Ideally positioned for watching the sun set over the San Juan Islands, Bay View State Park is a picturesque base for exploring nature, arts, and agriculture in the lower Skagit Valley.
Boats float, people float, even Mount Rainier floats in the distance. That’s the vibe at this laid-back inland waters park on the Key Peninsula.
Forest trails wind to the ocean beach in this busy coastal park, which will get a major overhaul in the next few years.
On a quiet stretch of Washington coast, Grayland Beach offers tons of camping and ocean access.
Lonely Fort Simcoe stands in the middle of the Yakama Reservation, an artifact emblematic of conflicting cultural ideas about land.