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Camp Long (Seattle, Washington) Seattle: King: Puget Sound: operated by the City of Seattle, 68 acres, park and nature center, environmental education and rock climbing classes Carkeek Park: Seattle: King: Puget Sound: 216 acres, operated by the City, center open for programs or rentals only Cedar River Watershed Education Center: North Bend ...
The Seattle unit's visitor center originally opened June 2, 1979 [19] [20] in the Union Trust Annex (built 1902), [21] across Main Street from Occidental Park. Other historic buildings include the Pioneer Building (1892), Schwabacher Building (1890), Grand Central Hotel (1889), and Metropole Building (1895).
Seaquest State Park is a public recreation area located on the western flank of Silver Lake in Cowlitz County, Washington. [2] The 505-acre (204 ha) state park is home to the Mount St. Helens Visitor Center, which offers displays on the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption of 1980. [3] Mount St. Helens itself is 30 miles (48 km) east of the park.
As stated in the foundation document: [12] The purpose of Olympic National Park is to preserve for the benefit, use, and enjoyment of the people, a large wilderness park containing the finest sample of primeval forest of Sitka spruce, western hemlock, Douglas fir, and western red cedar in the entire United States; to provide suitable winter range and permanent protection for the herds of ...
The park's northern portion is about 9 hectares (22 acres) and is managed by the British Columbia Ministry of Environment. [3] The southern portion is about 20 acres (8.1 ha) and is managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. [4] About 500,000 people visit the Peace Arch each year. [5]
This island group is separated from Vancouver Island (part of British Columbia in Canada) by the Haro Strait, and from the Washington mainland by the Rosario Strait. The islands were first settled roughly 11,000 years ago when the continental ice shelf began to recede at the end of the Last Glacial Period. [7]