List of marine protected areas of Washington

There are county, state and federal marine protected areas off the coast of Washington. The state marine reserves are managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife;^[1] aquatic reserves are managed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources,^[2] and marine state parks are managed by Washington State Parks.^[3]

Federally protected marine areas

• Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
• Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex
  • Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge
  • Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge
  • Copalis National Wildlife Refuge
  • Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge
  • Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge
  • San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge

State protected marine areas

Marine conservation areas

• Brackett's Landing Shoreline Sanctuary Conservation Area
• City of Des Moines Park Conservation Area
• Keystone Conservation Area
• Octopus Hole Conservation Area
• Orchard Rocks Conservation Area
• Saltar's Point Beach Conservation Area
• South 239th Street Park Conservation Area
• Sund Rock Conservation Area
• Waketickeh Creek Conservation Area

Marine preserves

• Admiralty Head Marine Preserve
• Argyle Lagoon Marine Preserve
• Carkeek Park Marine Preserve
• Colvos Passage Marine Preserve
• Discovery Park Marine Preserve
• Emma Schmitz Marine Preserve
• False Bay Marine Preserve
• Friday Harbor Marine Preserve
• Golden Gardens Park Marine Preserve
• Lincoln Park Marine Preserve
• Richey Viewpoint Marine Preserve
• Saltwater State Park Marine Preserve
• Shaw Island Marine Preserve
• Titlow Beach Marine Preserve
• Toliva Shoal Marine Preserve
• Yellow and Low Islands Marine Preserve
• Z's Reef Marine Preserve

Aquatic reserves

• Cherry Point State Aquatic Reserve
• Cypress Island State Aquatic Reserve
• Fidalgo Bay State Aquatic Reserve
• Maury Island State Aquatic Reserve
• Nisqually Reach State Aquatic Reserve
• Protection Island State Aquatic Reserve
• Smith and Minor Islands State Aquatic Reserve
• Lake Kapowsin State Aquatic Reserve (freshwater)

Marine state parks

• Blake Island Marine State Park
• Blind Island Marine State Park
• Clark Island Marine State Park
• Cutts Island Marine State Park
• Eagle Island Marine State Park
• Doe Island Marine State Park
• Hope Island Marine State Park
• James Island Marine State Park
• Jones Island Marine State Park
• Matia Island Marine State Park
• McMicken Island Marine State Park
• Mystery Bay Marine State Park
• Patos Island Marine State Park
• Posey Island Marine State Park
• Saddlebag Island Marine State Park
• Skagit Island Marine State Park
• Stuart Island Marine State Park
• Sucia Island Marine State Park
• Turn Island Marine State Park

Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Exclusion Zones

• Hale Passage
• Haro Strait
• Low Point
• Marine Area 12
• San Juan and Upright Channels
• Tatoosh Island

Pacific Octopus Protection Areas in Puget Sound

• Alki Beach Junkyard
• Alki Beach Seacrest Coves 1, 2, and 3
• Days Island
• Deception Pass
• Les Davis
• Marine Area 12
• Redondo Beach
• Three Tree Point

County and municipal marine protected areas

• Lighthouse Marine Park, Whatcom County^[4]
• Lily Point Marine Park, Whatcom County^[4]
• Maury Island Marine Park, King County^[5]
• Point Whitehorn Marine Reserve, Whatcom County^[4]

See also

• List of Washington state parks
• List of lighthouses in Washington (state)
• List of marine protected areas of California
• List of marine protected areas of Oregon
• List of marine protected areas of Hawaii
• List of marine protected areas of Alaska
• List of U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries

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Protected areas of Washington

Federal

National Parks	Mount Rainier North Cascades Olympic
National Monuments	Hanford Reach (USFWS) Mount St. Helens Volcanic (USFS) San Juan Islands (BLM)
National Historical Parks and Sites	Fort Vancouver NHS Klondike Gold Rush NHP Lewis and Clark NHP Manhattan Project NHP Nez Perce NHP San Juan Island NHP Whitman Mission NHS
National Historical Reserves	Ebey's Landing
National Trails	Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Pacific Crest Trail Pacific Northwest Trail
NPS National Recreation Areas	Lake Chelan Lake Roosevelt Ross Lake
National Wildlife Refuges	Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Columbia Conboy Lake Copalis Dungeness Flattery Rocks Franz Lake Grays Harbor Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer Little Pend Oreille McNary Pierce Protection Island Quillayute Needles Ridgefield Saddle Mountain San Juan Islands Steigerwald Lake Toppenish Turnbull Umatilla Willapa
National Forests	Colville Gifford Pinchot Idaho Panhandle Kaniksu Mount Baker–Snoqualmie Okanogan–Wenatchee Olympic Umatilla Wenatchee
USFS National Recreation Areas	Mount Baker
National Wilderness	Alpine Lakes Boulder River The Brothers Buckhorn Clearwater Colonel Bob Daniel J. Evans Glacier Peak Glacier View Goat Rocks Henry M. Jackson Indian Heaven Juniper Dunes Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Ridge Mount Adams Mount Baker Mount Rainier Mount Skokomish Noisy-Diobsud Norse Peak Pasayten Salmo-Priest San Juan Stephen Mather Tatoosh Trapper Creek Washington Islands Wenaha–Tucannon Wild Sky William O. Douglas Wonder Mountain
National Marine Sanctuary and National Estuarine Research Reserve	Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Illabot Klickitat Pratt Skagit Snoqualmie White Salmon

State

State Parks	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 Retreat Center Cape Disappointment 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 Forks of the Sky Fort Casey Fort Columbia Fort Ebey Fort Flagler Fort Simcoe Fort Townsend Fort Worden Ginkgo Petrified Forest Goldendale Observatory Grayland Beach Griffiths-Priday Harstine Island Hope Island (Mason County) Hope Island (Skagit County) 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 Lenore Caves Lake Sammamish Lake Sylvia Lake Wenatchee Larrabee Leadbetter Point Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark Trail Lime Kiln Point Lincoln Rock Lyons Ferry Manchester Maryhill Matia Island Matilda Jackson McMicken Island Millersylvania Moran Mount Pilchuck Mount Spokane Mystery Bay 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 Spokane River Centennial Trail Spring Creek Hatchery Squak Mountain Squilchuck Steamboat Rock Steptoe Battlefield Steptoe Butte Stretch Point Stuart Island Sucia Island Sun Lakes-Dry Falls Tolmie Triton Cove Turn Island Twanoh Twenty-Five Mile Creek Twin Harbors Wallace Falls Wanapum Recreational Area Wenatchee Confluence Westport Light Willapa Hills Trail Willie Keil's Grave Yakima Sportsman
State Forests	Ahtanum Capitol Elbe Hills Green Mountain Loomis Loup Loup Tahuya Teanaway Tiger Mountain Yacolt Burn
Natural Area Preserves	Admiralty Inlet Badger Gulch Bald Hill Barker Mountain Bone River Camas Meadows Carlisle Bog Castle Rock Charley Creek Chehalis River Surge Plain Chopaka Mountain Clearwater Bogs Cleveland Shrub Steppe Columbia Falls Columbia Hills Crowberry Bog Cypress Highlands Dabob Bay Dailey Prairie Davis Canyon Entiat Slopes Goose Island Gunpowder Island Hamma Hamma Balds Ink Blot Kahlotus Ridgetop Kennedy Creek Kings Lake Bog Kitsap Forest Lacamas Prairie Little Pend Oreille River Marcellus Shrub Steppe Methow Rapids Mima Mounds Monte Cristo Niawiakum River North Bay Oak Patch Olivine Bridge Pinecroft Point Doughty Riverside Breaks Rocky Prairie Sand Island Schumacher Creek Selah Cliffs Skagit Bald Eagle Skookum Inlet Snoqualmie Bog Spring Creek Canyon Trombetta Canyon Trout Lake The Two-Steppe Upper Dry Gulch Washougal Oaks Whitcomb Flats Willapa Divide
Natural Resources Conservation Areas	Ashford Cattle Point Clearwater Corridor Cypress Island Devils Lake Dishman Hills Elk River Ellsworth Creek Granite Lakes Hat Island Hendrickson Canyon Klickitat Canyon Lake Louise Loomis Lummi Island Merrill Lake Middle Fork Snoqualmie Morning Star Mount Si Naselle Highlands Queets River Rattlesnake Mountain Scenic Area Shipwreck Point Skamokawa Creek South Nemah South Nolan Stavis Stevenson Ridge Table Mountain Tahoma Forest Teal Slough Washougal Oaks West Tiger Mountain White Salmon Oak Woodard Bay
Aquatic Reserves	Cherry Point Cypress Island Fidalgo Bay Maury Island Nisqually Reach Protection Island Smith and Minor Islands

Other

Former state parks	Damon Point Fay Bainbridge Fort Okanogan Fort Ward Park Griffin Bay Mukilteo Lighthouse Park Osoyoos Lake Veteran's Memorial Park Skull Island Upright Channel Wenberg Westhaven

• Marine protected areas
• Blanchard Forest
• Cascadia Marine Trail
• The Enchantments
• Goose Island
• Les Hilde Trail & Trailheads
• Little Pend Oreille
• Maritime Washington National Heritage Area
• Mount Adams Recreation Area
• Sehome Hill Arboretum
• Walker Valley ORV Riding Area
• Withrow Moraine
• Yellow Island

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