Nature reserves in Washington
Land set aside and kept that way — refuges, game lands and wilderness, each held by somebody who says so on the record.
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428 nature reserves are published in Washington. The list below holds the 277 best-documented.
- Manchester State Park
- Blind Island Marine State Park
- Sehome Hill Arboretum
- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park
- Tolmie State Park
- Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
- Spencer Spit State Park
- Hope Island Marine State Park
- Downriver Park
- Duck Lake Wildlife Area
- Schmitz Preserve Park
- Lacamas Prairie Natural Area Preserve
- Teal Slough Natural Resources Conservation Area
- Skookum Inlet Natural Area Preserve
- Blake Island Marine State Park
- Waterfront (WC)
- Tamanowas Rock Sanctuary
- Alexander Avenue Wetland
- Haynes Estate Conservation Area
- South Bay Trail
- Davis Canyon Natural Area Preserve
- Valley Floor Community Park
- 12th & Finnegan
- Chelan Coulees Preserve
- Olsen Creek State Forest
- Mt. Ben West
- Cedarwoods Open Space
- Judd Creek Natural Area
- Quilcene Bay WDFW Tidelands
- Peninsula Gardens
- Zintel Canyon Greenway
- Samish River - Ochs Conservation Area
- Chuckanut Creek Marsh
- Puget Creek Natural Area
- Lake Forest Park Legacy Green Space
- Stimpson Family Nature Reserve
- Crescent Beach Preserve
- Trailhead Park
- Samish River - Koetje Conservation Area
- Bay View - Miceli Conservation Easement
- Sherman Creek Wildlife Area
- Murphy Debris Basin
- Trautman Ranch Conservation Area
- Easton Ponds
- Point Whitehorn Marine Reserve
- Moulton Falls Regional Park
- Penawawa Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area
- Violet Prairie-Scatter Creek Preserve
- Peshastin Pinnacles State Park
- Pratt Preserve
- Rude Road Sites
- Green Lake (Mettler) Natural Area
- Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
- South Fork Tolt Reservoir Watershed
- Strawberry Point Preserve
- Utopia Conservation Area
- Day Creek Forest Conservation Area
- Liberty Recreation Site
- Dungeness Recreation Area
- Quitslund Preserve
- Shinglemill Creek Natural Area
- Morse Wildlife Preserve
- Neighborhood Connector
- Beaverton Marsh Preserve
- Chuckanut Village Marsh
- Ballinger Open Space
- Toad Lake
- Riverview Natural Preserve
- Fidalgo Bay - Graber Conservation Area
- Bartonwood Natural Area
- Lyman Slough Conservation Area
- Curtin Springs Wildlife Habitat
- False Bay Creek Preserve
- McLellan Conservation Area
- White Creek Conservation Area
- Turtle Head Preserve
- Bellingham High School Trail Easement
- Whipple Creek Hollow Natural Area
- Pacific View Open Space
- Dry Gulch Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area
- Shoreline Road Recreation Area
- Meigs Farm
- Salmon Woods Open Space
- Green Mountain Open Space
- Rainwater Wildlife Area
- Ellis Creek Natural Area
- Z's Reef Marine Preserve
- Alderwood Open Space
- James J. Lawless Park
- Agate Passage PreserveBuilt 2012
- Maitlen Creek Research Natural Area
- Paradise Park
- Palisades Park
- Joemma Beach State Park
- Leadbetter Point, Wilapa National Wildlife Refuge
- Andress Family Wildlife Nature Preservation Area
- Green Mountain Open Space
- March Point Heronry Conservation area
- Ellisport Wildlands
- Lucia Falls Park
- Douglas Island Convservation Area
- Anacortes -Tursi Conservation Easement
- Marblemount Conservation Area
- Little Mountain - Darvill Conservation Easement
- Kelly Bar Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area
- Emerald Terrace Open Space
- Whatcom Creek Trail
- Crescent Beach Preserve
- Ihiya Biological Preserve
- Lincoln Creek Open Space
- Fenster Nature Park
- Muddy Creek Conservation area
- Cedarwoods Open Space
- Frazer Homestead Preserve
- Dungeness Trails
- Big Rock Park
- Louise H. Meyers Park
- Chinook Bend Natural Area
- Place of Circling Waters
- Toothaker Habitat Management Unit
- Tech School Berms
- MacKenzie Natural Area
- 55-Mile Habitat Management Unit
- Miller-Kirkman Preserve
- Deadman Bay Preserve
- Whispering Firs Bog
- Tranquility Nature Area
- Rockaway Beach
- Missile Silo Park
- Marjorie R. Stanley Natural Area
- Central Ferry Habitat Management Unit
- Suiattle River Grandy Conservation Easement
- King Sisters Preserve
- no public access
- Lumpkin Park
- Hummel Lake Preserve
- Mount Grant Preserve
- Westside Scenic Preserve
- Cottonwood Open Space
- San Juan Islands National Monument
- Martindale Habitat Management Unit
- Wildlife Corridor and ExpansionBuilt 2013
- Trillium Conservation Area
- Evans Pond Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area
- Buchannan Hill - Channing/Martin Conservation Easement
- Muddy Creek Conservation area
- False Bay Creek Preserve
- Cascade River South 2
- Swantown Forest Trust Land
- Watmaugh Bay
- City of Bellevue Open Space
- Naches Trail Preserve
- Camano Island State Park
- Little Goose Landing Recreation Area
- Strawberry Point Preserve
- Shinglemill Creek Natural Area
- Cascade River South 1
- Big Lake Wetlands Conservation Area
- Hiburn Preserve
- Shinglemill Creek Natural Area
- Padden Lagoon
- Arborwood Open Space
- Lake Rosannah Natural Area
- Lauretta Norene Forest Preserve
- Richland Bend
- 3rd Lagoon Preserve
- Kettles Trail System
- Westside Scenic Preserve
- Beaver Marsh
- Knoxway Canyon Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area
- Samish Glen Open Space
- Dugualla State Park
- Lower Padden Trail
- Knappton Water Access
- Skiyou Slough
- Crawford Woods
- Argyle Lagoon Biological Preserve
- Watmaugh Bay Preserve
- Watmaugh Bay
- Fishhook Habitat Management Unit
- Brandts Landing
- Shelton View Forest
- Crow Butte Park
- Maxwelton Outdoor Classroom
- King Mountain
- Cedarwoods Open Space
- Harbor Hill Environmental Sanctuary
- Blanchard State Forest
- Springbrook Creek Preserve
- New York Island Habitat Management Area
- Cougar Creek Preserve
- Portage Creek Wildlife Reserve
- Deer Lagoon Preserve
- Lambi Creek Recreation Area
- Kobayashi Perserve
- Pacific View Ravine
- Peters Street Trail
- Campbell Lake - Ham/Alexandra Conservation Easement
- Stone Corner Farm Family Nature Preserve
- Butler Creek Conservation Area
- Parks Tacoma Headquarters
- Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project
- Lookout Mountain Open Space
- Kamiak Butte County Park
- Jackman Creek Conservation Area
- Diobsud Creek Barbien/Jordan Conservation Easement
- Griffin Creek Natural Area
- Miller Peninsula State Park
- Turtleback Mountain Preserve
- Birdsview Elysium Conservation Easement
- Sedro-Woolley - Kretschmer Conservation Easement
- Lake Emma
- New York Bar Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area
- Deadman-Meadows Creek Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area
- Fidalgo Bay - Carsten Conservation Area
- Grandy Creek Convservation Area
- Gog-Le-Hi-Te Wetlands Public Access Site
- Nisqually John Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area
- 4th Avenue Open Space
- Westwood Natural Area
- Diobsud Creek Abel Conservation Area
- Skookum Habitat Management Unit
- no public access
- Tacoma Nature Center
- Pierce Island
- Shinglemill Creek Natural Area
- Limekiln Preserve
- Lopez Hill preserve
- No Public Access
- Smuggler's Cove
- Zylstra Lake Preserve
- McKinnon Well Field
- Pressentin Ranch Conservation Area
- Silver Lake Park
- Suncadia Conservancy
- La Center Bottoms
- Illia Landing Recreation Area
- Sunset Pond
- South Whidbey State Park
- Beckwith Bar Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area
- Mill Creek Watershed
- Minkler Lake Conversation Area
- Golf Course Pond Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area
- Emerald Terrace Open Space
- Green Road Marsh Conservation Area
- Cady Mountain Preserve
- Tolt-MacDonald Park
- Swift Bar Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area
- Green Mountain Legacy Lands Open Space
- Flaming Geyser Natural Area
- Magpie Forest
- Innis Arden Reserve Park
- North Fork Manzanita Creek Preserve
- Skagit River Kahn Conservation Area
- False Bay Marine Preserve
- Fisher Pond Nature Preserve
- Fort Flagler State Park
- David E. Hill Wetland Preserve
- Island Marble butterfly reserve
- Raab's Lagoon Natural Area
- Deception Falls Picnic Area
- Umtanum Recreation Site
- Iron Mountain Conservation Area
- Rimrock Conservation Area
- Little Badger Park
- Roche Harbor Highlands Watershed
- Day Creek Conservation Area
- Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit Nature Preserve
- Old Fairhaven Parkway
- Lowell Park Open Space
- Grandy Creek Convservation Area
- Kellett Bluff Preserve
- Plymouth Park
- Gaddis Wetland Natural Area
- Channel Preserve
- Barr Creek Conservation Area
- Shinglemill Creek Natural Area