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Parks in WashingtonHome > Park Locator > Parks in Washington Drag the map with your mouse, or click icons to see park names. Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve There are two state parks within Ebey's Landing NHR as well as the historic waterfront town of Coupeville, one of the oldest towns in Washington State. Fort Vancouver National Historic Site The fort became the center of political, cultural, and commercial activities in the Pacific Northwest. When American immigrants arrived in the Oregon Country during the 1830s and 1840s, Fort Vancouver provided them with essential supplies to begin their new settlements. Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park In 1897 news of a gold strike in the Canadian Yukon reached Seattle, triggering a stampede North to the Klondike Gold Fields. Tens of thousands of people descended upon Seattle: the hopeful miners purchased millions of dollars of food, clothing, equipment, pack animals, and steamship tickets. The final outcome of this great stampede helped shape the Seattle we know today, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (62,000 acres,) rests in a glacially carved trough in the Cascades Range. Lake Chelan is one of the nation's deepest, reaching a depth of 1,500 feet. Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area Named for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the lake is now the largest recreation feature in the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Mount Rainier National Park The park contains Mount Rainier (14,410'), an active volcano encased in over 35 square miles of snow and ice, and outstanding examples of old growth forests and subalpine meadows. North Cascades National Park North Cascades National Park includes jagged peaks, deep valleys, cascading waterfalls and over 700 glaciers. North Cascades National Park Service Complex contains three park units, all of which offers different experiences. Olympic National Park Glacier capped mountains, wild Pacific coast and magnificent stands of old-growth forests, including temperate rain forests -- at Olympic National Park, you can find all three. Ross Lake National Recreation Area Ross Lake National Recreation Area is the most assessible part of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. It includes three reservoirs: 12,000-acre (4,800-hectare) Ross Lake, 910-acre (364-hectare) Diablo Lake, and 210-acre (84-hectare) Gorge Lake -- water gateways to more remote areas. San Juan Island National Historical Park The park was created in 1966 based upon an idea: that individuals and nations can solve their problems peacfully without resorting to violence. The American soldiers and British Royal Marines remained for 12 years until Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, awarded the islands to the United States. Whitman Mission National Historic Site This site commemorates the courage of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the role the Whitmans played in establishing the Oregon Trail. 
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