Port Townsend Ferry Landing. Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse. Port Townsend Intermediate School. Port Townsend Police Department. Port Townsend Public Library. Port Townsend School District 50 Office. Port Townsend Sewage Treatment Plant. Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church. Rothschild House Historic Home Museum. Saint Mary's Star of the Sea Church. Walk miles of beautiful trails at Fort Flagler.
It's a jawdroppingly beautiful place, especially on a blue sky day with views across to Whidbey Island. Spend hours exploring trails through this park. See magnificent 19th century military buildings, and abandoned bunkers with stairs, tunnels and secret rooms. Here's a map of all the beautiful hiking trails at Fort Flagler.
Glacier Peak 10, feet is visible in the distance, and only one of two active volcanoes in Washington State that have erupted in the last 15, years. The other is Mt Saint Helens that erupted in Explore 5-miles of walking trails and 2-miles of saltwater coastline at Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island. There are automated pay stations at Fort Flagler, to obtain a day use pass to visit here. You'll always see something interesting on Admiralty Inlet waterway at Marrowstone Island.
This busy shipping lane has huge ocean liners and big cargo ships. Walk along secluded pathways through shaded forest on Marrowstone Island, with wildlife spottings like deer and fawn. Spend hours exploring the army bunkers at Fort Flagler, with secret rooms, stairs and hallways. See a fascinating network of historic gun batteries at Fort Flagler. Grab a flashlight and walk through secret tunnels and dark chambers.
Kids will love it! Follow the Bluff Trail , that passes 8 of the 10 batteries at Fort Flagler, with stunning coastal views. Fort Flagler was once part of a coastal defense system known as the " Ring of Fire " that guarded the nautical entrance to Puget Sound, and downstream cities like Seattle and Bremerton. Enemy ships entering Admiralty Inlet would be hit by a ring of gunfire from three directions. Construction began at Fort Flagler in and was completed in The opportunities for exploration at Fort Flager are endless, with so many nooks and crannies to set your imagination alight.
Don't forget to bring your flashlight! This is a gun emplacement at one of the large artillery batteries at Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island. The disappearing guns would be mounted on a carriage to get them in a firing position, then recoil for reloading.
The enemy invasion never happened, so the guns were only fired at training practice. There are steep drop-offs at some of the batteries, so keep away from the edge. These low-lying batteries at Fort Flagler have been built into the slope, to evade detection. Stay overnight in the Officers' Quarters buildings. If you want to stay on Marrowstone Island you're in for a treat, because you can stay overnight in the old military buildings.
If you'd prefer to stay in town, then drive to nearby Port Townsend. Below is the non-commissioned Officers' Quarters house , great for overnight stays with larger groups. Check out those views!
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In order to provide the best and fastest service to our clients, this form allows you to send us an instant text message. Some islanders still work the land and sea or make music and art, while some commute to Port Townsend, a minute drive away. Others are retired, just enjoying country life. On a clear day their inhabitants can, if they swivel their deck chairs, see both Mount Baker and Mount Rainier. Admiralty Inlet, busy with freighters and pleasure boats, is practically at their doorsteps.
Certainly nobody comes for the shopping. Buy groceries, fishing tackle or beer, or rent a small boat to mosey around the sheltered Mystery Bay out front. The sun-dappled road wound through thick forest; a couple of deer grazed on the grassy shoulder, barely glancing up as I drove past.
A guy in a pickup truck, his big shaggy dog sitting practically in his lap, waved as he headed the other way. I felt as if I was a world away, not just a few hours, from Seattle.
The basics and more Who lives there: About people — hundreds more on peak summer weekends — and lots of deer.
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