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The Puget Sound region is a coastal area of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Washington, including Puget Sound, the Puget Sound lowlands, and the surrounding region roughly west of the Cascade Range and east of the Olympic Mountains. It is characterized by a complex array of saltwater bays, islands, and peninsulas carved out by ...
Saltwater State Park is a 137 acres (0.55 km 2) plot of second-growth timber on Puget Sound in the city of Des Moines, Washington, United States. [1] The main attraction is 1,445 feet (440 m) of saltwater beachfront, including a sandy swimming beach in the southwest corner, and rocky tideflats along the west with a submerged artificial reef that is popular with scuba divers.
Tolmie State Park is a public recreation area covering 154 acres (62 ha) on Nisqually Beach on Puget Sound, eight miles (13 km) northeast of Olympia, Washington.The state park includes 1,800 ft (550 m) of saltwater shoreline at the mouth of a creek known as Big Slough as well as forest lands, a saltwater marsh, and an underwater park with artificial reef for scuba diving.
In 1947 the State Parks Committee was renamed to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and given authority to oversee the state park system. By 1960 the number of state parks had increased to 130. In 2003, the Washington State Legislature introduced a $5-a-day parking fee, meant to fund park-related construction projects; more ...
Dash Point State Park is a 398-acre (161 ha) Washington state park on Puget Sound that straddles the line between King and Pierce counties. The park has over 3,300 feet (1,000 m) of shoreline, 140 campsites, 11 miles of trails for hiking and mountain biking, [2] and offers beachcombing, fishing, swimming, birdwatching, windsurfing, skimboarding, and wildlife viewing.
The Washington State Ferries (WSF) are a state-run ferry system that connects the larger islands of Puget Sound the Washington mainland, and the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas. Its vessels carry both passengers and vehicular traffic. The system averaged 24.3 million passengers in the 2010s [53] and 17.2 in 2022 with the COVID-19 pandemic. [54]
Sequim Bay State Park is a public recreation area covering 92 acres (37 ha) on the shore of Sequim Bay, on the Puget Sound side of the Olympic Peninsula in Clallam County, Washington. The state park sits within the Sequim rain shadow, has over 4,900 feet (1,500 m) of shoreline and offers picnicking, camping, hiking, boating, swimming, clam ...
Illahee State Park is an 82-acre (33 ha) Washington state park located in the hamlet of Illahee, just north of East Bremerton, on Port Orchard Bay, part of Puget Sound. The word "Illahee" means earth or country in the Native language Chinuk Wawa. The park was established when Kitsap County donated 13 acres to the state in 1934.