Fort Worden State Park

19 Trails 71 POIs 4 Campsites 3 Picnic Sites 9 Viewpoints
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Description

Fort Worden and accompanying Fort Worden Historical State Park are located in Port Townsend, along Admiralty Inlet in Washington state. It is on 433 acres (175 ha) that originally was a United States Army installation to protect Puget Sound. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission acquired most of Fort Worden on September 30, 1971, when the state closed the juvenile treatment center. The 433-acre (175 ha) Fort Worden State Park was opened on August 18, 1973.[6] Today the 2.1 miles (3.4 km) of sandy beaches and high bluffs attract residents from around the region to the multi-use recreation facility. The extensive system of large, abandoned bunkers are available for exploration. The state park includes the Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum, a balloon hangar that was used for airships, three 3-inch anti-aircraft gun emplacements, and several restored quarters on Officers' Row. The Point Wilson Lighthouse is also located here. The Commanding Officer's Quarters have been restored to reflect the early 20th century Victorian period, and are open in the summer for tours. The independent publisher of poetry, Copper Canyon Press, located permanently at Fort Worden in 1974. The park also is the home of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, whose natural history museum, hands-on tidepool exhibits and educational programs promote understanding about coastal ecosystems.

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • Beach Campground Trail
  • Bliss Vista Trail
  • Bluff Trail
  • Chinese Gardens Trail
  • JFK Trail
  • Madrona Trail
  • North Beach Trail
  • Peace Mile Trail
  • Powerhouse Trail
  • Trail L-1
  • Trail L-2
  • Trail L-3
  • Trail L-4
  • Trail L-5
  • Trail L-6
  • Underground Tunnel
  • Vault Loop Trail

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • Alexander's Bluff
  • Coast Artillery Museum
  • East Gate
  • Hiker-Biker Campsite (approximate)
  • Memory's Vault
  • Ross Point
  • Triangle of Fire Viewpoint

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The PDF and JPG maps are released by Hikepack under the Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Aerial imagery available from the U.S. Geological Survey. Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©Farwestern https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Worden_Panorama.jpg Public Domain.