Moran State Park - Orcas Island
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Description:
Moran State Park is a 5,252-acre camping park with five freshwater lakes and over 30 miles of hiking trails. Atop the 2,409-foot-high Mt. Constitution, the highest point on the San Juan Islands, there stands a stone observation tower built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936. Moran State Park opened in 1921 when Robert Moran, shipbuilder and former mayor of Seattle, donated more than 2,700 acres to the state for a park. Most of the trails, roads, bridges, and buildings in the park were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the 1930s. The builders used native materials on site to construct the many stone and wooden shelters and buildings.
Directions:
Located five miles south of Eastsound, Wash.(Orcas Island)
From I-5:
Take Hwy. 20 exit westbound to Anacortes.
Follow signs to San Juan/ Sidney, B.C. ferries.
Take ferry to Orcas Island. (ferry schedule)
Turn left after exiting the ferry, and follow signs to Moran State Park (approximately 14 miles).
