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| | Cape Disappointment State Park | | The park offers 27 miles of ocean beach, two lighthouses, an interpretive center and hiking trails. Visitors enjoy beachcombing and exploring the area's rich natural and cultural history. The Cape Disappointment Lighthouse is the oldest functioning lighthouse on the West Coast. |
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| | Damon Point State Park | | The Ocean Shores Interpretive Center, in the town of Ocean Shores, displays some detailed history and photos of the Point. This park features a one-mile walkable strip of land to the end of Damon Point, the southeastern tip of the Ocean Shores Peninsula. This is a popular site for bird watching and agate rock collecting. Rock collecting is also a popular activity, as is the one-mile hike to the tip of the point. |
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| | Grayland Beach State Park | | is a 412-acre, year-round, marine camping park with 7,449 feet of spectacular ocean frontage, just south of the town of Grayland. There is a quarter-mile interpretive trail to the beach from parking and camping areas. Other recreational activities include camping, picnicking, fishing, clamming, horseback riding, and beachcombing. This area is a great place for visitors who like to bird watch. |
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| | Griffiths-Priday State Park | | This is a 364-acre marine park with 8,316 feet of saltwater shoreline on the Pacific Ocean and 9,950 feet of freshwater shoreline on the Copalis River. The park extends from the beach through low dunes to the river, then north to the river's mouth. The Copalis Spit natural area, a designated wildlife refuge, is also part of the park. A boardwalk connects the dunes with the beach. Activities at the park include fishing, horseback riding, kite flying, canoeing, hiking, beach combing, razor clamming, and bird watching. |
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| | Lake Sylvia State Park | | The park is a quiet, 233-acre camping park with 15,000 feet of freshwater shoreline. The park is an old logging camp in a wooded area halfway between Olympia and the Pacific shore. Aside from the interesting displays of old logging gear and curiosities, the lake is good for fishing, and the rustic charm of the park makes for excellent day outings and group camping trips. |
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| | Ocean City State Park | | The park is a year-round, 170-acre camping park, featuring ocean beach, dunes and dense thickets of shore pine. Migratory birds may be viewed at the park, and beachcombing is a popular activity. Loops one and two have grassy areas that accommodate badmitten, croquet and volleyball. Digging for razor clams is allowed in certain areas during specified seasons and times. Bird watching and rock collecting are popular activities at Damon Point State Park, located near the marina on the southern end of Ocean Shores. |
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| | Pacific Beach State Park | | This is a 10-acre camping park with 2,300 feet of ocean shoreline. The beach provides a variety of wonders, from dramatic surf to beachcombing. The beach is closed to clamming unless otherwise announced for a specific season. Strong rip currents may pose hazards to surf fishers, swimmers and whitewater kayakers. Vehicle traffic is allowed seasonally on portions of the beach. |
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| | Pacific Pines State Park | | The park sits on the Pacific shore. The area is conducive to all manner of day-trip beach activity and nature observation. The park features a shore on the Pacific Coast, with fishing, crabbing, and clamming opportunities in season. Beachcombing is always popular. The park offers five unsheltered picnic tables, available first-come, first-served. |
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| | Schafer State Park | | This is a 119-acre camping park on the Satsop River, midway between Olympia and Ocean Park. A big attraction to park users is the abundant fishing for steelhead, cutthroat trout and salmon on the Satsop River. Activities at the park include picnicking, hiking, fishing, river floating, camping, and a children's swing area. |
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| | Twin Harbors State Park | | Wildlife viewing and bird watching are outstanding activities that can be experienced at the park. Various wildlife include chipmunks, deer, elk, muskrats, raccoons, skunks, and squirrels. For the bird watching crowd they will find crows, ravens, gulls, hawks, hummingbirds, jays, woodpeckers, and wrens. The sea life is the most abundant and unique of the wildlife. It includes clams, crabs, mussels, octopuses, oysters, scallops, sea birds, sea cucumbers, seals, shellfish, shrimp, squid, starfish, whales, bass, cod, and perch. |
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| | Westport Light State Park | | This is a 212-acre day-use park on the shore of the Pacific Ocean. The park offers a panoramic view of the sea. The historic Westport Lighthouse is adjacent to the park. A concrete boardwalk traverses the primary dune, connecting this park with Westhaven State Park, 1.3 miles away. This park offers a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean and easy pedestrian access to the beach. The Westport Lighthouse, for which the park was named, stands on adjacent Coast Guard property. |
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