Activities
| Trails | Water Activities | Other |
• 10 mi. Hiking Trails
| • Boating (saltwater)
• 640 feet of dock (saltwater)
• Diving
• Fishing (saltwater)
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A recreational license is required for fishing and shellfish harvesting at Washington state parks. For regulations, fishing season information or to purchase a recreational license, visit the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife website. |
Events
Free days at state parks: Visit Washington state parks for free. The Discover Pass is not required to visit a state park on ten designated free days in 2013.
The 2013 State Parks free days are as follows:
Jan. 21 – In honor of Martin Luther King Day
March 30 – In honor of Washington State Parks' 100th birthday on March 19
April 27 and 28 – National Parks Week
June 1 – National Trails Day
June 8 and 9 – National Get Outdoors Day and Department of Fish and Wildlife Free Fishing weekend
Aug. 4 – Peak season free day
Sept. 28 – National Public Lands Day
Nov. 9 through 11 – Veteran's Day weekend
Please note: A Discover Pass is still required to access lands managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife during State Parks free days. For more information, please visit
www.discoverpass.wa.gov.
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Boating Features
Mooring at the park: Sucia Island has 48 mooring buoys, two linear moorage systems and 2 docks:
Fossil Bay has potable water, 16 buoys, 2 moorage docks (640 linear feet). One dock is removed from October through March to prevent winter storm damage.
Snoring Bay has 2 buoys
Echo Bay has 20 buoys and 2 linear moorage systems (800 linear feet)
Ewing Cove has 4 buoys
Shallow Bay has 8 buoys
Fox Cove has 4 buoys
Anchorage is available in all of the bays and coves and there is no fee for boats riding on their own anchor. The bottoms are generally sandy mud, but in some locations eelgrass and seaweed may make setting anchor difficult.
Moorage fees are charged between 1 p.m. and 8 a.m.
Boaters should use caution when in the waters around this park. The word Sucia is Spanish meaning foul or dirty in a nautical sense. It refers to the numerous rocks and reefs which surround the island. These rocks and reefs have grounded and sunk numerous boats since European explorers first named the island in the 1790s. Boaters should check their charts frequently and pay particular attention to Clements Reef on the north shore of Sucia, the entrances to Ewing Cove, Fox Cove and Shallow Bay. There is a long reef which extends to the west of Little Sucia Island. Reefs also extend outward from Ev Henry Point, North and South Finger islands and the Cluster Islands.
Picnic and Day-use Facilities
The park offers 25 picnic sites, three picnic shelters, potable drinking water and composting toilets. Day-use areas may be reserved by calling the park at (360) 376-2073.
