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This is a list of natural lakes and reservoirs located fully or partially in the U.S. state of Washington. Natural lakes that have been altered with a dam, such as Lake Chelan, are included as lakes, not reservoirs. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
List of Washington state parks. The U.S. state of Washington has over 140 state parks that are managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. These include 19 marine parks and 11 Historical Parks. The park system was established in 1913 by the creation of the Washington State Board of Park Commissioners. [2]
Gifford Pinchot National Forest is a National Forest located in southern Washington, managed by the United States Forest Service. With an area of 1.32 million acres (5300 km 2 ), it extends 116 km (72 mi) along the western slopes of Cascade Range from Mount Rainier National Park to the Columbia River. The forest straddles the crest of the South ...
Roosevelt elk ( Cervus canadensis roosevelti) Shrew-mole ( Neurotrichus gibbsii) American pika ( Ochotona princeps) Snowshoe hare ( Lepus americanus) Mountain beaver ( Aplodontia rufa) Olympic marmot ( Marmota olympus) Grizzly bear ( Ursus arctos horribilis) Pygmy rabbit ( Brachylagus idahoensis) reintroduced. Black bear ( Ursus americanus)
Designated. 1965. Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park/Wanapum Recreational Area is a geologic preserve and public recreation area covering 7,124-acre (2,883 ha) on the western shoreline of the Columbia River 's Wanapum Reservoir at Vantage, Washington. Petrified wood was discovered in the region in the early 1930s, which led to creation of the ...
The orca is the state mammal of Washington. The list of mammals of Washington lists mammalian species that live in the U.S. state of Washington, including 9 introduced mammal species. The list does not include species found exclusively in captivity.
Lake Washington. / 47.617°N 122.267°W / 47.617; -122.267 ( Lake Washington) Lake Washington ( Lushootseed: x̌ačuʔ) [3] [a] is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. [4] It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest natural lake in the state of Washington, after Lake ...
1,290 ft (390 m) Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (also called Lake Roosevelt) is the reservoir created in 1941 by the impoundment of the Columbia River by the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. It is named for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was president during the construction of the dam. Covering 125 square miles (80,000 acres), it stretches about ...