, Washington. From the main parking area, there is a narrow, sandy footpath that leads through a grove of Pacific Ponderosa pine trees to the beach. The park includes two uncovered...
Palouse Falls State Park
Palouse Falls State Park
Palouse Falls State Park is a member of the Washington state park system in the Palouse region of Eastern Washington, USA. It is named for the Palouse Falls on the Palouse River, which are part of the park....
Paradise Point State Park
Paradise Point State Park
Paradise Point State Park in Clark County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of with of freshwater shoreline just east of Interstate 5. Available activities include hiking, boating, fishing, swimming, and interpretive activities.-References:...
Patos Island State Park
Peace Arch State Park
Pearrygin Lake State Park
Pearrygin Lake State Park
Pearrygin Lake State Park in Okanogan County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of of green lawns with willows and ash trees leading to of freshwater lakeshore on Pearrygin Lake in Methow Valley. Available activities include boating, fishing,...
Penrose Point State Park
Penrose Point State Park
Penrose Point State Park in Pierce County, Washington is a marine camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of with over of saltwater frontage on Mayo Cove and Carr Inlet...
Peshastin Pinnacles State Park
Peshastin Pinnacles State Park
Peshastin Pinnacles State Park in Chelan County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of of sandstone slabs and spires in a desert environment. Rocks and trails provide views of the surrounding orchards, Enchantment Range, and Wenatchee Valley. Available activities...
Potholes State Park
Potlatch State Park
Potlatch State Park
Potlatch State Park is a state park in the state of Washington in the United States. It is located on Hood Canal near the town of Potlatch.-External links:*, Washington State Parks...

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Rainbow Falls State Park
Rainbow Falls State Park
Rainbow Falls State Park is a State park in Washington, located near the town of Dryad. The park features of freshwater shoreline on the Chehalis River, as well as some of the last standing old-growth trees in the Chehalis Valley...
Rasar State Park
Rasar State Park
Rasar State Park in Skagit County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System located west of Concrete. It consists of of forest with of freshwater shoreline on the Skagit River. Available activities include hiking , fishing, birdwatching, wildlife viewing, and...
Riverside State Park
Riverside State Park
Riverside State Park is a park northwest of Spokane in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. At over , it is the second-largest state park in Washington. The park includes two campgrounds; one at the Bowl & Pitcher and the other at the Nine Mile Recreation area...
Rockport State Park
Rockport State Park (Washington)
Rockport State Park in Skagit County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of of old-growth forest at the foot of Sauk Mountain. Available activities include hiking, fishing, whitewater kayaking, birdwatching, and wildlife viewing....
Rothschild House State Park

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Sacajawea State Park
Saint Edward State Park
Saint Edward State Park
Saint Edward State Park is a -park in Kenmore, Washington and Kirkland, Washington. It is part of the Washington State Park System. Before becoming a Catholic seminary and later a state park, the area was logged in the 19th century and again in the 1920s. A series of trails runs through the park...
Saltwater State Park
Saltwater State Park
Saltwater State Park is a plot of second-growth timber on Puget Sound in the City of Des Moines, Washington, United States halfway between Seattle and Tacoma. The main attraction is of saltwater beachfront, including a sandy swimming beach in the southwest corner, and rocky tideflats along the...
Scenic Beach State Park
Scenic Beach State Park
Scenic Beach State Park in Kitsap County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of with of saltwater shoreline on Hood Canal...
Schafer State Park
Schafer State Park
Schafer State Park in Mason County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of on the Satsop River midway between Olympia and Ocean Park. Available activities include hiking, fishing , human swimming, birdwatching, interpretive activities, wildlife viewing,...
Seaquest State Park
Seaquest State Park
Seaquest State Park in Cowlitz County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of of forest with over of freshwater shoreline on Silver Lake near Mount St. Helens. Available activities include hiking , birdwatching, and horseshoes, as well as the Mount St....
Sequim Bay State Park
Sequim Bay State Park
Sequim Bay State Park in Clallam County, Washington is a marine camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of with of saltwater shoreline in the Sequim rain shadow on the Olympic Peninsula just within Puget Sound...
Shine Tidelands State Park
Shine Tidelands State Park
Shine Tidelands State Park in Jefferson County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of of tidelands with of saltwater shoreline on Bywater Bay south of Port Ludlow. At high tide, there is very little beach above water. Available activities include fishing, clamming,...
Skull Island State Park
Skull Island (Washington)
There are two islands in the San Juan Archipelago named Skull Island. One is located in Mud Bay, part of Lopez Sound, between the Sperry Peninsula of Lopez Island, and Fortress Island. The other, Skull Island Marine State Park is a 2½ acre , uninhabited island in Massacre Bay, just off the coast...
South Whidbey State Park
South Whidbey State Park
South Whidbey State Park in Island County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of of old-growth forest and tidelands with of shoreline on Admiralty Inlet. Available activities include hiking, camping, crabbing, clamming, recreational fishing, swimming, beachcombing,...
Spencer Spit State Park
Spencer Spit State Park
Spencer Spit State Park is a member of the Washington State Park System on the east side of Lopez Island in San Juan County, Washington, USA....
Squak Mountain State Park
Squak Mountain
Squak Mountain is the second most westerly mountain of the Issaquah Alps mountain chain in Washington state. It is situated between Cougar Mountain to the west and Tiger Mountain to the east. Interstate 90 parallels the base of the north side of the mountain. Much of the Squak Mountain watershed...
Squilchuck State Park
Squilchuck State Park
Squilchuck State Park in Chelan County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of of Douglas-fir and Ponderosa pine forest at elevation below Mission Ridge. Available activities include hiking, mountain biking, birdwatching, and wildlife viewing.-References:...
Steamboat Rock State Park
Steamboat Rock State Park
Steamboat Rock State Park is a state park in the state of Washington in the United States. It is located near the north end of Banks Lake in the Grand Coulee. It covers , has of freshwater shoreline, and is open year-round for camping and day use...
Steptoe Battlefield State Park
Steptoe Battlefield State Park
Steptoe Battlefield State Park in Whitman County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of in Rosalia at the site of a running battle between American soldiers under the command of Lt. Col. Edward Steptoe and a large band of Spokane, Palouse, Coeur d'Alene Native...
Steptoe Butte State Park
Steptoe Butte State Park
Steptoe Butte State Park in Whitman County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of centered on a natural quartzite monument named Steptoe Butte that looms above the surrounding plains east of Colfax.-References:...
Stretch Point State Park
Stretch Point State Park
Stretch Point State Park in Mason County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It is administered as a satellite of Jarrell Cove State Park.-References:...
Stuart Island State Park
Stuart Island State Park
Stuart Island State Park in San Juan County, Washington is a marine camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of of forest with of saltwater shoreline and moorage at Reed and Prevost Harbors. The park is part of the Cascadia Marine Trail, and some campsites are reserved for...
Sucia Island State Park
Sun Lakes State Park
Sun Lakes State Park
Sun Lakes State Park is a camping park with of freshwater shoreline at the foot of Dry Falls, which is located near Coulee City, Washington. Formed by the Missoula Floods, Dry Falls is the site of a former waterfall which is now a stark cliff, high and wide. When the floods occurred, the...

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Tolmie State Park
Tolmie State Park
Tolmie State Park is a day-use state park northeast of the Washington capital of Olympia. The main attraction is of saltwater beachfront at the mouth of a creek known as Big Slough. There is also an underwater diving area for Scuba diving....
Triton Cove State Park
Triton Cove State Park
Triton Cove State Park at the southeasternmost corner of Jefferson County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of with of saltwater shoreline on Hood Canal. Available activities include boating , scuba diving, fishing, crabbing, and birdwatching.-References:...
Twanoh State Park
Twanoh State Park
Twanoh State Park in Mason County, Washington is a marine camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of with of saltwater shoreline on Hood Canal. Available activities include hiking, boating, fishing, swimming, waterskiing, crabbing, some athletic areas, beachcombing,...
Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park
Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park
Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park in Chelan County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of between the mountains and the forested south shore of Lake Chelan. Available activities include boating , fishing, waterskiing, birdwatching, and mountain...
Twin Harbors State Park
Twin Harbors State Park
Twin Harbors State Park is a Washington State Parks managed camping and day use park located in Grays Harbor County, with approximately 299 campsites. The park is in size and has interpretive trails with informational placards....

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Wallace Falls State Park
Wallace Falls State Park
The Wallace Falls State Park is a camping park with shoreline on the Wallace River, Wallace Lake, Jay Lake, Shaw Lake and the Skykomish River. Big Eddy State Park is part of Wallace Falls State Park. Big Eddy is not located at Wallace Falls but is about on highway 2 outside the town of Gold Bar....
Wenatchee Confluence State Park
Wenatchee Confluence State Park
Wenatchee Confluence State Park in Chelan County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers, at the north end of the city of Wenatchee. The North Confluence, located in Sunnyslope, is urban and...
West Hylebos State Park
Westport Light State Park
Westport Light State Park
Westport Light State Park in Grays Harbor County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks. It consists of on the Pacific Ocean adjacent to the historic Grays Harbor Light, the tallest lighthouse in Washington. Available activities include hiking , fishing, beachcombing, and...

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Yakima Sportsman State Park
Yakima Sportsman State Park
Yakima Sportsman State Park in Yakima County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System. It consists of on the floodplain of the Yakima River. The park is a green, irrigated area in an otherwise desert region. Available activities include fishing, birdwatching, and...

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1) formerly Fort Canby

2) formed from the merger of Horsethief Lake and Dalles Mountain Ranch State Parks

Unusual parks

Unusual and noteworthy parks include:

Several marine-access-only parks in Puget Sound
A suburban equestrian park, Bridle Trails State Park
Bridle Trails State Park
Bridle Trails State Park is a 482 acre park in the Washington State Park System. It borders the Eastside cities of Kirkland, Bellevue and Redmond, Washington. It has a popular trail system used for horseback riding. There is also an outdoor arena for equestrian shows.- External links :* *...
An astronomical observatory
Observatory
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed...

, Goldendale Observatory State Park
Goldendale Observatory State Park
Goldendale Observatory State Park is an educational facility near Goldendale, Washington. It was acquired by the state of Washington in 1980, after being operated by the Goldendale Observatory Corporation since October 13, 1973....
A petrified wood forest, Ginkgo/Wanapum State Park
Ginkgo/Wanapum State Park
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park/Wanapum Recreational Area is a state park at Vantage, Washington including 27,000 feet of freshwater shoreline on the Wanapum Reservoir on the Columbia River. Petrified wood was discovered in the region in the early 1930s, which led to creation of the park...
A facility for orca whale
Orca
The killer whale , commonly referred to as the orca, and less commonly as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. Killer whales are found in all oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas...

research, Lime Kiln Point State Park
Lime Kiln Point State Park
Lime Kiln Point State Park is a state park on the western shore of San Juan Island in the San Juan archipelago of Washington. Lime Kiln Point State Park provides opportunities for hiking, sight-seeing, and orca watching. Due to the unique bathymetric properties of the site, visitors on the shore...
A peace memorial on the US-Canada border, Peace Arch State Park
Flaming methane geysers (seeps), Flaming Geyser State Park
Flaming Geyser State Park
The Flaming Geyser State Park is located on the Green River in southwestern King County, Washington, near the city of Black Diamond.-History:...
World War I-era naval gun emplacements and bunkers, Fort Worden, Fort Flagler
Fort Flagler State Park
Fort Flagler State Park is a Washington state park on the site of Fort Flagler, a former United States Army fort at the northern end of Marrowstone Island. From Fort Flagler, visitors can see Port Townsend to the northwest, the cranes at the Navy base on Indian Island to the west, and Whidbey...

, Cape Disappointment
Cape Disappointment State Park
Cape Disappointment State Park, formerly known as Fort Canby State Park, is a park located southwest of Ilwaco, Washington. The park is located on the southern part of Long Beach Peninsula, which is fronted by the Pacific Ocean. The park is one of several state parks and sites in Washington and...

, and Fort Casey State Parks

Former state parks

Chief Timothy State Park (? – 2002)
Central Ferry State Park (? – 2002)
Crow Butte State Park (? – 2002)
Hanging Gardens State Park, now Hanging Gardens Site within the Green River Gorge Conservation Area
Lyons Ferry Park and Lyons Ferry Marina, formerly Lyons Ferry State Park (c. 1970 – 2002), owned by the Army Corps of Engineers and now operated by the Port of Columbia.
Mukilteo Lighthouse Park, formerly Mukilteo State Park, deeded to City of Mukilteo
Mukilteo, Washington
Mukilteo , which means "good camping ground", is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 20,254 at the 2010 census. It is on the shore of the Puget Sound, and is the site of a Washington State Ferries terminal linking it to Clinton, on Whidbey Island.Mukilteo is...

in 2004.
Wenberg County Park, formerly Wenberg State Park, transferred to Snohomish County, Washington
Snohomish County, Washington
Snohomish County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. It is named after the Snohomish tribe. Since 2000, the county's population has grown from 606,024 to 713,335 residents , making it one of the fastest-growing in the state, ranking third in overall population after King and...

in 2009.

External links

Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

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