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MARINE PARK GUIDE 2018

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PUGET SOUND 4. Fort Flagler State Park Lat: 48º5’27.96” N Long: 122º43’10.99” W Established in the late 1890s to guard the 1 nautical entrance of , Fort SEQUIM Flagler was purchased as a state park in PORT TOWNSEND 1955. It is a 1,454-acre marine camp- ing park surrounded on three sides by 19,100’ of saltwater shoreline. Visitors to 5 the park can explore its military history in the onsite museum with guided tours of the gun emplacements and the military 4 hospital during the summer. Kite flying is 2 a popular activity here. Open: Summer: 0630 hours-Dusk; ACTIVITIES & AMENITIES Winter: 0800 hours-Dusk 3 Moorage: Two boat ramps, 256’ of Camping Swimming Saltwater Fishing moorage dock, and seven mooring buoys. Moorage docks are seasonal and Picknicking Diving Freshwater Fishing removed between September 30 and the first week of April each year, weather 6. Kitsap Mem. State Park Clamming Waterskiing Beaches depending. Daily and annual permits available. 360-385-1259. Lat: 47º49’1.20” N Long: 122º39’13.00” W Crabbing Bike Trails Personal Watercraft ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: With magnificent views of , and 1,797’ of saltwater shoreline, Kitsap Oystering Hiking Wildlife Watching Memorial State Park is 58-acres complete WHIDBEY with campgrounds including four cabins, and Bathrooms Fuel Pumpout facilities for group and individual recreation, weddings, and overnight stays. Two open Showers Campfires Boat Launch ISLAND grass fields are also available for Frisbees, croquet, kite flying, ball tossing, etc. Open: Year-round, 0800 hours-Dusk Moorage: Two moorage buoys. Moorage 1. Fort Warden State Park EVERETT fees charged year-round from 1300 hours to 0800 hours. 360-779-3205. Lat: 48°8’20.94” N Long: 122°46’10.02” W ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: With its restored Victorian-era officers’ homes, hidden gun emplacements, and 2. Old Fort Townsend 7 parade lawns, Historical 5. Sequim Bay State Park State Park is a beautiful 433-acre, multi- State Park 3. Mystery Bay State Park use park with over two miles of saltwater Lat: 48°2’26.98” N Long: 123°1’30.01” W Lat: 48º4’23.33” N Long: 122º47’45.59” W shoreline. The park rests on a high bluff Lat: 48º3’27.00” N Long: 122º41’47.77” W This 92-acre marine camping park has overlooking Puget Sound, and along with This 414-acre marine camping park features 4,909’ of saltwater coast in the Sequim forts Flagler and Casey, make up “The Tri- 3,960’ of saltwater shoreline on Port Featuring 685’ of saltwater shoreline, on Marrowstone “rain shadow” just inside Puget Sound on 7. Port of Everett Marine Park angle of Fire” built to defend Puget Sound Townsend Bay. The park features a modern the . The park is open in the late 1800s. A lodge is available for replica of the historic 19th century stable, Island offers a fantastic view of the Olympic PORT Mountain Range. This 10-acre, day-use year-round for camping and day use, overnight accommodations. The park also available for weddings, company gatherings, although some campsites are closed in Lat: 48º0’10.45” N Long: 122º13’24.78” W offers alternative fitness classes, museums, and more. Campgrounds are closed October GAMBLE marine park is reachable by car or boat via the channel through Kilisut Harbor, and winter. The park also features horseshoe This marine park is located on the and a visitor center with gift shop. 15 - May 1, but the park is open year-round Snohomish River, just north of the Port of 6 reportedly has excellent crabbing offshore. pits, an amphitheater, and the paved Open: Year-round for day use and for day use. Olympic Discovery Trail. Everett Marina. The marina and the park overnight stays Open: Summer 0800 hours-Dusk Open: Summer: 0630 hours-2200 hours; Open: Year round, 0800 hours - Dusk go hand-in hand, with the marina offer- Winter: 0800 hours-1700 hours ing the amenities and the park offering Moorage: Six moorage buoys and 120’ Moorage: Moorage fees are charged Moorage: 683’ of moorage, seven Moorage: 424’ of moorage. Moorage fees nearby green space where one can use a of dock are available. Two boat ramps. year-round for mooring at docks, floats, moorage buoys, and 320’ guest dock. are charged all year round for mooring at picnic table and set camp. and buoys from 1300 hours to 0800 hours. 360-344-4400. There is one single lane launch ramp. docks, floats, and buoys from 1300 hours Open: Year-round Moorage permits are available at parks ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Daily and annual permits available. 360- to 0800 hours. Daily and annual permits offering moorage. 360-385-3595. 385-1259. are available. 360-683-4235. Moorage: Overnight moorage is avail- PORT able. The guest dock is 6000’ in length. ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: 425-259-6001. GAMBLE ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: PUGET SOUND & HOOD CANAL 8 18. Penrose Point State Park 22. Saltwater State Park

Lat: 47°22’29.00” N Long: 122°19’51.96” W Famous for the literal burying of the WASHINGTON MARINE PARK GUIDE 2018 hatchet between the cities of and 25 Tacoma in 1926, is a SEABECK camping park located halfway between the two cities. It features 1,445’ of saltwa- ter shoreline on Puget Sound, as well as 8. Pleasant Harbor State Park 9. Potlatch State Park 10. Twanoh State Park an underwater artificial reef where divers Lat: 47º15’16.97” N Long: 122º44’54.24” W can explore. Lat: 47°39’51.22” N Long: 122º13’24.78” W Lat: 47°22’48.00” N Long: 122°58’30.00” W Lat: 47°39’51.22” N Long: 122º13’24.78” W With over two miles of saltwater frontage Open: Year-round, 0800 hours-Dusk Pleasant Harbor is an overnight moorage on Mayo Cove and , Penrose A 125-acre camping park with 5,700’ of Popular for shellfish harvesting, this Moorage: Two day use moorage buoys facility only and located two miles south Point State Park is a 165-acre marine saltwater shoreline on Hood Canal. The 182-acre marine camping park features are available, no overnight mooring. of Brinnon, off Highway 101. BAINBRIDGE and camping park on the shores of Puget park’s beautiful grounds are home to a one of the warmest saltwater beaches in 253-661-4956. Open: Summer: 0800 hours – 2200 hours; variety of activities and amenities, from Washington State. The park has annually SEATTLE Sound offering visitors an abundance of ISLAND activities/amenities from biking to wildlife ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Winter: 0800 hours – 1700 hours interpretive programs to shellfish harvest- seeded oyster beds and a smelt run in ACTIVITIES & AMENITIES ing. Sites 59-93 close Sept. 17 and reopen the winter. Twanoh derives its name from viewing. It features a .2-mile-long, self- Moorage: 120’ of moorage docks. April 15. Campsite reservations in effect the Twana tribe, better known as the guided interpretive trail called “A Touch Boaters may stay up to three consecu- May 15 through Sept. 17. Skokomish, who called the area home. Camping Swimming Saltwater Fishing of Nature.” tive nights. Moorage is on a first-come, Open: Year-round, 0800 hours-Dusk Open: Summer: 0630-Dusk; Winter: Open: Year round, 0800 hours - Dusk first-serve basis. 360-796-4415. Moorage: Five mooring buoys available. 0800-Dusk Picknicking Diving Freshwater Fishing Moorage: The park provides a 158’ dock, ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: 16 Fees charged year-round from 1300 to Moorage: 200’ of moorage, 100’ of dock, 270’ of moorage, and eight moorage buoys. 0800 hours. Daily and annual permits and one boat ramp. Daily and annual Clamming Waterskiing Beaches Moorage fees are charged year-round for 23. Blake Island Marine available. 360-796-4415. permits available. 360-796-4415. mooring at docks, floats, and buoys from State Park ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Crabbing Bike Trails Personal Watercraft 24 1300 hours to 0800 hours. Daily and annual permits available. 253-884-2514. Lat: 47°32’33.00” N Long: 122°28’56.99” W Oystering Hiking Wildlife Watching ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: 11. Stretch Point State Park Accessible only by private or tour boat, Bathrooms Fuel Pumpout Marine State Park is a 475- Lat: 47º19’46.55” N Long: 122º49’12.89” W acre marine camping park with five miles This park is accessible only by boat and is a Showers Campfires Boat Launch of saltwater beach shoreline and stunning satellite of . views of the and the Seattle skyline. The park has three Cascadia Open: Year-round (day use only) Marine Trail sites, and approximately eight Moorage: Buoys only. 360-426-9226. miles of both hiking and biking trails.. 15. Tolmie State Park Open: Year round, 0800 hours - Dusk 19. Eagle Island State Park Moorage: 1,500’ of moorage with 24 23 buoys. Moorage fees are charged year- round for mooring at docks, floats, and Lat: 47º11’15.00” N Long: 122º41’41.01” W buoys from 1300 hours to 0800 hours. Seated on Balch Passage between 360-731-8330. McNeil and Anderson Islands in South ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Puget Sound, Eagle Island State Park is BELFAIR a 10-acre park with 2,600’ of saltwater Lat: 47°7’24.96” N Long: 122°46’16.68” W shoreline. Visitors may picnic on the This location features an underwater park beach, and may even be lucky enough 9 with an artificial reef built in cooperation to see harbor seals on the shoal during with scuba divers, as well as a saltwater low tide. marsh, a forest, and abundant wildlife. Open: Year round, 0800 hours - Dusk 12. Jarrell Cove State Park The park contains 1,800’ of saltwater 10 Moorage: Three moorage buoys avail- 24. Fort Ward State Park shoreline on Puget Sound and is located able for overnight stays, fees are charged on Nisqually Beach, a few miles from year-round for mooring at docks, floats, Lat: 47º34’50.61” N Long: 122º31’21.069” Olympia. and buoys from 1300 hours to 0800 hours. With 4,300’ of saltwater shoreline on Rich Open: Summer: 0800 hours–Dusk 360-426-9226. Passage, Park is a 137-acre Winter: 0900 hours–Dusk, from ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: marine park featuring an underwater park Sept. 17 - April 15 open only on for scuba divers, view of the Olympic Moun- 13. McMicken Island Wednesdays through Sundays SEATAC tains, and a variety of marine-life habitats. Two gun batteries are located in this former Lat: 47º16’54.99” N Long: 122º53’12.98” W State Park Moorage: Moorage fees are charged U.S. Navy-operated site. The park is a popu- Named for Philura Jarrel, the first year-round for mooring at docks, floats, lar spot on the Cascade Marine Trail. and four buoys from 1300 hours to 0800 pioneer woman to settle on the island, 20. Kopachuk State Park Open: Summer: 0800 hours-Dusk hours. 360-456-6464. Jarrell Cove State Park features a 3,500’ Winter: 0800 hours-Dusk saltwater shoreline on the northwest end VASHON ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Lat: 47º18’51.84” N Long: 122º41’0.96” W Upper day-use area closed Oct. of Harstine Island in . ISLAND 18 - April 8 Open: Summer: 0630 hours-2200 hours; With scenic views of the Olympic Moun- Moorage: Boat ramp. 206-842-4041. Winter: 0800 hours-1700 hours tains and Puget Sound, Kopachuck State 11 Park is a 109-acre marine park with 5,600’ ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Moorage: Moorage fees are charged Lat: 47º14’55.67” N Long: 122º51’51.85” W of saltwater shoreline on Henderson Bay. year-round for mooring at docks, floats, Located in Mason County on South Puget For the adventurous and reclusive, Cutts and 14 buoys from 1300 hours to 0800 Sound, McMicken Island visitors can Island (also known as Deadman’s Island) is hours. There is 650’ of dock and moor- explore the many hiking trails, view an ac- a half mile from shore and reachable only age space. Daily and annual permits are tive bald eagle nest, and harvest shellfish 21 by boat. This park is part of the Cascade available. 360-426-9226. on the beach, or wander the sandbar that 12 Marine Trail. ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: appears at low tide between McMicken 22 Open: Year-round 08:00 hour-Dusk and Harstine Island. Moorage: Two moorage buoys, with a 25. Fay Bainbridge Open: Year round, 0630 hours - Dusk 16. Illahee State Park fee of $15 per night. 253-265-3606. State Park Moorage: Five moorage buoys are avail- GIG HARBOR ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Lat: 47º35’56.97” N Long: 122º35’31.92” W able for overnight stays, charged 1300 20 17. hours to 0800 hours. 360-426-9226. With 1,785’ of saltwater frontage on Port ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Orchard Bay, is a 75-acre Lat: 47º13’28.99” N Long: 122º48’27.72” W 13 marine camping park featuring a war me- This 122-acre forested park has two Cas- morial, the last stand of old-growth timber cadia Marine Trail sites available. Joemma 18 in Kitsap County, and one of the largest yew Beach State Park fronts the southeast Key trees in the nation. 14. Hope Island Marine Park Peninsula with 3,000’ of saltwater beach. Lat: 47º42’11.51” N Long: 122º30’31.12” W Open: Year-round, 08:00 hours-Dusk The campground is closed from Nov. 21. Dockton County Park is a 17-acre marine Lat: 48º24’3.96” N Long: 122º34’15.95” W Moorage: The park offers a pier, 356’ of 1 – Feb. 28, but the day-use area is open camping park with 1,420 feet of saltwater throughout the winter. Lat: 47°22’13.25” N Long: 122°27’14.55” W Accessible only by boat and consisting moorage, 360’ of dock, and five moor- shoreline on the northeast corner of Bain- of 200 acres in , the island is 17 age buoys. Moorage fees are charged Open: Summer: 0800 - 2130 hours Located on Maury Island in Puget bridge Island. Both and forested with occasional meadows and rock year-round for mooring at docks, floats, Winter: 0800 - 1830 hours Sound, Dockton Forest is a 23-acre are visible from the beach outcroppings, and is a natural area preserve and buoys from 1300 hours to 0800 park operated by King County Parks. It on clear days. The nearby Old Man House 14 Moorage: One boat ramp and 500’ of dock is located on the site of Chief Seattle’s to protect a rare Puget Sound ecosystem. features forested trails and connects to hours. There is only one boat ramp. Daily space available. Docks are open from mid- home. A good spot for scuba diving. Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk the 275-acre Maury Island Natural Area. launch permits available for purchase. May through mid-October, offering 30’ Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk 360-478-6460. Dockton is reachable via the Vashon Open: Year-round, 0800 hours-Dusk of moorage at low tide. Daily and annual Island Ferry as well as by private vessel. Moorage: Two mooring buoys. 206-842- Moorage: Fees charged year-round ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: permits available. 253-884-1944. for mooring at docks, floats, and five Open: Year-round for day use 2306 x118. buoys from 1300 hours to 0800 hours. TACOMA Moorage: Boat launch & moorage. 360-675-3767. 15 ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: 206-205-5275 or 206-618-4036. ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: 19 ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: 37 32. James Island State Park 33. Deception Pass State Park 35. Obstruction Pass 37. Patos Island Marine State Park State Park Lat: 48°23’49.62” N Long: 122°39’16.031” W Washington’s most visited state park, Lat: 48°36’19.08” N Long: 122°49’38.84” W WASHINGTON MARINE PARK GUIDE 2018 38 State Park is a 4,134-acre Located on the south side of Orcas marine and camping park with 77,000’ of Island, this 80-acre park offers access to saltwater shoreline and 33,900’ of fresh- over a mile of publicly-owned saltwater 39 water shoreline on three lakes. Featuring shoreline. A self-guided interpretive trail tide pools at Rosario Beach, boating at along the way to Obstruction Pass beach Lat: 48º30’46.98” N Long: 122º46’23.88” W Cornet Bay, and the old-growth timber of includes information about the geology, Hoypus Forest, Deception Pass is popular ecology, and cultural significance of Lat: 48º47’6.00” N Long: 122º57’58.68” W Accessible only by boat, James Island with locals and tourists alike. Obstruction Pass and . Marine State Park is a 207- Marine State Park is a 113-acre marine acre marine park with 20,000’ of saltwater camping and moorage park with 12,335’ Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk shoreline. Tours of the lighthouse are of- of saltwater shoreline on . Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk fered most weekends from Memorial Day The park features a beautiful western view Moorage: With 1,980’ of saltwater Moorage: No moorage info available. to Labor Day. Scuba diving is an option. 360-902-8844. of the San Juan Islands from a high bluff. moorage, three 30’ floating docks, 710’ Much of James Island has been designated ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk of saltwater docks, and 450’ of freshwa- Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk a Natural Forest Area and is closed to ter docks. 360-675-3767. public access except for designated rec- Moorage: Two offshore mooring buoys. reational areas and trails. The park is open ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: 360-376-2073. year-round for camping and day use. ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: 40 Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk Moorage: Four mooring buoys in the East Cove, available year-round. West Cove has 36. Doe Island State Park a dock with a 44’ moorage float. Dock is ORCAS removed in October and installation begins Lat: 48º38’2.76” N Long: 122º47’12.84” W 38. Sucia Island Marine at the end of March. All floats will be in- With views of the and sur- State Park 26 ISLAND stalled no later than May 1. No boats more 34. Saddle Bag Island rounding mountains, this seven-acre than 45’ are permitted on buoys. Please marine moorage and camping park has observe rafting limits posted on each buoy. State Park 2,049’ of saltwater shoreline just southeast 26. Stuart Island State Park 360-376-2073. of Orcas Island. It is accessible only by Lat: 48°32’3.64” N Long: 122°33’17.64” W boat, and features two coves suitable for ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Saddlebag Island (including Dot Island) beaching kayaks. Lat: 48°40’31.80” N Long: 123°11’55.68” W is a 24-acre marine park located in Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk Stuart Island Marine State Park is one of the Lat: 48°38’40.13” N Long: 122°57’0.52” W with 6,750’ of shoreline. It is an Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk northernmost islands in the San Juans, and excellent spot for wildlife viewing, due to Considered the crown jewel of Washing- this 433-acre marine camping park with the abundant harbor seal and river otter Moorage: 60’ dock. 360-376-2073. ton’s marine park system, and consis- 33,030’ of shoreline is part of the Cascadia populations. Named for the two rocky tently ranked as one of the top boating Marine Trail. It is accessible only by boat, knobs separated by a narrow saddle of ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: destinations in the world, Sucia Island and offers camping and moorage at Reed SINCLAIR land, Saddlebag Island is a boat-in camp- Marine State Park is a 564-acre marine and Prevost harbors. Some campsites are ing park within the San Juan Islands and is park with 77,700’ of shoreline. Archeo- for the exclusive use of those arriving by 36 ISLAND popular for crabbing. logical evidence posits that the island was non-motorized watercraft. occupied by the coastal Salish tribes for 28 Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk Open: Summer: 0630 hours-Dusk thousands of years. Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk Winter: 0800 hours-Dusk Open: Summer, 0630 hours - Dusk Moorage: 20 buoys and 448’ of dock. ROCHE 35 Moorage/Contact: There are no moor- Winter, 0800 hours - Dusk Additionally, there are plenty of good 27 HARBOR ing buoys or docks available at the park. Moorage: 48 mooring buoys, two linear anchorages the entire length of the 360-376-2073. moorage systems, and two docks are avail- harbor. 360-378-2044. ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: able; divided among six locations around Reid Harbor: 13 buoys and a 96’ dock the island. Dock One is removed late (192’ total). October through March. 360-376-2073. Prevost Harbor: Seven buoys and a 128’ a. Echo Bay: 14 buoys and two linear moor- dock (256’ total). 29 CYPRESS age systems (800’ linear) are available. ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: 48º45’47.89” N/ 120º54’37” W b. Ewing Cove: Four buoys are available. BLAKELY ISLAND SHAW ISLAND 48º45’0.00” N / 122º54’1.98” W ISLAND c. Fossil Bay: 16 buoys, and two moorage 29. Blind Island State Park docks (640’ linear). One dock is removed from late Oct. through March to prevent GUEMES winter storm damage. 27. Posey Island State Park 48º45’0.00” N / 122º54’1.98” W ISLAND d. Fox Cove: Four buoys are available. 48º45’47.89” N/ 122º54’47.88” W. Lat: 48°37’6.04” N Long: 123°10’3.85” W 31 Shallow Bay: Eight buoys are available. Posey Island State Park is a small, one- 48º45’43.92” N/ 122º55’2.00” W acre marine camping park with 1,000’ of 30 shoreline. It is located a quarter mile north Lat: 48º35’3.84” N Long: 122º56’18.98” W 34 f. Snoring Bay: Two buoys are available. of Pearl Island near Roche Harbor, and is This 3-acre marine camping park is part of FRIDAY 48º44’55.67” N/ 122º53’26.99” W part of the Cascadia Marine Trail. Orca the Cascadia Marine Trail, and is located ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: whales can often be spotted in the waters near the entrance of Blind Bay on Shaw HARBOR DECATUR off this island. Island. Blind Bay is closed to commercial 32 ANACORTES Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk crabbing. ISLAND Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk Moorage: There are no mooring buoys Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk LOPEZ ISLAND or docks. This is primarily a kayaking site. Moorage: Four moorage buoys. 39. Matia Island Marine 360-378-2044. 360-378-2044. 40. Clark Island Marine State Park & Refuge ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: State Park & Refuge 31. Spencer Spit State Park Lat: 48º41’50.99” N Long: 122º45’49.96” W Clark Island is a 55-acre marine camping Lat: 48º32’23.00” N Long: 122º51’15.84” W park with 11,292’ of saltwater shoreline Spencer Spit, named for lagoon-enclosing on the . It has sandy 28. Jones Island State Park 30. Turn Island State Park sand spit, is a 138-acre marine and camp- beaches on the west side of the island and Lat: 48º44’56.98” N Long: 122º50’53.87” W ing park on Lopez Island in the Strait of ACTIVITIES & AMENITIES smooth pea gravel beaches on the east is a 145-acre marine park Lat: 48º37’4.99” N Long: 123º2’47.76” W Juan de Fuca. It is one of the few state side. A popular kayaking site that provides with 20,676’ of saltwater shoreline on the Lat: 48°32’1.96” N Long: 122°58’27.00” W parks in the San Juan Islands that is acces- an important camping and rest stop for Jones Island Marine State park is a 188-acre Strait of Georgia, and is part of the San This park is only accessible by boat; the sible by automobile. Kayak or bike tours of paddlers traversing the northern San Juan marine camping park with 25,000’ of saltwa- Camping Swimming Saltwater Fishing Juan . The park closest access point is Jackson Beach on the island are available for a fee. Islands. ter shoreline on the San Juan channel. The features good fishing and diving waters San Juan Island. The closest mainland ac- Open: Summer: 0800 hours-Dusk; Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk around the island, as well as remarkable island features a loop trail down the center cess is Washington Park in Anacortes. The Picknicking Diving Freshwater Fishing of the island and around the western shore, closed winter Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk geological formations and an old-growth park is open year-round for camping, day forest. and is home to a herd of black-tailed deer use and moorage. No potable water. Reef Moorage: 11 mooring buoys on the Clamming Waterskiing Beaches Moorage: Nine moorage buoys, six on that has become acclimated to humans. in the west cove. Cascadia Marine Trail, eight buoys on the east side of the island and three on Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk Open: Summer: 0630 hours - Dusk the north side of the spit and three on Crabbing Bike Trails Personal Watercraft the west side. No vessels over 45’ are Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk Winter: 0800 hours - Dusk the south side. 360-468-2251. permitted on buoys. 360-376-2073. Moorage: 128-foot dock, dock is 64’, Moorage: Three mooring buoys provides 128’ of overnight moorage. Moorage: 128 feet of dock and seven ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Oystering Hiking Wildlife Watching ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: mooring buoys. 360-378-2044. available. 360-378-2044. 33 Two mooring buoys. 360-376-2073. Bathrooms Fuel Pumpout ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: DECEPTION PASS ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES: Showers Campfires Boat Launch