The Parks headquarters Information Center is moving from its current location in Tumwater to the Department of Ecology building at 300 Desmond Drive SE in Lacey. Our customer service team is located at the front desk, just inside the main entrance.
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Come play lawn games and get to know the park
A fast and scenic run through Spokane's Riverfront Park.
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Lime Kiln Point History Walk
Take a hike with Lime Kiln’s Park Rangers and learn about the unique 170 year history of the park and surrounding area.
Take a hike with Lime Kiln’s Park Rangers and learn about the unique 170 year history of the park and surrounding area.
Swing the Gates is back for a third year! This year will include the popular 10k Team Scavenger Hunt, classic 5k Fun Run, and a Kid's Race. Come hang out with an amazing community of nature lovers, runners, walkers, and their K-9 companions while exploring the beauty of Deception Pass State Park. This race is offered in partnership with Deception Pass State Park and Deception Pass Park Foundation.
OLYMPIA – Lake Sylvia State Park will close June 10 through Sept. 30 for an improvement project at the park’s entrance.
The $2.9 million Capital project will replace a culvert beneath the entrance road with a bridge and a new road. The new bridge will provide safer and more sustainable infrastructure to the park’s entrance, particularly in heavy rain events.
Get your kids outdoors with Washington State Parks youth programs. Join fun educational events, design nature crafts, explore park trails, complete a Junior Ranger booklet and much more.
The Winter Recreation Sports Funding program provides funds for services in Washington State Sno-Parks. Funds can be used for the acquisition, development, operation, planning and maintenance of Sno-Park facilities and programs.
While you are out for a stroll in the park, be sure to stop by our Pop-up Exhibits to learn more about the park! Exhibits will rotate between natural resource and history topics.
Help us document the wild at Fort Worden State Park!
An orienteering event on horseback at the Riverside State Park equestrian area.
Join the Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park for Art in the Outdoors!
Join staff from Deception Pass State Park once a month at the Oak Harbor Library to learn about parks, wildlife, native plants, and more! Play games, be creative, and discover the natural world in our own community.
Join staff from Deception Pass State Park once a month at the Oak Harbor Library to learn about parks, wildlife, native plants, and more! Play games, be creative, and discover the natural world in our own community.
Join staff from Deception Pass State Park once a month at the Oak Harbor Library to learn about parks, wildlife, native plants, and more! Play games, be creative, and discover the natural world in our own community.
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, in partnership with Outdoors for All Foundation, is excited to launch a pilot program that offers an Action Trackchair for visitor use at Lake Sammamish State Park.
No Discover Pass is required to park on State Parks, WA State Department of Natural Resources or WA Department of Fish and Wildlife managed lands on September 24
Do you have gorgeous or interesting photos from your time in state parks? We want to see them! Help us show off our state's beauty by sharing photos taken in our parks, at our heritage sites and on our trails. Washington State Parks uses, with permission, user-generated content on our social media, website and in promotional and retail items.
OLYMPIA – Today at a special meeting, the Fort Worden Public Development Authority’s (PDA) Board of Directors voted to request a dissolution of the organization by the City of Port Townsend (City).
The vote by the PDA initiates the process of dissolving the PDA organization and ending its 50-year lease with the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (Parks) to operate the Lifelong Learning Center at Fort Worden State Park.
Learn about nature by having fun in this interactive activity with a Park Ranger.
Help protect parks and nature by learning about the principles of Leave No Trace.
Help protect parks and nature by learning about the principles of Leave No Trace.
Build your own toy boat at Camano Island State Park!
Hike with us through the important habitat that is Saint Edward State Park!
Hike with us through the important habitat that is Lake Sammamish State Park!