Penrose Point State Park – state parks quest #48
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.
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Fort Simcoe Historical State Park – state parks quest #44
Lonely Fort Simcoe stands in the middle of the Yakama Reservation, an artifact emblematic of conflicting cultural ideas about land.
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Saint Edward State Park – state parks quest #40
A former seminary is both peaceful park and luxury hotel. Saint Edward shows one way forward for perpetually cash-strapped state parks.
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Rainbow Falls State Park – state parks quest #39
The only traditional state park in the Willapa Hills is home to one of the region’s last stands of old-growth forest and some lovely CCC handiwork.
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Ike Kinswa State Park – state parks quest #38
Hope you like fishing, because this park’s a great spot to drop a hook. While you’re waiting for a nibble, consider that this state park is named for a Cowlitz Indian whose homestead was required to make the park a reality.