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Pearrygin Lake State Park is a public recreation area in the Methow Valley located two miles (3.2 km) east of Winthrop in Okanogan County, Washington. The state park covers 1,186 acres (480 ha) that almost entirely surround Pearrygin Lake, giving it 11,000 feet (3,400 m) of shoreline. Park activities include camping, boating, fishing, swimming ...
Methow (/ ˈ m ɛ t h aʊ / MET-how), [3] is an unincorporated community in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. The community had a population of 246 at the 2020 census . History
Deer in Mazama on the last stretch of the Spokane Gulch Trail heading towards the Mazama Store. Mazama (/ m ə ˈ z æ m ə / mə-ZAM-ə) [2] is an unincorporated community in Okanogan County (population 158) located in the Methow Valley of Washington, on the east slopes of the North Cascades and North Cascades National Park.
The Methow Valley continues below Winthrop to Twisp, where the Methow River is joined by another important tributary, the Twisp River. Flowing from the west, the Twisp River drains the mountains south of Washington Pass as well as the eastern slopes of Sawtooth Ridge, a major mountain range with some of Washington state's highest peaks (such as ...
Winthrop lies at the confluence of the Methow and Chewuch rivers in the Methow Valley. [3] The town is in the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountains at an elevation of 1,760 feet (540 m). [16] The Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest and state-managed Methow Wildlife Area surround the Methow Valley. [17]
The mountain is part of the Methow Mountains, a subset of the Cascade Range. Silver Star is the dominant feature in the Washington Pass area and visible from the North Cascades Highway. It was first climbed by Lage Wernstedt in 1926. [2] The summit ridge of Silver Star consists of a long ridge of spires (the Wine Spires) leading to the main summit.
The Town of Twisp is served by the Methow Valley School District, which includes Methow Valley Elementary and Liberty Bell Junior-Senior High School, both of which are located midway between Twisp and neighboring Winthrop. The Independent Learning Center, an alternative high school, is located in Twisp. [16]
The 1,499,013-acre (2,342.208 sq mi; 6,066.29 km 2) forest is bordered on the north by British Columbia, on the east by Colville National Forest, on the south by the divide between the Methow and the Stehekin–Lake Chelan valleys, and on the west by North Cascades National Park. The closest significant communities are Omak and Okanogan.