Park overview:
Camano Island State Park is a 134-acre camping park with 6,700 feet of rocky shoreline and beach. The park provides sweeping views of the surrounding mountains and offers opportunities for shellfish harvesting.
Campsite Information:
The camp has 88 tent spaces, five cabins, one dump station, two restrooms and two showers. The upward camp loop is better for RVs of up to 40 feet. All campsites are first-come, first-served.
Group Accommodations:
The park offers a group camp that accommodates a maximum of 100 people, one kitchen shelter and five cabins. The group camping area has restrooms and showers. Fees vary with size of the group. To make a reservation, call Cama Beach State Park at (360) 387-1550.
Camping Fees:
Please note that the following
general fee information is not customized for each individual park, so not
all fees will apply to
all parks (for example, primitive campsite and dump station fees listed apply only to parks that have primitive campsites and dump stations).
2010 FeesAn additional $2 per night is added to the basic camping fees listed below at this high-use park. Basic camping fees are:
Standard campsite, $19.
Full utility campsite, $26.
Partial utility campsite, $25.
Primitive campsite and water trail camping, $12
An additional $3 fee (standard) or $5 fee (utility) may be charged for select premium campsites at some parks.
Maximum eight people per campsite.
Second vehicle: $10 per night is charged for a second vehicle unless it is towed by a recreational vehicle. Extra vehicles must be parked in designated campsite or extra vehicle parking spaces.
Dump stations (if available): Year-round dump station fees are $5 per use. If you are camping, this fee is included in your campsite fee.
More about park hoursCheck-in time is 2:30 p.m., and check-out time is 1 p.m.
Quiet hours are from 10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.
Engine-driven electric generators may be operated only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Length of stay: You may stay up to ten consecutive days in any one park during the summer; the stay limit is extended to 20 days between Oct. 1 and March 31.
Park hours/updates:
Summer: 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Winter: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The park is open year round for camping and day use. Some campsites are closed in winter.
Camping:
Check-in time, 2:30 p.m.
Check-out time, 1 p.m.
Quiet hours: 10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.
CLAM SEASON CLOSED: Due to an unexplained die off of clams in the Port Susan/Saratoga Passage area, Washington State Parks, in cooperation with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, has closed clam season to harvesting until further notice during the clam season at Camano Island State Park. This is a temporary measure to assure recovery of the clam population and future recreational harvest.
Park Winter Schedule
| Campground Closes |
| Campground Reopens |
| Day-Use Closes |
| Day-Use Reopens |
| Watercraft Launch Closes |
| Watercraft Launch Reopens | |
| Partial |
| Partial |
| Open |
| Open |
| Open |
| Open |
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Winter Schedule for all Washington State Parks
Driving Directions
Located fourteen miles southwest of Stanwood, Wash. in Island County.
Park address:
2269 S. Lowell Point Road
Camano Island, WA 98282
From I-5:
Take exit #212 and head west onto Hwy. 532. Three miles west of Stanwood, take left at fork (road is now East Camano Dr. and no longer SR 532). Drive approximately six miles on East Camano Dr. (At this point East Camano Dr. heads left by Windermere. Keep to main road, which is now Elger Bay Rd). At a spot marked by Elger Bay Grocery, gas station and a café, turn right onto Mountain View. Travel two miles, climb a steep hill, then turn left onto Lowell Point Rd. The road will dead-end at park entrance.
Park Maps
Camano Island downloadable pdf map #1
List of all downloadable Washington State Park
maps.
Park Features
The park provides sweeping views of Puget Sound, the Olympic Mountains and Mount Rainer. Comb the beach, watch the boat traffic, or hike the forest loop trails.
History
Earliest inhabitants of Camano Island were the Kikalos and Snohomish Indians, who used the island for a summer dwelling while gathering seafood and berries. They named it "Kal-lut-chin," meaning "land jutting into a bay." The island was renamed for Jacinto Caamaño, a Spanish explorer.
The first European settlers came to the island in 1855 and began extensive logging operations. Farmers came later and developed the area agriculturally.
After the land was designated for use as a park in 1949, the initial development was accomplished in a single day by nearly 900 volunteers from Stanwood and Camano Island. The park celebrated its 50th birthday in July, 1999.
Interpretive opportunities
At this park, a volunteer group hosts interpretive programs during the summer months.
Services/Supplies
| Available in the park | Available in the area |
• Camping
• Fire wood
| • Auto repair
• Camping
• Diesel
• Gasoline
• Gifts
• Golf
• Groceries
• Hardware
• Marine supplies
• Overnight Accommodations
• Pay phone
• Postal service
• Propane
• White gas
• Wood
• Swimming
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Most services are available within a few miles of the park.
Activities
| Trails | Water Activities | Other |
• 3 mi. Hiking Trails
• 1 mi. Bike Trails
| • Boating (saltwater)
• 2 boat ramps (saltwater)
• Diving
• Fishing (saltwater)
• Personal Watercraft (saltwater)
• Swimming (saltwater)
• Water Skiing (saltwater)
• Clamming
• Crabbing
| • 1 Amphitheater
• Bird Watching
• 1 Fire Circle
• Interpretive Activities
• Sailboarding
• Wildlife Viewing
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The park has a large field for ball games in the day-use area. An 18-hole golf course is located near the park on Camano Island.
Check Fish and Game regulation booklet and local papers for season dates of clamming, crabbing and fishing.
NOTE: Due to an unexplained die off of clams in the Port Susan/Saratoga Passage area, Washington State Parks, in cooperation with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, has closed Clam season to harvesting during the 2007 clam season at Camano Island State Park. This is a temporary measure to assure recovery of the clam population and future recreational harvest. |
Boating Features
There are two boat ramps.
A daily watercraft launching permit for $7 and a daily trailer dump permit for $5 is available at the park.
Annual permits also may be purchased at State Parks Headquarters in Olympia, at region offices,
online, and at parks when staff is available.
Events
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events at Washington State Parks
Picnic and Day-use Facilities
The park provides one kitchen shelter with a sink but no electricity for groups of up to 100 people. One picnic shelter accommodates up to 12 people. There are six sheltered and 108 unsheltered picnic tables in the park. All picnic facilities are first-come, first-served.
Wildlife
| Mammals | Birds | Fish & Sea Life |
• Chipmunks
• Coyotes
• Deer or Elk
• Otters
• Rabbits
• Raccoons
• Skunks
• Squirrels
| • Crows or Ravens
• Doves or Pigeons
• Ducks
• Eagles
• Geese
• Gulls
• Hawks
• Herons
• Hummingbirds
• Jays
• Owls
• Woodpeckers
• Wrens
| • Clams
• Crabs
• Mussels
• Octopuses
• Sea Birds
• Sea Cucumbers
• Seals
• Shellfish
• Shrimp
• Starfish
• Whales
• Bullhead
• Cod
• Crappie
• Eel
• Perch
• Salmon
• Shark
• Steelhead
• Trout
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Environmental Features
| Physical Features | | Plant Life | Special |
During the last ice age, the area was covered by an ice sheet approximately one mile thick. The glacier carved the shape of the island with its high "feeder banks" that helped build the beaches.
| | • Cedar
• Douglas Fir
• Hemlock
• Spruce
• Yew
• Alder
• Apple
• Cherry
• Maple
• Poplar
• Daisy
• Foxglove
• Lupines
• Paintbrush
• Rhododendron
• Rose
• Berries
• Eel Grass
• Ferns
• Moss or Lichens
• Seaweed
• Thistle
| Native Americans used this area as a camp while fishing and gathering shellfish.
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Park photo gallery
