Washington Park List

Alta Lake State Park is a 181-acre camping park where the mountainous pine forests meet the desert. Alta Lake is about two miles long and a half mile wide. Alta Lake is surrounded by stone cliffs covered in ice. These cliffs extend 1000 feet above the lake.Alta Lake offers ...

Anderson Lake State Park is a remote marine day-use park of cedar, fir and alder forest mixed with freshwater marshes. The Park is located on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington. It's surrounded by 410 wooded and wetland acres, the park slopes down to the 70-acre Anderson Lake ...

Banks Lake, part of the Columbia Basin Project, was created by building two rock-faced, earthfill dams at the north and south ends of the Ice-Age channel of the Columbia River, now known as Grand Coulee. The reservoir is 27 miles long with 27,000 water surface acres. Fishing ...

Battle Ground Lake State Park is a camping park with 280 acres of beautiful, forested land in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. The lake itself is of volcanic origin and is considered to be a smaller version of Crater Lake in Oregon. The park is largely evergreen forest ...

Bay View State Park is a 25-acre camping park with 1,285 feet of saltwater shoreline on Padilla Bay. Over 11,000 acres of Padilla Bay are designated as National Estuarine Sanctuary. Breazeale Padilla Bay Interpretive Center is located a half mile north of the park. The park offers views of ...

Beacon Rock State Park is a 5,100-acre year-round camping park with historic significance dating back hundreds of years. The park includes 9,500 feet of freshwater shoreline on the Columbia River. Located in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Beacon Rock is the core of an ...

Belfair State Park is a 65-acre, year-round camping park on 3,720 feet of saltwater shoreline at the southern end of Hood Canal in western Washington. The park features swimming, wading, shellfish harvesting, over 3,000 feet of freshwater shoreline and 3,700 feet of saltwater shoreline on Hood Canal. This scenic ...

Visit the three recreation areas located within Mill Creek: Bennington Lake, the Mill Creek Recreation Trail, and Rooks Park. Bennington Lake is located in southeastern Washington minutes from historic downtown Walla Walla, Washington's oldest city. Mill Creek consists of 612 acres and is the largest tract of public land ...

Billy Clapp Lake is formed by Pinto Dam which is part of the Columbia Basin Project. Lands around the 1,010 acre lake are included in a wildlife reserve program. Access is limited. Summer Falls State Park, on the north end of the lake, is open for day ...

Birch Bay State Park is a 194-acre camping park with 8,255 feet of saltwater shoreline on Birch Bay and 14,923 feet of freshwater shoreline on Terrell Creek. The park is rich in archeological significance and offers panoramic views of the Cascade Mountains and Canadian Gulf Islands. The Terrell Creek ...

Blake Island State Park is a 475-acre marine camping park with five miles of saltwater beach shoreline providing magnificent views of the Olympic Mountains and the Seattle skyline. The park is only reachable by tour boat or private boat. Blake Island offers a unique Northwest Indian dining and cultural ...

Blind Island State Park is located in San Juan County, Washington. It is part of the Cascadia Marine Trail. Blind Island is a small, three-acre marine camping park loacted near the entrance of Blind Bay, Shaw Island. This natural area includes 1,280 feet of saltwater and rocky shoreline, with ...

Bogachiel State Park is a thickly forested 123-acre camping park on the banks of the Bogachiel River. The Park is located on the isolated northwestern tip of Washington state. "It isn't the end of the world, but you can see it from there." So goes a popular Northwest saying ...

Boundary Dam is located on the Pend Oreille River in the northeast corner of Washington. As a source of hydroelectric power, Boundary Dam supplies electricity to Seattle. More than one gigawatt of electricity can be generated by rock alongside Boundary Dam, which is home to the Boundary Powerhouse facility. ...

Bridgeport State Park is a 748-acre camping park with 7,500 feet of freshwater shoreline on Rufus Woods Lake. Set directly behind Chief Joseph Dam, this lake is actually a segment of the Columbia River. The park provides 18 acres of lawn and some shade in the midst of a ...

Bridle Trails State Park, a 482-acre day-use park, is well-known for its horse trails and equestrian shows. The forested park is on the northeast edge of the Seattle metropolitan area. The park is a lowland forest, typical of the vegetation which once covered Puget Sound. The woods abound in ...

Brooks Memorial State Park is a 700-acre, year-round camping park located between the barren hills of the south Yakima Valley and the lodgepole pine forests of the Simcoe Mountains. The park provides a variety of natural environments for visitors to enjoy. Over nine miles of hiking trails lead along ...

Bumping Lake Campground sits just off the shores of Bumping Lake located in the Cascade Mountains east of Mount Rainier National Park about 29 miles northwest of Naches, Washington. This single site family campground consists of 65 back in and pull though sites with parking spurs up to 40 ...

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission celebrated the grand opening of Cama Beach State Park on June 21, 2008. The new state park is on the southwest shore of Camano Island facing Saratoga Passage. Cama Beach offers visitors a chance to step back in time to a 1930s-era ...

Camano Island State Park is a 134-acre camping park with 6,700 feet of rocky shoreline and beach. During the last ice age, the area was covered by an ice sheet approximately one mile thick. The glacier carved the shape of the island with its high "feeder banks" that helped ...

Camp Wooten Environmental Learning Center (ELC) lies in the heart of Washington state's Blue Mountains. Camp Wooten was originally a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) site called Camp Tucannon. Some of the original 1930s-era CCC buildings remain today, such as the mess hall. Washington State Parks, with help from the ...

Cape Disappointment State Park (formerly Fort Canby State Park) is a 1,882-acre camping park on the Long Beach Peninsula, fronted by the Pacific Ocean. The Cape Disappointment Lighthouse was constructed in 1856 to warn seamen of the treacherous river bar known by then as "the graveyard of the Pacific." ...

Centennial Trail State Park is a 372-acre day-use park, 37 miles long. The park consists of a paved trail meandering along the Spokane River and extending from Nine Mile Falls to the Idaho state line. The trail is punctuated with 42 historical and archaeological sites, most of which remain ...

Chief Joseph Dam is the second largest hydropower producing dam in the United States. It is the largest hydropower producing dam operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Alone it produces enough power to supply the whole Seattle metropolitan area. Power produced here is marketed by the Bonneville ...

Enjoy the solitude of Chopaka Lake and the nearby Chopaka Mountain Wilderness Study Area. Aspen groves and sagebrush line the shores, providing a scenic backdrop to lakeside activities. You might even see a mountain goat or two, high on the surrounding mountain sides. Eight campsites with fire rings and ...

Clark Island is a 55-acre marine camping and moorage park with 11,292 feet of saltwater shoreline on the Strait of Georgia. Beaches are sandy on the west side of the island and smooth pea gravel on the east side. Members of the 1841 Wilkes Expedition named the island after John ...

Cle Elum Dam and Lake, of the Yakima Project, are on the Cle Elum River 8 miles northwest of Cle Elum, Washington. Cle Elum, Kachess, and Keechelus reservoirs are in the Wenatchee National Forest. Camping, swimming, boating, picnicking, and fishing are available at all three reservoirs especially ...

Located on the North Fork of the Tieton River, 34 miles southwest of Naches, WA, Clear Lake Reservoir is created by Clear Creek Dam. The surface area of the reservoir is 260 acres. The rugged mountain terrain, surrounded by coniferous forests, creates magnificent scenic settings. Clear ...

Note: The Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center was closed in November 2007 and the US Forest Service has been exploring options for the future of the site. Visitors interested in learning about Mt St Helens should continue to the Johnston Ridge Observetory, 9 miles further on route 504, the Spirit ...

Columbia Hills State Park (which includes the Horsethief Lake area and Dalles Mountain Ranch area) is a 3,338-acre camping park with 7,500 feet of freshwater shoreline on the Columbia River. Horsethief Butte dominates the skyline. It stands over the lake like an ancient castle. The lake itself is about ...