WASHINGTON MARINE PARK GUIDE 2019 We often forget just how lucky we This guide highlights many spots all over the state marine parks, the State Parks’ headquar- are to boat in the Pacific North- state that can only be reached by boat. For ters in Olympia, and in the northwest regional W west; our deep waters, countless most, the feeling of adventure when pulling office in Burlington. green islands, and hidden coves into a new harbor is why they got a boat in Remember that this guide is meant to are envied by many who come from all over the first place. The information in this guide supplement your navigational materials, not the world to cruise for a few days on the is meant to help turn these expeditions into replace them. We’re keen for feedback, espe- waters we call home. And what better way success stories. cially from those who’ve done it all and want to celebrate the natural beauty of our local Note that Washington’s Discover Pass to share their invaluable local knowledge. waters than to get out there? In that spirit we for state parks does not cover moorage fees. The official Washington State Parks website proudly present our updated annual Wash- Annual moorage permits for state parks that (parks.wa.gov) is also a great resource. Have ington Marine Parks Guide. charge a moorage fee can be obtained at those a great trip! 5. Sequim Bay State Park 48°2’26.98” N | 123°1’30.01” W 1 This 92-acre marine camping park has 4,909’ PUGET SOUND of saltwater coast in the Sequim “rain shadow” just inside Puget Sound on the Olympic Penin- PORT TOWNSEND sula. The park is open year-round for camping and day use, although some campsites are closed in winter. The park also features horse- shoe pits, an amphitheater, and the paved SEQUIM Olympic Discovery Trail. 2 4 Open: Year round, 0800 hours - Dusk Moorage: Moorage fees are charged all year round for mooring at docks, floats, and 5 buoys from 1300 hours to 0800 hours. Moor- 3 age comes to 424’. Daily and annual permits are available. WHIDBEY ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: EVERETT ISLAND 7 ACTIVITIES & AMENITIES Camping Swimming Saltwater Fishing 6. Kitsap Memorial State Park Picknicking Diving Freshwater Fishing Lat: 47º49’1.20” N | 122º39’13.00” W Clamming Waterskiing Beaches With magnificent views of Hood Canal, and 1,797’ of saltwater shoreline, Kitsap Memorial Crabbing Bike Trails Personal Watercraft State Park is 58 acres complete with camp- grounds including four cabins, and facilities Oystering Hiking Wildlife Watching for group and individual recreation, weddings, and overnight stays. Two open grass fields are Bathrooms Fuel Pumpout also available for Frisbees, croquet, kite flying, ball tossing, etc. Showers Campfires Boat Launch Open: Year-round, 0800 hours-Dusk Moorage: Two moorage buoys. Moorage fees PORT 4. Fort Flagler State Park charged year-round from 1300 hours to 0800 6GAMBLE hours. (360) 779-3205. 1. Fort Warden State Park 48º5’27.96” N | 122º43’10.99” W ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Established in the late 1890s to guard the 48°8’20.94” N | 122°46’10.02” W nautical entrance of Puget Sound, Fort Flagler With its restored Victorian-era officers’ 3. Mystery Bay State Park was purchased as a state park in 1955. It is a homes, hidden gun emplacements, and pa- 2. Old Fort Townsend State Park 1,454-acre marine camping park surrounded rade lawns, Fort Worden Historical State Park 48º3’27.00” N | 122º41’47.77” W on three sides by 19,100’ of saltwater shore- is a beautiful 433-acre, multi-use park with line. Visitors to the park can explore its military 48º4’23.33” N | 122º47’45.59” W Featuring 685’ of saltwater shoreline, Mystery over two miles of saltwater shoreline. The park Bay State Park on Marrowstone Island offers history in the onsite museum with guided tours rests on a high bluff overlooking Puget Sound This 414-acre marine camping park features a fantastic view of the Olympic Mountain of the gun emplacements and the military 7. Jetty Landing and, along with forts Flagler and Casey, make 3,960’ of saltwater shoreline on Port Townsend Range. This 10-acre, day-use marine park hospital during the summer. Kite flying is a Bay. The park features a modern replica of up “The Triangle of Fire” built to defend Puget is reachable by car or boat via the channel popular activity here. 48º0’10.45” N | 122º13’24.78” W the historic 19th century stable, available for Sound in the late 1800s. A lodge is available through Kilisut Harbor, and reportedly has Open: Summer: 0630 hours-Dusk; Winter: weddings, company gatherings, and more. This marine park is located on the Snohomish for overnight accommodations. The park also excellent crabbing offshore. 0800 hours-Dusk offers alternative fitness classes, museums, Campgrounds are closed October 15 - May 1, River, just north of the Port of Everett Marina. Open: Summer: 0630 hours-2200 hours; Moorage: Two boat ramps, 256’ of moorage and a visitor center with gift shop. but the park is open year-round for day use. The marina and the park go hand-in hand, Winter: 0800 hours-1700 hours dock, and seven mooring buoys. Moorage with the marina offering the amenities and the Open: Summer 0800 hours-Dusk Open: Year-round for day use and overnights Moorage: 683’ of moorage, seven moorage docks are seasonal and removed between park offering nearby green space where one Moorage: Six moorage buoys and 120’ of Moorage: Moorage fees are charged buoys. There is one single lane launch ramp. September 30 and the first week of April can use a picnic table and set camp. year-round for mooring at docks, floats, each year, weather depending. Daily and dock are available. Two boat ramps. (360) Daily and annual permits available. (360) Open: Year-round 344-4400. and buoys from 1300 hours to 0800 hours. 385-1259. annual permits available. (360) 385-1259. Moorage permits can be obtained in the Moorage: Overnight moorage is available. The ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: park. (360) 385-3595. ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: guest dock is 6000’ in length. (425) 259-6001. ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: 25 PUGET SOUND & HOOD CANAL 14. Hope Island Marine Park 16. Illahee State Park 18. Penrose Point State Park 22. Saltwater State Park 47º11’7.80” N | 122º56’0.99 W 47º35’56.97” N | 122º35’31.92” W 47°22’29.00” N | 122°19’51.96” W Accessible only by boat and consisting of With 1,785’ of saltwater frontage on Port Famous for the literal burying of the hatchet WASHINGTON MARINE PARK GUIDE 2019 200 acres in Skagit Bay, the island is forested Orchard Bay, Illahee State Park is a 75-acre between Seattle and Tacoma in 1926, Salt- with occasional meadows and rock outcrop- marine camping park featuring a war me- water State Park is a camping park located pings, and is a natural preserve to protect a BAINBRIDGE morial, the last stand of old-growth timber halfway between the two cities. It features rare Puget Sound ecosystem. in Kitsap County, and one of the largest yew 1,445’ of saltwater shoreline on Puget ISLAND Sound, as well as an underwater artificial 8 Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk trees in the nation. SEABECK reef divers can explore. 8. Pleasant Harbor State Park 12. Jarrell Cove State Park Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk Open: Year-round, 08:00 hours-Dusk Moorage: Fees charged year-round for Moorage: The park offers a pier, 356’ of Open: Year-round, 0800 hours-Dusk 47°39’51.22” N | 122º13’24.78” W mooring at docks, floats, and five buoys from moorage, 360’ of dock, and five moor- Moorage: Two day use moorage buoys 1300 hours to 0800 hours. 360-675-3767. Pleasant Harbor is an overnight moorage facility age buoys. Moorage fees are charged are available, no overnight mooring. year-round for mooring at docks, floats, only and located 2 miles south of Brinnon, off ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: 47º15’16.97” N | 122º44’54.24” W (253) 661-4956. Highway 101. and buoys from 1300 hours to 0800 hours. There is only one boat ramp. Daily With over two miles of saltwater frontage ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Open: Summer: 0800 hours – 2200 hours; 16 launch permits available for purchase. on Mayo Cove and Carr Inlet, Penrose Point Winter: 0800 hours – 1700 hours 24 (360) 478-6460. State Park is a 165-acre marine and camping Moorage: 120’ of moorage docks. Boat- park on the shores of Puget Sound offering ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: visitors abundance of activities/amenities ers may stay up to three consecutive nights. 47º16’54.99” N | 122º53’12.98” W Moorage is on a first-come, first-serve basis. from biking to wildlife viewing. It features a Named for Philura Jarrell, the first pioneer (360) 796-4415. short (.2 miles), self-guided interpretive trail 23. Blake Island Marine State Park woman to settle on the island, Jarrell Cove ACTIVITIES & AMENITIES called “A Touch of Nature.” ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: State Park features a 3,500’ saltwater Open: Year round, 0800 hours - Dusk 47°32’33.00” N | 122°28’56.99” W shoreline on the northwest end of Harstine Island in south Puget Sound. Open: Sum- Camping Swimming Saltwater Fishing Moorage: The park provides a 158’ dock, Accessible only by private or tour boats, mer: 0630 hours-2200 hours; Winter: 0800 WEST 270’ of moorage, and eight moorage buoys. Blake Island Marine State Park is a 475-acre hours-1700 hours Picknicking Diving Freshwater Fishing Moorage fees are charged year-round for marine camping park with five miles of salt- mooring at docks, floats, and buoys from water beach shoreline and stunning views Moorage: Moorage fees are charged year- SEATTLE 23 1300 hours to 0800 hours.