Things to State Parks 620 Marmes Road remember Washtucna, WA 99371 • Park hours – (509) 646-3229 Dawn to dusk. State Parks information: Lyons Ferry • Seasonal schedule – (360) 902-8844 For a seasonal Reservations: Online at www.parks.state.wa.us State Park schedule and information or call (888) CAMPOUT or (888) 226-7688 about seasonal closures, visit Other state parks located www.parks.state.wa.us or call the in the general area: , Lewis and Clark Trail, Blue Mountain Area Headquarters Sacajawea, and at (509) 337-6457. Fields Spring • The boat launch fee is $7 and is in addition to the Discover Pass. Connect with us on social media • Pets must be www.twitter.com/WAStatePks on leash and www.facebook.com/WashingtonStateParks under physical www.youtube.com/WashingtonStateParks control at all times. Share your stories and photos: Adventure Awaits.com

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Park history Welcome to Lyons Ferry Located at the confluence of the Snake and Palouse rivers, Lyons Ferry Lyons Ferry is a The park is open for day use only was the dividing point for the Ice Age 1,000-acre park situated floods after they carved the and offers picnic tables, a swimming canyons more than 13,000 years ago. at the confluence of beach, boat launch and restrooms From the confluence, the flood waters then the Palouse and Snake with showers. went west into the Pasco Basin rivers. It is the traditional territoryLyons of Ferry State Park and east (upriver) to Lewis- ton, Idaho. the Palouse Tribes, who encountered The Lyons Ferry area the Lewis and Clark Expedition on was home to a Palouse Welcome. Please (Palus) Indian village. their way down the Snakeremember River a Discover Pass is First written accounts in 1805. The park has morerequired thanto visit a state park or other of this village were state-managed documented by Lewis 5,200 feet of shoreline recreationand lands. and Clark and the Corp offers a variety of activities,Revenue from Discover Pass of Discovery while passing replaces general including boating, fishing,fund tax funding through the area in October of no longer available 1805. Lyons Ferry was named for the hiking and swimming. to cover the cost of 261 operations. ferry crossing that operated across the from 1860 until the late-1960s, when it was replaced by the existing bridge. In the fall of 1914, near present day Lyons Ferry State Park, the first Union Pacific Railroad locomotive crossed the Snake River on one of the largest bridges along Boat launch the entire transcontinental route. P a l o u s e Lyons Ferry State Park is cooperatively managed Parking R i v e r by Washington State Parks and the U.S. Army Swimming Primitive Corps of Engineers. The park opened to the pub- lic in 1971, and was operated by Washington State Picnic area boat launch Parks until 2002, when operation was returned Ranger to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 2015, station operation of the park was transferred back to Park boundary Washington State Parks.

Park amenities and facilities Campground Lyons Ferry State Park offers several amenities Closed to make your visit more enjoyable and comfortable, including: • Sheltered and unsheltered picnic tables • All day-use facilities are first come, first served • Watercraft launch with 60 feet of S n a k e dock space R i v e r • 13 boat tie-offs along park bank • Modern restrooms with hot showers 0 1,000 2,000 Feet (Revised 10-31-16) • Concession building

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