Officials release list of 100 Washington State Parks reopening May 5

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission on Saturday released a list of 100 state parks and properties that will reopen for day-use starting Tuesday, May 5.

Certain parks will remain closed, including all ocean beach parks and those along the Columbia River Gorge,  officials said.

"Beaches and camping have been identified in Phase 2 of Gov. Inslee’s reopening plan," officials wrote in a news release. "Parks will coordinate with the governor’s office as we move toward that milestone."

"State Parks will also take steps to reduce parking capacity at some urban locations such as Lake Sammamish, Saint Edward and Dash Point by limiting parking. Reducing the number of parking stalls available will help decrease the number of people who can access the parks at one time, minimizing crowds."

Officials ask the public to:




    Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Friday that the state’s coronavirus stay-at-home order would be extended through at least May 31 and said there will be a four-stage phase-in for lifting of restrictions, starting with allowing retail curbside pickup, automobile sales and car washes by mid-May.

    There will be a minimum of three weeks between each phase, though he said some counties with lower numbers of cases and deaths may be able to open parts of their economy sooner if approved by the Department of Health.

    Washington saw the nation’s first confirmed COVID-19 case in January, as well as the first deadly cluster, at a Seattle-area nursing home. Inslee in March was among the first governors to order sweeping social distancing restrictions.



    Here is the full list of parks that will reopen, followed by parks that will remain closed:

    PARKS OPENING MAY 5
    Alta Lake
    Battle Ground Lake
    Bay View
    Belfair
    Birch Bay
    Blake Island
    Blind Island
    Bottle Beach
    Bridgeport
    Bridle Trails
    Brooks Memorial
    Cama Beach
    Camano Island
    Centennial Trail
    Clark Island
    Columbia Plateau Trail
    Conconully
    Curlew Lake
    Cutts Island
    Dash Point (reduced capacity)
    Deception Pass
    Doe Island
    Dosewallips
    Eagle Island
    Federation Forest
    Fields Spring
    Flaming Geyser
    Fort Casey
    Fort Ebey
    Fort Flagler
    Fort Townsend
    Fort Worden
    Ginkgo Petrified Forest
    Goldendale Observatory
    Griffiths-Priday
    Hope Island - Mason
    Hope Island - Skagit
    Ike Kinswa
    Illahee
    Jackson House
    James Island
    Jarrell Cove
    Joemma Beach
    Jones Island
    Joseph Whidbey
    Kanaskat-Palmer
    Kinney Point
    Kitsap Memorial
    Kopachuck
    Lake Chelan
    Lake Easton
    Lake Sammamish (reduced capacity)
    Lake Sylvia
    Lake Wenatchee
    Larrabee
    Leadbetter Point
    Lewis & Clark
    Lewis & Clark Trail
    Lime Kiln Point
    Lincoln Rock
    Lyons Ferry
    Manchester
    Matia Island
    McMicken Island
    Millersylvania
    Moran
    Mount Pilchuck
    Mount Spokane
    Mystery Bay
    Nine Mile Recreation Area
    Nolte
    Obstruction Pass
    Olallie
    Olmstead Place
    Pacific Pines
    Palouse Falls
    Palouse to Cascades
    Paradise Point
    Patos Island
    Peace Arch
    Pearrygin Lake
    Penrose Point
    Peshastin Pinnacles
    Posey Island
    Potholes
    Potlatch
    Rainbow Falls
    Rasar
    Reed Island
    Riverside
    Rockport
    Sacajawea
    Saddlebag Island
    Saint Edward (reduced capacity)
    Saltwater
    Scenic Beach
    Schafer
    Seaquest
    Sequim Bay
    Shine Tidelands
    Skagit Island
    South Whidbey
    Spencer Spit
    Squak Mountain
    Squilchuck
    Steamboat Rock
    Steptoe Battlefield
    Steptoe Butte
    Stuart Island
    Sucia Island
    Sun Lakes-Dry Falls
    Tolmie
    Triton Cove
    Turn Island
    Twanoh
    Twenty-Five Mile Creek
    Wanapum Recreation Area
    Wenatchee Confluence
    Willapa Hills Trail
    Yakima Sportsman

    PARKS REMAINING CLOSED
    Anderson Lake
    Beacon Rock
    Bogachiel
    Cape Disappointment
    Camp Wooten
    Cedar Falls Trailhead (on Palouse to Cascades Trail)
    Columbia Hills (limited fishing access)
    Crawford State Park and Gardner Caves
    Daroga
    Doug’s Beach
    Fisk
    Fort Columbia
    Fort Simcoe
    Grayland Beach
    Klickitat Trail
    Kukutali Preserve
    Ocean City
    Pacific Beach
    Pleasant Harbor
    Maryhill (watercraft launch will open)
    Spring Creek Hatchery
    Twin Harbors
    Westport Light
    Wallace Falls

    The Associated Press contributed to this story.