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


National Parks

There are three
National Park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
within the state of Washington: * Olympic National Park near
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* Mount Rainier National Park near Tacoma *
North Cascades National Park North Cascades National Park is an American national park in the state of Washington. At more than , it is the largest of the three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Complex. North Cascades National Par ...
near
Sedro Woolley Sedro-Woolley is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Mount Vernon–Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area and had a population of 12,421 at the 2020 census. The city is home to North Casc ...


National Monuments

The three
National Monuments National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...
in the state of Washington are: * Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument near Castle Rock * Hanford Reach National Monument near Richland * San Juan Islands National Monument near Friday Harbor


National Recreational Areas

The three
National Recreation Areas A national recreation area (NRA) is a protected area in the United States established by an Act of Congress to preserve enhanced recreational opportunities in places with significant natural and scenic resources. There are 40 NRAs, which emphas ...
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 Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in the states of Washington and Oregon. The National Historic Site consists of two units, one located on the site of Fort Vancouver in modern-day Vancouver ...
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 A state forest or national forest is a forest that is administered or protected by some agency of a sovereign state, sovereign or federated state, or territory (country subdivision), territory. Background The precise application of the terms va ...
within the state of Washington are: * Colville National Forest * Gifford Pinchot National Forest *
Idaho Panhandle National Forest The Idaho Panhandle National Forests are a jointly administered set of three national forests located mostly in the U.S. state of Idaho. In 1973, major portions of the Kaniksu, Coeur d'Alene, and St. Joe National Forests were combined to be ad ...
* Kaniksu National Forest * Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest *
Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest The Okanogan National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in Okanogan County in north-central Washington, United States. The forest is bordered on the north by British Columbia, on the east by Colville National Forest, on the south by the ...
* Olympic National Forest * Umatilla National Forest Note: the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests were formerly two separate National Forests that are now managed as one by the US Forest Service.


National Wildlife Refuges

There are 23 National Wildlife Refuges are located in the state of Washington including: *
Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge The Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge is located near the town of Sequim in Clallam County in the U.S. state of Washington, on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The refuge is composed of which include Dungeness Spit, Graveyard Spit, and portions of ...
* Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge *
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge The Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on the Nisqually River Delta near Puget Sound in northeastern Thurston County, Washington and northwestern Pierc ...
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Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge, one of the national wildlife refuges operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, located in the westernmost part of Clark County, Washington. The refuge protects more than o ...
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Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge The Hanford Reach National Monument is a national monument in the U.S. state of Washington. It was created in 2000, mostly from the former security buffer surrounding the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The area has been untouched by development or ...
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San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge The San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge is in the San Juan Islands of the Salish Sea, north of Puget Sound, in the State of Washington. Created in 1976, it comprises 83 small, uninhabited islands, scattered throughout the San Juans, with a c ...
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Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge The Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge is located six miles (10 km) south of Cheney, Washington, on the eastern edge of the Columbia Basin in Spokane County in northeastern Washington. Turnbull NWR encompasses more than of the Channeled Scab ...
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Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Willapa National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located on the shores of Willapa Bay in Washington, United States. It comprises of sand dunes, sand beaches, mudflats, grasslands, saltwater and freshwater marshes, and coniferous ...


See also

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


References

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