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Close to Seattle, Lake Sammamish State Park offers two swimming beaches, trails, sandy volleyball courts, soccer fields and more. Here, you’ll enjoy outdoor family time off the urban grid.
Mount Pilchuck State Park is located at 3,100 feet above sea level and offers awe-inspiring alpine views. The 2.7 mile trail up to the summit and historic fire lookout is the main attraction here.
Join Klickitat County Parks and Recreation for the annual Polar Plunge Event at Maryhill State Park. Anyone is welcome to participate or be a spectator!
Hundreds of positions available across Washington
OLYMPIA – Feb. 14, 2022 – Washington State Parks announces its annual statewide recruitment for park aide and senior park aide positions.
The available park aide and senior park aide positions are non-permanent.
Wallace Falls State Park features a lush forest, two lakes and the majestic three-tiered Wallace Falls. Hikers, bikers and campers flock here to experience a pristine nature setting and explore 17 miles of hiking and biking trails.
Set deep in the mountains outside of Wenatchee, Squilchuck State Park entices the active adventurer.
Squak Mountain State Park offers a peek-a-boo view of Seattle amongst mossy rocks, lichen covered trees, and bubbling creeks. With hiking and horse trails for outdoor enthusiasts of all abilities, this day use park less than 15 minutes from Seattle has something for everyone.
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will hold its regularly scheduled commission meeting virtually on May 29.
Adjacent to Orcas Island, Doe Island Marine State Park offers quiet marine camping with a short hiking loop.
For a walk on the beach, clamming or camping, Ocean City State Park is the place to go. Smell the salty air, watch the sandpipers, build a sandcastle and fly kites on the soft sand. Relax around a campfire in the forested campground to end a fun-filled beach day.
Twin Harbors State Park is an essential coastal vacation. Explore the trails through grassy sand dunes to the driftwood scattered beach. Soak up the sun and breathe in the ocean air while strolling the beach, flying a kite or building sandcastles with friends and family.
Camano Island State Park feels a world away with its forested trails, rocky shoreline and sweeping views of Puget Sound, the Olympic Mountains and Mount Rainier. Come for a fun and laid back camping weekend filled with boating, hiking, fishing and beach exploration.
Palouse Falls State Park Heritage Site is a 94-acre day use park with dramatic views of the official state waterfall.
We asked the people who make our parks run – our Washington State Parks staff – what parks, recreation and time spent in nature mean to them.
A premier windsurfing site, Spring Creek Hatchery State Park is a day use park located in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, in southeast Skamania County.
OLYMPIA – April 6, 2022 – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will hold its regular in-person commission meeting Thursday, April 14 at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco.
Commission action items include 2023-25 capital budget target request level and proposed modifications to the Klickitat State Park Trail long-term park boundary.
In addition, the commission will hear updates and reports from agency staff and the Washington State Parks Foundation.
Set along the picturesque Touchet River, Lewis & Clark Trail State Park is an oasis-like forested park surrounded by an arid grassland. With unusual vegetation and geology, the park also offers rich history.
Friends of the Columbia Gorge held neighboring property until Parks could buy the land
OLYMPIA – June 15, 2022 – Washington State Parks, with critical assistance from Friends of the Columbia Gorge, purchased a tract of land next to Beacon Rock State Park. That land will be used to create safe, accessible pedestrian crossings, a new entrance and egress and additional parking.
Maryhill State Park is a waterfront camping park right on the Columbia River. Visit for a relaxing camping weekend and experience this area's natural beauty, wonder and cultural history.
The International Peace Arch is a 67-foot dramatic white arch that rises from the green lawns and flowering gardens on the U.S.-Canada border at Blaine. It is the iconic feature of this Washington Historical State Park, which is devoted to peace and serenity. Peace Arch is unique among parks because it consists of two parks in two countries. The southern half of the park is owned by Washington State Parks and the northern half is owned by British Columbia Parks.
OLYMPIA – May 1, 2024 – Schafer State Park is ready to welcome visitors to its expanded campground, just in time for its centennial anniversary as a state park.
Park planners will discuss design alternatives for Nisqually State Park
OLYMPIA – Feb. 15, 2022 – Washington State Parks invites the public to an in-person open house to learn more about plans for day-use facilities and trails at Nisqually State Park.
WHEN:
6 – 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 3
Washington State Parks has started a planning process for Steptoe Butte State Park and Steptoe Battlefield State Park Heritage Sites. CAMP is a multi-staged, public participation-based planning process for individual parks that culminates with adoption of park land classifications, a long-term park boundary, and a park management plan. The combination of these deliverables constitutes a land use plan.
OLYMPIA – Nov. 9, 2021 – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will hold its regular in-person commission meeting Thursday, Nov. 18, in Vancouver.
Commission action items include authorizing the transfer of the Lake Newport property in Pend Oreille County for local park purposes and authorizing the sale of the Auburn State Park Property in King County.
In the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, Battle Ground Lake State Park offers hiking, biking and equestrian campsites. The spring-fed lake draws swimmers, paddlers and anglers.