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Fort Simcoe was a United States Army fort erected in south-central Washington Territory to house troops sent to keep watch over local Indian tribes. The site and remaining buildings are preserved as Fort Simcoe Historical State Park, located eight miles (13 km) west of modern White Swan, Washington, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains and near the base of the Simcoe Mountains.
The high school program continues for a short time at JFK High School in Seattle. 1977: The State of Washington buys most of the property (316 acres) [ 2 ] with the assistance of a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant from the National Park Service and the Washington Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation.
Saint Edward State Park is a 326-acre (132 ha)-park in Kenmore, Washington and Kirkland, Washington. It is part of the Washington State Park System. Before becoming a Catholic seminary and later a state park, the area was logged in the 19th century and again in the 1920s. A series of trails runs through the park for bicyclists and hikers.
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia. North Cascades National Park in Washington. Olympic National Park in Washington. Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Pinnacles ...
Washington has one of the most breathtaking places in the country for hiking trails, according to a new Yelp report. Mount Rainier National Park was named among Yelp’s list of the “t en most ...
The Stephen Mather Wilderness is a 634,614 acres (256,819 ha) wilderness area honoring Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service.It is located within North Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, and Ross Lake National Recreation Area in the North Cascade Range of Washington, United States.
The Hoh Rainforest is home to a National Park Service ranger station, from which backcountry trails extend deeper into the national park. Near the visitor center is the Hall of Mosses Trail, a short trail—0.8 miles (1.3 km)— which gives visitors a feel for the local ecosystem and views of maples draped with large growths of spikemoss. There ...
Olympic National Park is a national park of the United States located in Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. [3] The park has four regions: the Pacific coastline , alpine areas, the west-side temperate rainforest , and the forests of the drier east side. [ 4 ]