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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTable 1 Federal Facility AmenitiesTable 1:    East Jefferson Federal Agencies Total Units Geographic Location  SPORT & RECREATION SITE AMENITIES  Agency Site  OTHER ATHLETIC FACILITIES     Trails [hiking] X National Forest National Park Collins base camp to The Brothers Wilderness: Interrorem trails Dosewallips  INDOOR FACILITIES     Cabin rental 1 National Forest Interrorem  OTHER FACILITY AMENITIES     Bird watching X National Forest Seal Rock  Campgrounds  88 National Park National Forest National Park  Collins (15 sites) Fall View(30); Interrorem (3); Rainbow (group camp); Seal Rock (40) Dosewallips (33)  Fishing 2 National Forest National Park Collins (fresh);Seal Rock (salt) Dosewallips (fresh)  Historic Features 1 National Park Interrorem Ranger Cabin  Picnic table w/o shelter 55 National Park Collins (15); Mount Walker (3);Seal Rock (40)  Picnic shelter-group use 1 Vault National Forest Collins (1)  Restroom 5 National Park Collins (vault) Interrorem (vault); Mount Walker Viewpoint (vault); Rainbow (vault);Seal Rock (flush)  Shellfish X National Forest Seal Rock  Waterfront freshwater access X National Forest National Park Collins (Duckabush) Dosewallips River  Waterfront saltwater access X National Forest Seal Rock (Hood Canal)  The Olympic National Forest, funded through the U.S. Congress, has seven sites for a total of 56-acres with a variety of camping opportunities, scenic view, hiking and access to the Olympic National Park as well as fresh and salt water access for public recreational use, the National Forest sites are Collins (6-acres), Elkhorn (7-acres),Falls View (7-acres), Interrorem (1-acre) Mount Walker Viewpoint (2-acres) Rainbow (3-acres) and Seal Rock (30-acres). The Elkhorn site is currently closed due to a road wash-out and the Rainbow site with group camping is currently closed but will re-open in 2012. In 1988, Congress designated 95% of Olympic National Park as Wilderness. The Olympic Wilderness is a part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Portions of the Olympic National Park are located in both Jefferson and Clallam Counties. The National Park Service is funding through the U.S. Congress under the Department of the Interior. Five National Park campsites, with over 120 acres, are located in West Jefferson County they are: Kalalock (100-acres), Queets (3-acres), Hoh (5-acres), North Fork Quinault (2-acres), and Graves Lake 9-acres). These sites provided a variety of camping, fishing, hiking trail, water access and other recreational opportunities. In East Jefferson County the National Park Service provides the Dosewallips campgrounds. The park is 425-acres with campsite, fishing and hiking trails. Currently road to the campgrounds has washed out but camping remains open which requires 5.5-mile of backpacking to reach the trail head and camping area..