List of Washington Natural Area Preserves

This is a list of Natural Area Preserves (NAPs), part of the Washington Natural Areas Program managed by Washington Department of Natural Resources.

Name	County	Location/GPS Coordinates	Notes
Marcellus Shrub Steppe	Adams	47°13′52″N 118°24′43″W / 47.231°N 118.412°W / 47.231; -118.412 (Marcellus Shrub Steppe)
Camas Meadows	Chelan	47°29′20″N 120°35′42″W / 47.489°N 120.595°W / 47.489; -120.595 (Camas Meadows)
Entiat Slopes	Chelan	47°38′56″N 120°15′04″W / 47.649°N 120.251°W / 47.649; -120.251 (Entiat Slopes)
Upper Dry Gulch	Chelan	47°19′52″N 120°08′56″W / 47.331°N 120.149°W / 47.331; -120.149 (Upper Dry Gulch)
Washougal Oaks	Clark	45°33′54″N 122°16′12″W / 45.565°N 122.270°W / 45.565; -122.270 (Washougal Oaks)	Largest remaining Garry oak forest in Western Washington^[1]
The Two-Steppe	Douglas	47°35′56″N 119°37′59″W / 47.599°N 119.633°W / 47.599; -119.633 (The Two-Steppe)
Kahlotus Ridgetop	Franklin	46°41′42″N 118°33′18″W / 46.695°N 118.555°W / 46.695; -118.555 (Kahlotus Ridgetop)
Castle Rock	Grant	47°53′24″N 119°03′54″W / 47.890°N 119.065°W / 47.890; -119.065 (Castle Rock)
Carlisle Bog	Grays Harbor	47°08′35″N 124°05′02″W / 47.143°N 124.084°W / 47.143; -124.084 (Carlisle Bog NAP)	Sphagnum bog
Chehalis River Surge Plain	Grays Harbor	46°56′28″N 123°42′18″W / 46.941°N 123.705°W / 46.941; -123.705 (Chehalis River Surge Plain NAP)
Goose Island	Grays Harbor	46°58′44″N 124°04′12″W / 46.979°N 124.070°W / 46.979; -124.070 (Goose Island)	Island in Grays Harbor, sometimes submerged
North Bay	Grays Harbor	47°02′56″N 124°06′11″W / 47.049°N 124.103°W / 47.049; -124.103 (North Bay NAP)	Sphagnum bog
Sand Island	Grays Harbor	46°57′43″N 124°03′43″W / 46.962°N 124.062°W / 46.962; -124.062 (Sand Island)	Island in Grays Harbor, sometimes submerged
Whitcomb Flats	Grays Harbor	46°54′32″N 124°04′26″W / 46.909°N 124.074°W / 46.909; -124.074 (Whitcomb Flats)	Island in Grays Harbor, sometimes submerged
Admiralty Inlet	Island	48°10′34″N 122°41′10″W / 48.176°N 122.686°W / 48.176; -122.686 (Admiralty Inlet NAP)	Located inside Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve; population of threatened golden paintbrush^[2]
Clearwater Bogs	Jefferson	47°34′59″N 124°09′54″W / 47.583°N 124.165°W / 47.583; -124.165 (Clearwater Bogs)	Sphagnum bog
Dabob Bay	Jefferson	47°50′02″N 122°49′37″W / 47.834°N 122.827°W / 47.834; -122.827 (Dabob Bay NAP)
Charley Creek	King	47°14′31″N 121°47′35″W / 47.242°N 121.793°W / 47.242; -121.793 (Charley Creek)
Kings Lake Bog	King	47°35′46″N 121°46′44″W / 47.596°N 121.779°W / 47.596; -121.779 (Kings Lake Bog NAP)	Sphagnum bog
Snoqualmie Bog	King	47°39′43″N 121°37′19″W / 47.662°N 121.622°W / 47.662; -121.622 (Snoqualmie Bog NAP)	Sphagnum bog
Kitsap Forest	Kitsap	47°36′43″N 122°52′01″W / 47.612°N 122.867°W / 47.612; -122.867 (Kitsap Forest)	One of the last old-growth forests in Puget Sound region^[3]
Badger Gulch	Klickitat	45°50′31″N 120°32′13″W / 45.842°N 120.537°W / 45.842; -120.537 (Badger Gulch)	Oak savanna
Cleveland Shrub Steppe	Klickitat	45°57′40″N 120°22′34″W / 45.961°N 120.376°W / 45.961; -120.376 (Cleveland Shrub Steppe)
Columbia Hills	Klickitat	45°42′14″N 121°04′30″W / 45.704°N 121.075°W / 45.704; -121.075 (Columbia Hills NAP)
Monte Cristo	Klickitat	45°54′22″N 121°33′25″W / 45.906°N 121.557°W / 45.906; -121.557 (Monte Cristo)
Trout Lake	Klickitat	46°01′05″N 121°33′47″W / 46.018°N 121.563°W / 46.018; -121.563 (Trout Lake NAP)
Spring Creek Canyon	Lincoln	47°45′00″N 117°53′20″W / 47.750°N 117.889°W / 47.750; -117.889 (Spring Creek Canyon NAP)
Hamma Hamma Balds	Mason	47°35′06″N 123°04′30″W / 47.585°N 123.075°W / 47.585; -123.075 (Hamma Hamma Balds NAP)	Rocky balds
Ink Blot	Mason	47°17′35″N 123°14′31″W / 47.293°N 123.242°W / 47.293; -123.242 (Ink Blot NAP)	Sphagnum bog
Oak Patch	Mason	47°28′37″N 122°55′12″W / 47.477°N 122.920°W / 47.477; -122.920 (Oak Patch NAP)
Schumacher Creek	Mason	47°18′40″N 123°04′48″W / 47.311°N 123.080°W / 47.311; -123.080 (Hamma Hamma Balds NAP)	Also spelled Schumocher Creek Critically imperiled Sitka alder/skunk cabbage/water parsley community^[4]
Skookum Inlet	Mason	47°08′20″N 123°04′52″W / 47.139°N 123.081°W / 47.139; -123.081 (Skookum Inlet NAP)
Kennedy Creek	Mason and Thurston	47°05′42″N 123°04′48″W / 47.095°N 123.080°W / 47.095; -123.080 (Kennedy Creek NAP)	One of the largest Chum salmon spawning areas in the lower Puget Sound^[5]
Barker Mountain	Okanogan	48°40′48″N 119°18′00″W / 48.680°N 119.300°W / 48.680; -119.300 (Barker Mountain NAP)
Chopaka Mountain	Okanogan	48°58′30″N 119°46′48″W / 48.975°N 119.780°W / 48.975; -119.780 (Chopaka Mountain NAP)	2,764 acres (1,119 ha) surrounding summit of Chopaka Mountain^[6]
Davis Canyon	Okanogan	48°14′24″N 119°45′58″W / 48.240°N 119.766°W / 48.240; -119.766 (Davis Canyon NAP)
Methow Rapids	Okanogan	48°01′55″N 119°53′31″W / 48.032°N 119.892°W / 48.032; -119.892 (Methow Rapids NAP)
Riverside Breaks	Okanogan	48°29′02″N 119°29′46″W / 48.484°N 119.496°W / 48.484; -119.496 (Riverside Breaks NAP)
Bone River	Pacific	46°39′32″N 123°52′12″W / 46.659°N 123.870°W / 46.659; -123.870 (Bone River NAP)
Gunpowder Island	Pacific	46°39′29″N 124°02′10″W / 46.658°N 124.036°W / 46.658; -124.036 (Gunpowder Island NAP)
Niawiakum River	Pacific	46°37′55″N 123°54′50″W / 46.632°N 123.914°W / 46.632; -123.914 (Niawiakum River NAP)
Willapa Divide	Pacific	46°26′53″N 123°34′52″W / 46.448°N 123.581°W / 46.448; -123.581 (Willapa Divide NAP)	Old-growth forest^[7]
Point Doughty	San Juan	48°42′29″N 122°56′28″W / 48.708°N 122.941°W / 48.708; -122.941 (Point Doughty NAP)	Adjacent to Point Doughty Recreation Site^[8]^[9]
Cypress Highlands	Skagit	48°34′44″N 122°43′30″W / 48.579°N 122.725°W / 48.579; -122.725 (Cypress Highlands NAP)	Wetlands and rocky balds
Olivine Bridge	Skagit	48°36′54″N 121°54′18″W / 48.615°N 121.905°W / 48.615; -121.905 (Olivine Bridge NAP)	Dwarf forest on serpentine soil^[10]
Skagit Bald Eagle	Skagit	48°28′08″N 121°27′11″W / 48.469°N 121.453°W / 48.469; -121.453 (Skagit Bald Eagle NAP)	1,546 acres (626 ha), part of 8,000-acre (3,200 ha) Skagit River Bald Eagle Natural Area^[11]
Columbia Falls	Skamania	45°36′54″N 122°08′02″W / 45.615°N 122.134°W / 45.615; -122.134 (Columbia Falls NAP)	Threatened Larch Mountain salamander, threatened and sensitive plant species^[12]
Pinecroft	Spokane	47°40′55″N 117°13′55″W / 47.682°N 117.232°W / 47.682; -117.232 (Pinecroft NAP)
Little Pend Oreille River	Stevens	48°35′20″N 117°33′18″W / 48.589°N 117.555°W / 48.589; -117.555 (Little Pend Oreille River NAP)
Bald Hill	Thurston	46°49′16″N 122°25′59″W / 46.821°N 122.433°W / 46.821; -122.433 (Bald Hill NAP)	Cliffs and rocky balds; over 1,000 plant species^[13]
Mima Mounds	Thurston	46°53′N 123°03′W / 46.89°N 123.05°W / 46.89; -123.05 (Mima Mounds NAP)
Rocky Prairie	Thurston	46°55′05″N 122°51′32″W / 46.918°N 122.859°W / 46.918; -122.859 (Rocky Prairie NAP)
Dailey Prairie	Whatcom	48°43′23″N 122°02′13″W / 48.723°N 122.037°W / 48.723; -122.037 (Dailey Prairie NAP)
Selah Cliffs	Yakima	46°42′18″N 120°27′18″W / 46.705°N 120.455°W / 46.705; -120.455 (Selah Cliffs NAP)	Near Selah Creek Bridge; largest known population of threatened basalt daisy^[14]

Notes

↑ Washougal Oaks NAP, Washington DNR
↑ Admiralty Inlet NAP, Washington DNR
↑ Kitsap Forest NAP, Washington DNR
↑ Schumacher Creek NAP, Washington DNR
↑ Christopher Smith; Laura Ritter, Engineering with Nature: Alternative Techniques to Riprap Bank Stabilization, Federal Emergency Management Agency Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthor= (help)
↑ Chopaka Mountain NAP, Washington DNR
↑ Willapa Divide NAP, Washington DNR
↑ "Site analysis: Point Doughty" (PDF), Trust Lands Guidelines, San Juan County
↑ Washington sea kayaking: Point Doughty on Orcas Island, Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), retrieved 2013-05-24
↑ Olivine Bridge NAP, Washington DNR
↑ Skagit Wild and Scenic River System—Wildlife, United States Forest Service, retrieved 2013-05-24
↑ Columbia Falls NAP, Washington DNR
↑ Ed Alvorson; Reid Schuller, Shelly Evans, Jim Barrett, Ed Alvorson (c. 1988), "Bald Hill Lake, Thurston County, Washington", WNPS Plant List, Washington Native Plant Society, retrieved 2013-05-24 Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
↑ Selah Cliffs NAP, Washington DNR

Sources

Natural Area Preserves, Washington Deparmtment of Natural Resources, retrieved 2010-01-18
Natural Area List by Agency: Washington DNR, Pacific Northwest Interagency Natural Areas Network

Protected areas of Washington

Federal

National Parks	Mount Rainier North Cascades Olympic

National Monuments	Hanford Reach (USFWS) Mount St. Helens Volcanic (USFS) San Juan Islands (BLM)

National Historical Parks & Sites	Fort Vancouver NHS Klondike Gold Rush NHP Manhattan Project NHP Nez Perce NHP San Juan Island NHP Whitman Mission NHS

National Historical Reserves	Ebey's Landing

National Trails	Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Pacific Crest Trail Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail

NPS National Recreation Areas	Lake Chelan Lake Roosevelt Ross Lake

National Wildlife Refuges	Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Columbia Conboy Lake Copalis Dungeness Flattery Rocks Franz Lake Grays Harbor Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer Little Pend Oreille McNary Pierce Protection Island Quillayute Needles Ridgefield Saddle Mountain San Juan Islands Steigerwald Lake Toppenish Turnbull Umatilla Willapa

National Forests	Colville Gifford Pinchot Idaho Panhandle Kaniksu Mount Baker-Snoqualmie Okanogan Olympic Umatilla Wenatchee

USFS National Recreation Areas	Mount Baker

National Wilderness	Alpine Lakes Boulder River Brothers Buckhorn Clearwater Colonel Bob Glacier Peak Glacier View Goat Rocks Henry M. Jackson Indian Heaven Juniper Dunes Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Ridge Mount Adams Mount Baker Mount Rainier Mount Skokomish Noisy-Diobsud Norse Peak Olympic Pasayten Salmo-Priest San Juan Stephen Mather Tatoosh Trapper Creek Washington Islands Wenaha–Tucannon Wild Sky William O. Douglas Wonder Mountain

National Marine Sanctuary & Estuarine Research Reserve	Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Klickitat Skagit White Salmon

State

State Parks	Alta Lake Anderson Lake Battle Ground Lake Bay View Beacon Rock Belfair Birch Bay Blake Island Blind Island Bogachiel Bottle Beach Bridgeport Bridle Trails Brooks Memorial Cama Beach Camano Island Camp Wooten Retreat Center Cape Disappointment Centennial Trail Clark Island Columbia Hills Columbia Plateau Trail Conconully Crawford Curlew Lake Cutts Island Daroga Dash Point Deception Pass Doe Island Dosewallips Doug's Beach Eagle Island Federation Forest Fields Spring Flaming Geyser Fort Casey Fort Columbia Fort Ebey Fort Flagler Fort Simcoe Fort Townsend Fort Worden Ginkgo Petrified Forest Goldendale Observatory Grayland Beach Griffiths-Priday Ocean Harstine Island Hope Island (Mason County) Hope Island (Skagit County) Ike Kinswa Illahee Iron Horse James Island Jarrell Cove Joemma Beach Jones Island Joseph Whidbey Kanaskat-Palmer Kinney Point Kitsap Memorial Kopachuck Lake Chelan Lake Easton Lake Sammamish Lake Sylvia Lake Wenatchee Larrabee Leadbetter Point Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark Trail Lime Kiln Point Lincoln Rock Manchester Maryhill Matia Island McMicken Island Millersylvania Moran Mount Pilchuck Mount Spokane Mystery Bay Nine Mile Recreation Area Nolte Obstruction Pass Ocean City Olallie Olmstead Place Pacific Beach Pacific Pines Palouse Falls Paradise Point Patos Island Peace Arch Pearrygin Lake Penrose Point Peshastin Pinnacles Pleasant Harbor Posey Island Potholes Potlatch Rainbow Falls Rasar Reed Island Riverside Rockport Sacajawea Saddlebag Island Saint Edward Saltwater Scenic Beach Schafer Seaquest Sequim Bay Shine Tidelands Skagit Island Skull Island South Whidbey Island Spencer Spit Spring Creek Hatchery Squak Mountain Squilchuck Steamboat Rock Steptoe Battlefield Steptoe Butte Stretch Point Stuart Island Sucia Island Sun Lakes-Dry Falls Tolmie Triton Cove Turn Island Twanoh Twenty-Five Mile Creek Twin Harbors Upright Channel Wallace Falls Wanapum Recreational Area Wenatchee Confluence Westhaven Westport Light Yakima Sportsman

State Forests	Ahtanum Capitol Elbe Hills Green Mountain Loomis Loup Loup Tahuya Tiger Mountain Yacolt Burn

Natural Area Preserves	Admiralty Inlet Badger Gulch Bald Hill Barker Mountain Bone River Camas Meadows Carlisle Bog Castle Rock Charley Creek Chehalis River Surge Plain Chopaka Mountain Clearwater Bogs Cleveland Shrub Steppe Columbia Falls Columbia Hills Cypress Highlands Dabob Bay Dailey Prairie Davis Canyon Entiat Slopes Goose Island Gunpowder Island Hamma Hamma Balds Ink Blot Kahlotus Ridgetop Kennedy Creek Kings Lake Bog Kitsap Forest Lacamas Prairie Natural Area Little Pend Oreille River Marcellus Shrub Steppe Methow Rapids Mima Mounds Monte Cristo Niawiakum River North Bay Oak Patch Olivine Bridge Pinecroft Point Doughty Riverside Breaks Rocky Prairie Sand Island Schumacher Creek Selah Cliffs Skagit Bald Eagle Skookum Inlet Snoqualmie Bog Spring Creek Canyon Trout Lake The Two-Steppe Upper Dry Gulch Washougal Oaks Natural Area Whitcomb Flats Willapa Divide

Natural Resources Conservation Areas	Cattle Point Clearwater Corridor Cypress Island Devils Lake Dishman Hills Elk River Ellsworth Creek Granite Lakes Hat Island Hendrickson Canyon Klickitat Canyon Lake Louise Loomis Lummi Island Merrill Lake Middle Fork Snoqualmie Morning Star Mount Si Rattlesnake Mountain Scenic Area Shipwreck Point South Nemah South Nolan Stavis Table Mountain Tahoma Forest Teal Slough Washougal Oaks Natural Area West Tiger Mountain White Salmon Oak Woodard Bay

Other

Former state parks	Damon Point Fay Bainbridge Fort Okanogan Fort Ward Park Griffin Bay Lyons Ferry Park Mukilteo Lighthouse Park Osoyoos Lake Veteran's Memorial Park Wenberg

Blanchard Forest
Cascadia Marine Trail
The Enchantments
Goose Island
Les Hilde Trail & Trailheads
Little Pend Oreille
Mount Adams Recreation Area
Sehome Hill Arboretum
Walker Valley ORV Riding Area
Withrow Moraine
Yellow Island

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