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Park Overview
 Illahee State
Park is a 75-acre marine camping park with 1,785 feet of saltwater frontage on
Port Orchard Bay. "Illahee" means "earth" or "country" in the Indian tradition,
and views of Puget Sound from the Illahee beach give the viewer a sense of what
that word meant to native people. The park has plenty of parking space, lots of
fresh air, facilities for a number of outdoor activities and access to a variety
of water sports.
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.
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 three miles north of Bremerton, Wash., on the
Kitsap Peninsula.
From Hwy. 3, north or south:
Take East Bremerton exit at north end of Silverdale. Follow road to Sylvan Way
(about 7.5 miles). Take a left and drive to park entrance (about 1.5 miles).
Picnic Facilities The park provides two reservable kitchen shelters with
electricity and one available first-come, first-served, plus 90 additional
unsheltered picnic sites. To reserve kitchen shelters, call the park at (360)
478-6460. Picnic sites are available first-come, first-served. Day-use groups of
20 or more are required to register and pay the applicable fees.
Activities
| Trails |
Water Activities |
Other |
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- Boating (saltwater)
- 1 boat ramp (saltwater)
- 360 feet of dock (saltwater)
- 356 feet of moorage (saltwater)
- Diving
- Fishing (saltwater)
- Personal Watercraft (saltwater)
- Swimming (saltwater)
- Water Skiing (saltwater)
- Clamming
- Crabbing
- Oysters
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- Beachcombing
- Bird Watching
- 1 Fire Circle
- 3 Horseshoe pits
- 1 Softball Field
- 2 Volleyball Fields
- Wildlife Viewing
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The park provides a children's play area.
Other activities available include geocaching and metal detecting.
Boating FeaturesA one-lane boat ramp is available on Port Orchard Bay.
A daily permit is required for watercraft launching and trailer dumping at the
park for $5.
Annual permits also may be purchased at State Parks Headquarters in Olympia, at
region offices, online, and at parks when staff is available
The park also provides a pier, 356 feet of moorage float space and five buoys.
Moorage fees are charged year-round for mooring at docks, floats and buoys from
1 p.m. to 8 a.m.:
-Daily moorage fee is 50 cents per foot, with a minimum of $10.
-Moorage buoys, $10 a night.
-Annual moorage permit fee is $3.50 per foot, with a minimum of $50.
Moorage permits are available at parks offering moorage. For information, call
(360) 902-8844.
Telephone Device for the Deaf, (360) 664-3133.
Featured Creatures
| Mammals |
Birds |
Fish & Sea Life |
- Bears
- Coyotes
- Deer or Elk
- Foxes
- Otters
- Rabbits
- Raccoons
- Skunks
- Squirrels
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- Crows or Ravens
- Doves or Pigeons
- Ducks
- Eagles
- Geese
- Grouse
- Gulls
- Hawks
- Herons
- Hummingbirds
- Jays
- Owls
- Pheasants
- Quail
- Woodpeckers
- Wrens
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- Clams
- Crabs
- Mussels
- Octopuses
- Oysters
- Sea Birds
- Sea Cucumbers
- Seals
- Shrimp
- Squid
- Starfish
- Whales
- Bullhead
- Cod
- Perch
- Salmon
- Shark
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Environmental Features
| Physical Features |
Plant Life |
Special |
| Illahee features typical Puget
Sound shoreline with some sandy beach area and old-growth
forest. |
- Cedar
- Douglas Fir
- Hemlock
- Spruce
- Yew
- Alder
- Apple
- Cherry
- Maple
- Foxglove
- Rhododendron
- Berries
- Eel Grass
- Ferns
- Moss or Lichens
- Seaweed
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One of the largest yew trees in the
nation is located at the park.
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History Indian tradition states that the word "Illahee" means "earth" or
"country." Illahee State Park was acquired in seven parcels between 1934 and
1954.
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