This quest involves visiting each of the 143 state parks in Washington.
Quest Objectives
What Qualifies (?)
To generally qualify as an objective, state parks must be listed on the official Washington State Parks website. This list includes some state trails, and sub-units are listed separately for some state parks.
List of Objectives
- Alta Lake
- Anderson Lake
- Battle Ground Lake
- Bay View
- Beacon Rock
- Belfair
- Birch Bay
- Blake Island
- Blind Island
- Bogachiel
- Bottle Beach
- Bridgeport
- Bridle Trails
- Brooks Memorial
- Cama Beach
- Camano Island
- Camp Wooten
- Cape Disappointment
- Centennial Trail
- Clark Island
- Columbia Hills
- Columbia Plateau Trail
- Conconully
- Crawford
- Curlew Lake
- Cutts Island
- Daroga
- Dash Point
- Deception Pass
- Doe Island
- Dosewallips
- Doug's Beach
- Eagle Island
- Federation Forest
- Fields Spring
- Flaming Geyser
- Fort Casey
- Fort Columbia
- Fort Ebey
- Fort Flagler
- Fort Simcoe
- Fort Townsend Historical State Park
- Fort Worden
- Ginkgo Petrified Forest
- Goldendale Observatory
- Grayland Beach
- Griffiths-Priday
- Hope Island - Mason
- Hope Island - Skagit
- Ike Kinswa
- Illahee
- Iron Horse
- Jackson House
- James Island
- Jarrell Cove
- Joemma Beach
- Jones Island
- Joseph Whidbey
- Kanaskat-Palmer
- Kinney Point
- Kitsap Memorial
- Klickitat Trail
- Kopachuck
- Lake Chelan
- Lake Easton
- Lake Sammamish
- Lake Sylvia
- Lake Wenatchee
- Larrabee
- Leadbetter Point
- Lewis & Clark
- Lewis & Clark Trail
- Lime Kiln Point
- Lincoln Rock
- Lyons Ferry
- Manchester
- Maryhill
- Matia Island
- McMicken Island
- Millersylvania
- Moran
- Mount Pilchuck
- Mount Spokane
- Mystery Bay
- Nine Mile Recreation Area
- Nolte
- Obstruction Pass
- Ocean City
- Olallie
- Olmstead Place
- Pacific Beach
- Pacific Pines
- Palouse Falls
- Palouse to Cascades
- Paradise Point
- Patos Island
- Peace Arch
- Pearrygin Lake
- Penrose Point
- Peshastin Pinnacles
- Pleasant Harbor
- Posey Island
- Potholes
- Potlatch
- Rainbow Falls
- Rasar
- Reed Island
- Riverside
- Rockport
- Sacajawea
- Saddlebag Island
- Saint Edward
- Saltwater
- Scenic Beach
- Schafer
- Seaquest
- Sequim Bay
- Shine Tidelands
- Skagit Island
- South Whidbey
- Spencer Spit
- Spring Creek Hatchery
- Squak Mountain
- Squilchuck
- Steamboat Rock
- Steptoe Battlefield
- Steptoe Butte
- Stuart Island
- Sucia Island
- Sun Lakes-Dry Falls
- Tolmie
- Triton Cove
- Turn Island
- Twanoh
- Twenty-Five Mile Creek
- Twin Harbors
- Wallace Falls
- Wanapum Recreation Area
- Wenatchee Confluence
- Westport Light
- Willapa Hills Trail
- Willie Keil's Grave State Park Heritage Site
- Yakima Sportsman
Bonus objectives
There are fourteen areas that were formerly state parks, most of which have been transferred to city, county, or other entity to manage.
- Central Ferry Park
- Chief Timothy Park
- Crow Butte Park
- Damon Point
- Fay Bainbridge Park
- Fort Okanogan
- Fort Ward Park
- Griffin Bay
- Hanging Gardens
- Mukilteo Lighthouse Park
- Osoyoos Lake
- Upright Channel
- Wenberg County Park
- West Hylebos Wetlands Park
Milestones or Smaller Quests
Washington State Parks are divided into a number of geographic regions, which you can complete as sub-quests or view as milestones. An initial milestone goal might be completing at least one state park in each of the regions.
Other common milestones:
- 50% of parks completed
- 50% of state parks completed in each region
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Tips and Resources
- A daily or annual Discover Pass is required for access to Washington State Parks and recreation lands.
- Washington State Parks Foundation offers an interactive map of the state parks
- PNW outdoors author Lauren Danner has an excellent series of posts on the Washington state parks
- WA State Parks produces a number of useful free publications, including printable park maps.
Goods
- Poster Map of Washington State Parks from Best Maps Ever (highly recommended)
- Washington State (and National) Parks poster
- Washington State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide book
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