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Whidbey
Island Camping Grounds
Cama
Beach State Park
Where:
Exit 212 off I-5, 14 miles southwest of Stanwood on Camano Island. Cama
Beach State Park is just one mile North of Camano Island State Park. The
park is currently closed. Projected opening date is Spring/Fall 2003.
What: There
is over a mile of shoreline looking onto Saratoga Pasage and Whidbey Island.
There is a total of 433 acres -- most of it wooded with a wetlands area
called Cranberry Lake. The trail system will connect to both Camano Island
State Park and the Cross Island trail system. There are currently 31 cabins
that are being repaired and will be open to the public for overnight use.
There are also four more cabins that will become meeting space. There is
also a day use area that will have a restroom. There is currently a boathouse
that is being fixed up and will be used by The Center for Wooden Boats.
They will develop programs that they will run out of the boathouse. There
will also be a 15-room retreat lodge and a Dining Hall built before the
park is open.
Activities:
Interpretive programs on all aspects of the park, boating programs, boating,
saltwater fishing, seasonal clamming and crabbing, bird watching, picnicking,
and hiking.
History: Cama
Beach Resort was originally opened by Leroy Stradley in 1936, as an Auto
Court Fishing Resort. He died a year later and the Resort was taken over
by his daughter Murial and her husband Lee Risk. They managed the resort
until 1989. In 1993, Cama Beach was bought/donated by The Washington State
Parks and Recreation Commission.
Information:
Phone (360) 387-7542
Email: camastpk@whidbey.net
or camabeach30@hotmail.com
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