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Illahee State Park is an 82-acre (33 ha) Washington state park located in the hamlet of Illahee, just north of East Bremerton, on Port Orchard Bay, part of Puget Sound. The word "Illahee" means earth or country in the Native language Chinuk Wawa. The park was established when Kitsap County donated 13 acres to the state in 1934.
Midas Johnson, 8, attempts to do a flip off the dock while cooling off from the triple digit heat with family members at Illahee State Park in Bremerton in this 2021 Kitsap Sun file photo.
Illahee is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States, [1] between Bremerton and Silverdale. It is home to Illahee State Park and other local parks. The word "Illahee" means earth or country in the nearly-extinct pidgin language Chinuk Wawa , commonly spoken in the area until the early twentieth century.
The first two parks were formed from donated land in 1915, and by 1929 the state had seven parks. In 1947 the State Parks Committee was renamed to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and given authority to oversee the state park system. By 1960 the number of state parks had increased to 130.
Monument Rocks (also Chalk Pyramids) are a series of large chalk formations in Gove County, Kansas, rich in fossils. The formations were the first landmark in Kansas chosen by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark. The chalk formations reach a height of up to 70 ft (21 m) and include formations such as buttes and ...
On the left is their state of the art magic carpet used to deliver the tubers back up the run from the bottom. Snow tubing is rumored to have begun as far back as the 1820s in the Alpine Mountains. Tubing on snow is a wintertime activity that is similar to sledding. This kind of tubing is almost always performed on a hill or slope, using ...
Mushroom Rock State Park: Ellsworth: 5 acres (2.0 ha) 488 m (1,601 ft) 1965 Perry State Park: Jefferson: 971 ft (296 m) 1968 Pomona State Park: Osage: 490 acres (198.3 ha) 1,024 ft ( 312 m) 1963 Prairie Dog State Park: Norton: 1,150 acres (465 ha) 2,352 ft (717 m) 1964 Originally named Norton Park Prairie Spirit Trail State Park: Sand Hills ...
Wilson State Park is a public recreation area found on the south shore of 9,000-acre (3,600 ha) Wilson Lake reservoir approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of the city of Wilson in Russell County, Kansas, United States.