Washington
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:35Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
P.O. Box 774
Coupeville, WA 98239-0774
Phone: 360-678-6084
This rural historic district preserves and protects an unbroken historical record of Puget Sound exploration and settlement from the 19th century to the present. Historic farms, still under cultivation in the prairies of Whidbey Island, reveal land use patterns unchanged since settlers claimed the land in the 1850s under the Donation Land Claim Act. The Victorian seaport community of Coupeville is also in the Reserve. This partnership park is managed by a local Trust Board. LIMITED FEDERAL FACILITIES.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:36Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
612 E. Reserve Street
Vancouver, WA 98661-3811
Phone: 360-696-7655
From 1825 to 1849, Fort Vancouver was the western headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's fur trading operations. Under the leadership of John McLoughlin, the fort became the center of political, cultural, commercial, and manufacturing activities in the Pacific Northwest. McLoughlin's home in nearby Oregon City, Ore., is part of the park.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:36Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
319 Second Ave. South
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-553-7220
News of the gold strike in Canada's Yukon Territory spread from Seattle across the country, and from here most prospectors left for the gold fields. The park has a visitor center in the Pioneer Square Historic District, the center of Gold Rush activity.
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:37Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
810 State Route 20
Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284-9314
Phone: 360-856-5700
Here the beautiful Stehekin Valley, with a portion of fjordlike Lake Chelan, adjoins North Cascades National Park.
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:37Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
1008 Crest Drive
Coulee Dam, WA 99116-0037
Phone: 509-633-9441
Formed by Grand Coulee Dam (part of the Columbia River Basin project), 130-mile long Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake is the principal recreation feature here.
Mount Rainier National Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:37Mount Rainier National Park
Tahoma Woods, Star Route
Ashford, WA 98304-9751
Phone: 360-569-2211
This greatest single-peak glacial system in the United States radiates from the summit and slopes of an ancient volcano, with dense forests and subalpine flowered meadows below.
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 20:39Nez Perce National Historical Park
36063 U.S. Highway 95
Spalding, ID 83540-9715
Phone: 208-843-2261
The park's 38 sites, spreading across Idaho, Washington, and Montana, commemorate the Nez Perce. Six sites are owned and managed by the National Park Service at Spalding, Canoe Camp, Buffalo Eddy, East Kamiah, White Bird Battlefield, and Big Hole National Battlefield
North Cascades National Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:38North Cascades National Park
810 State Route 20
Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284-9314
Phone: 360-856-5700
In this wilderness park high jagged peaks intercept moistureladen winds, producing glaciers, waterfalls, rivers, lakes, lush forests, and a great diversity of flora and fauna.
Olympic National Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:38Olympic National Park
600 East Park Avenue
Port Angeles, WA 98362-6757
Phone: 360-565-3000
This park is a large wilderness area featuring glacier-capped mountains, deep valleys, meadows, lakes, giant trees, 57 miles of unspoiled beaches, wildlife such as Roosevelt elk and Olympic marmot, and a spectacular temperate rainforest.
Ross Lake National Recreation Area
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:39Ross Lake National Recreation Area
810 State Route 20
Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284-9314
Phone: 360-856-5700
Ringed by mountains, this national recreation area offers many outdoor recreation opportunities along the upper reaches of the Skagit River, between the north and south units of North Cascades National Park.
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