List of federal lands in Washington

This article is about federal lands in the state. For federal lands in the District of Columbia, see List of the United States National Park System official units § Washington, D.C.

The following are protected federal lands in the U.S. state of Washington:

National Parks

There are three National Park within the state of Washington:

• Olympic National Park near Port Angeles ^[1]
• Mount Rainier National Park near Tacoma ^[1]
• North Cascades National Park near Sedro Woolley ^[1]

National Monuments

The three National Monuments in the state of Washington are:

• Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument near Castle Rock ^[2]
• Hanford Reach National Monument near Richland ^[3]
• San Juan Islands National Monument near Friday Harbor ^[4]

National Recreational Areas

The three National Recreation Areas within the state of Washington are:

• Lake Chelan National Recreation Area near Chelan
• Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area near Spokane
• Ross Lake National Recreation Area near Newhalem

National Historic Sites

The two National Historic Sites within the state of Washington are:

• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site near Vancouver
• Whitman Mission National Historic Site near Walla Walla

National Scenic Areas

The single National Scenic Area in the state of Washington is:

• Columbia River Gorge

National Forests

The eight National Forests within the state of Washington are:

• Colville National Forest ^[5]
• Gifford Pinchot National Forest ^[5]
• Idaho Panhandle National Forest ^[5]
• Kaniksu National Forest ^[5]
• Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest ^[5]
• Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest ^[5]
• Olympic National Forest ^[5]
• Umatilla National Forest ^[5]

Note: the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests were formerly two separate National Forests that are now managed as one by the US Forest Service. ^[6]

National Wildlife Refuges

There are 23 National Wildlife Refuges are located in the state of Washington including:

• Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge ^[7]
• Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge ^[7]
• Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge ^[7]
• Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge ^[7]
• Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge ^[7]
• San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge ^[7]
• Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge ^[7]
• Willapa National Wildlife Refuge ^[7]

See also

• List of Washington state parks
• List of National Register of Historic Places in Washington

References

1. The National Parks: Index 2005–2007. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service. ISBN   978-0-912627-75-5.
2. "Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument". United States Forest Service . Retrieved July 15, 2013.
3. "Annual Report of Lands as of September 30, 2009" (PDF). United States Fish and Wildlife Service . Retrieved July 15, 2013.
4. Brunner, Jim (March 25, 2013). "Obama creates San Juan Islands National Monument: read the proclamation". The Seattle Times . Retrieved March 26, 2013.
5. "Land Areas of the National Forest System" (PDF). United States Forest Service. January 1, 2013. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2013.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
6. "The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest" . Retrieved 2022-03-08.
7. "Refuge List by State – Washington". United States Fish and Wildlife Service . Retrieved July 15, 2013.