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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Join Interpretive Specialist, Sarah Overby, for a guided hike to learn more about the geology of the area and see the beautiful landscape of the Lower Grand Coulee.
At Olallie State Park, view waterfalls, hike, bike, rock climb, connect to the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail and more.
Cabins, yurts, vacation houses, day-use shelters and other rustic shelters are available for rent in many parks.
Read about and view visitation data Washington State Parks collects on our overnight and day-use visitors.
Adjacent to Orcas Island, Doe Island Marine State Park offers quiet marine camping with a short hiking loop.
Set on the seaward side of Chuckanut Mountain near Bellingham, Larrabee State Park is known for its postcard views of Samish Bay and the San Juan Islands. Come enjoy this 2,748-acre camping park and explore 8,100 feet of saltwater shoreline. It's no wonder that this iconic outdoor locale was established as Washington's first state park.
Join Garden of the Salish Sea Curriculum for Family Field Day! Explore Birch Bay State Park's intertidal zone with Beach Naturalists.
Join Interpretive Specialist Sarah Overby at 10:00 a.m. on select days for a walk in the park.
Join Interpretive Specialist Sarah Overby at 10:00 a.m. on select days for a walk in the park.
Join Interpretive Specialist Sarah Overby at 10:00 a.m. on select days for a walk in the park.
Annual permit waives watercraft launch, trailer dump and day-use parking fees in Washington State Parks.
Sacajawea Historical State Park is a 267-acre day use park at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers.
Key Peninsula Historical Society presents the Early Days of Penrose Camping.
Squilchuck State Park is nestled in a mountain valley southeast of the city of Wenatchee in Central Washington.
We asked campers to weigh in on proposed changes to the camping stay limits WAC. Stay limits are outlined in Section 7 of WAC 352-32-030.
The proposed update limits maximum stay lengths to no more than 10 nights in one park within a 30-day period. Total nights stayed cannot exceed 90 days per calendar year in all state parks. The goal of the update is to make camping stay limits clear and consistent for our visitors. It also aims to improve equity by shortening the number of days campers can stay annually to accommodate more recreational use of these facilities.
Show your love for Lake Sammamish State Park! Join us post-Independence Day to clean up and give back to your community.
Join Mount St. Helens Visitor Center staff for a full day of education, memories and celebration of the 1986 Visitor Center, which is slated for renovation.
Join the Spokane Nordic Ski Association for a fun day full of activities in the cross country ski area of Mt. Spokane.
A true friend to Eastern Washington wildlife, the hackberry tree provides food and shade in extreme temperatures.
Join park staff at a CCC era Kitchen Shelter for warm drinks, interpretive displays, and an optional scavenger hunt hike (solve riddles to find points of interest along trails).
Located in the Blue Mountains of southeast Washington, Fields Spring is a forested camping park open year-round for hiking, biking and lots of snow play.
Daroga State Park offers day use and camping with 1.5 miles of Columbia River shoreline on the elevated edge of the desert scablands.
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (Parks) has begun using a new electronic bidding system for public works projects.
The launch of the Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC) Bonfire system marks the first phase in the agency’s larger plan to modernize and streamline procurement across all competitive applications.
“…they topped the last hill and saw the abundance nature had spread before them.