Park Overview
 Bay View State
Park is a 25-acre camping park with 1,285 feet of saltwater shoreline on Padilla
Bay. Over 11,000 acres of Padilla Bay are designated as National Estuarine
Sanctuary. Breazeale Padilla Bay Interpretive Center is located a half mile
north of the park.
A
vehicle parking permit is no longer required for day visits.
Park Hours Summer: 8 a.m. to dusk.
Winter: 8 a.m. to dusk.
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.
Driving Directions Located seven miles west of Burlington, Wash., and 14
miles east of Anacortes, Wash.
From I-5 north or south:
Take exit #230. Follow Hwy. 20 seven miles west to Bay View-Edison Rd. Signs
will alert you to a right turn. Turn right onto Bay View-Edison Rd. Park is four
miles north of Hwy. 20. Picnic Facilities The beach shelter capacity is 175
people. It provides a view of Padilla Bay, two large barbecues and ADA access,
but no electricity. Rental fees vary depending on size of the group. To reserve,
call (888) CAMPOUT or (888) 226-7688.
The park also provides six sheltered and 62 unsheltered picnic tables available
first-come, first-served. No keg beer is permitted on the premises.
Activities
| Trails |
Water Activities |
Other |
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- Boating (saltwater)
- Personal Watercraft (saltwater)
- Swimming (saltwater)
- Water Skiing (saltwater)
- Clamming
- Crabbing
- Oysters
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- Beachcombing
- Bird Watching
- 1 Fire Circle
- 1 Horseshoe pit
- Interpretive Activities
- Sailboarding
- 1 Volleyball Field
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The beach area is good for swimming, but no lifeguards are on-site. On windy
days, with appropriate tides, sailboarding is becoming more popular. Crabbing
and clamming are best at other locations along Padilla Bay or Bellingham Bay.
Boating FeaturesThe park is on Padilla Bay with a public watercraft launch
three blocks from the park. Be advised Padilla Bay is heavily influenced by
tidal action. The bay becomes a large mud flat during low tides.
Skagit County Parks provides a boat launch eight miles west of the park, just
off Hwy. 20 under the Swinomish Channel. The launch is useable under various
tide conditions.
Featured Creatures
| Mammals |
Birds |
Fish & Sea Life |
- Chipmunks
- Coyotes
- Deer or Elk
- Rabbits
- Raccoons
- Skunks
|
- Crows or Ravens
- Ducks
- Eagles
- Geese
- Gulls
- Hawks
- Herons
- Hummingbirds
- Jays
- Owls
- Pheasants
- Swans
- Woodpeckers
- Wrens
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- Clams
- Crabs
- Oysters
- Sea Birds
- Seals
- Shellfish
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Environmental Features
| Physical Features |
Plant Life |
Special |
| |
- Cedar
- Douglas Fir
- Hemlock
- Nobel Fir
- Alder
- Maple
- Rose
- Berries
- Ferns
- Seaweed
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History Bay View State Park was the home of Pat-Teh-Us, a Noo-Wha-Ah Indian
chief and signer of the Point Elliot Treaty. The town was named by William J.
Mckenna, who plotted the original townsite in 1884. The original portion of the
park was donated to the state in 1925 by the Skagit County Agricultural
Association with the understanding that it would become a state park. Additional
parcels were acquired up until 1968. The park site, formerly a baseball field
and racetrack, derives its name from the community of Bay View. |
