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Fort Flagler State Park
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For a Cross Country Camp, Fort Flagler provides a beautiful
setting for learning and training. Fort Flagler offers miles of soft forest
trails, some paved roads and beach. Sweeping saltwater views include both
Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges. Deer are regulars, casually grazing
throughout the park.
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Location
Fort Flagler State Park is located in Jefferson County on the north end of
Marrowstone Island, across the bay from Port Townsend.
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| Directions to Fort Flagler State
Park (Watch for the
signs!) |
 From Seattle take the Kingston
ferry or Seattle-Bainbridge Island ferry and follow signs to the Hood
Canal Bridge on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Cross over and go 5
miles, turn right onto Hwy. 19. Travel 17 miles to the Chimacum signal
light, turn right onto Chimacum-Center Road, then right on Oak Bay Road,
then left onto SR 116. Fort Flagler is at the end of SR 116, approximately
10 miles from Oak Bay Road. |
| Continue straight in Park to “Camp
Hoskins” in the Environmental Learning Center (ELC). |
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Fort Flagler, please let us know. |
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Acreage
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783.28 acres surrounded on three sides by 19,100 feet of saltwater shoreline.
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Historical Background
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Fort Flagler, along with the heavy batteries of Fort Worden and Fort Casey,
guarded the entrance to Puget Sound. These posts, established in the late 1890’s,
became the first line of a fortification system designed to prevent a hostile
fleet from reaching such targets as the Bremerton Naval Yard and the cities of
Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and Everett. Construction began in 1897. By 1900, the
initial installation of armament was completed along with barracks for the 3rd
Artillery Unit. Final construction was completed in 1907. Fort Flagler was
placed on caretaker status in 1937 and many of the original buildings were
removed. In 1940, 24 new buildings were constructed. Men from the Harbor Defense
of the Puget Sound, including the 14th and the Coast Artillery Regiments, moved
in until 1943. From 1945 until 1954, the Fort was used for training engineers
and amphibious military units. It was closed June 7, 1953 and purchased as a
state park in 1955. The park was named after Brigadier General Daniel Webster
Flagler on July 27, 1899.
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