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Moran State Park is a 5,252-acre camping park with five freshwater lakes
and over 30 miles of hiking trails.
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Atop the 2,409-foot-high Mt. Constitution,
the highest point on the San Juan Islands, there stands a stone observation
tower built by the Civilian Conservation Corp in 1936. The tower offers
panoramic views of the surrounding islands, the Cascade Mountains and a
variety of Canadian and American cities.
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There is a short, self-guided interpretive trail near the kitchen shelter
in the day-use area. Interpretive displays are installed in the
observation tower on Mount Constitution to tell the story of Robert Moran
and the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Moran State Park opened in 1921 when Robert Moran, shipbuilder and former mayor of Seattle, donated more than 2,700 acres to the state for a park. Most of the trails, roads, bridges, and buildings in the park were built by the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) during the 1930s. The builders used native materials on site to construct the many stone and wooden shelters and buildings.
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B e a c h H a v e n R e s o r t
6 8 4 B e a c h H a v e n R d
E a s t s o u n d, W A 98245
P: 360-376-2288 F: 360-376-6183
Call or email today for reservations!
All photography © Shayne Vinagre 2008
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