Information About State Parks In Port Angeles, Washington
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Port Angeles, Washington
State Parks

Anderson Lake State Park
The lake is only open to the public seasonally. Park highlights are fishing for rainbow trout and a 4.4 mile hiking trail that circles the lake. Other amenities include one picnic site, vault toilets and a parking area. Recreation activities in the park include power boating, trout fishing, hiking and picnicking. It is generally a marine climate, mild and temperate, with the Pacific Ocean moderating temperatures throughout the year.

Bogachiel State Park
A day use area with six picnic sites and a community kitchen is served by the campground comfort stations. Activities enjoyed in the park include fishing, camping, picnicking, hiking and rafting on the Bogachiel River. The climate in this area is influenced by the Olympic Mountains.

Dosewallips State Park
The park is only 425 acres, but includes 5,500 feet of Hood Canal shoreline, 5,400 feet along the Dosewallips, five miles of hiking/biking trails, one amphitheater, two horseshoe pits, a wildlife viewing platform on the flats, and three futon-equipped platform tents that can be reserved, for roughing it in style. The trail out along the river to the tide flat is just under a mile, but it's pretty and foxes are occasionally spotted. Clam and oyster are popular shellfish that are harvested in the Dosewallips River at Dosewallips State Park.

Fort Flagler State Park
The park is a 784-acre marine camping park surrounded on three sides by 19,100 feet of saltwater shoreline. The park rests on a high bluff overlooking Puget Sound, with views of the Olympic and Cascade Mountains. Many historic buildings remain at this 19th-century-established military fort. Two boat ramps and 256 feet of dock are provided by the park.

Fort Worden State Park
The conference center is a 433-acre multi-use park with 11,020 feet of saltwater shoreline and a wide variety of services and facilities. The park rests on a high bluff overlooking Puget Sound. Many historic buildings remain at this 19th century military fort. Fort Worden offers dozens of outstanding day use / picnic areas. Whether overlooking the high centennial cliffs of Artillery Hill and the often wild Straights of Juan de Fuca.

Sequim Bay State Park
This is a year-round, 92-acre marine camping park with 4,909 feet of saltwater coast in the Sequim "rainshadow," just inside Puget Sound on the Olympic Peninsula. The bay is calm, the air is dry and interpretive opportunities await visitors. The park provides two kitchen shelters without electricity, plus 20 sheltered and 15 unsheltered picnic tables. Boating facilities include 424 feet of saltwater moorage space, six mooring buoys, a boat-launch ramp and a Port a-potty dump station. Facility use is first come, first served, with continuous moorage limited to three consecutive nights. The park is part of the Marine Parks and Boat Moorage system. Camping facilities include 26 utility campsites, 60 standard campsites, three primitive sites, a reservable group camp, 53 picnic sites, 3 kitchen shelters and six comfort stations.
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