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- How to Get to Blake Island State Park
- When Is The Best Time of Year to Go to Blake Island State Park?
- Camping at Blake Island State Park
- Hiking Blake Island State Park
- Other Things to Do on Blake Island
You can only get to Blake Island by boat, but don’t worry if you don’t have your own boat. You can take the Argosy Fast Ferryfrom Pier 55 right on the Seattle waterfront and costs about $30 round trip per person. The ferry goes several times a day during the season. You can make a day trip or use it to get to the campground for an unforgettable cam...
Blake Island State Park is a wonderful summer destination and the perfect place to soak up the sun of mid summer (July and August). The fast ferry and activities are generally offered May through September. The fast ferry sometimes runs into October. Most people will want to visit in June through September. If you have access to your own boat, you ...
The campground at Blake Island State Park is one of my favorites! It’s definitely one of my top 3 campgrounds in Washington State. Where else can you enjoy your morning coffee on a remote island with a view of downtown Seattle and Mt Rainier? It’s peaceful and quiet and the forests and beaches are a wonderful environment. You do not need a reservat...
Blake Island is a fantastic place to hike, especially for those who like forests, water views and beaches and don’t like crowds. There are never crowds on these peaceful and beautiful trails. Many of the trails are wide converted old roads, which make it enjoyable for people to walk next to each other. There are 8 miles of hiking trails on Blake Is...
Beachcombing
Blake Island State Park is a paradise for those who love the beach. Near the campground is plenty of rocky beach to explore with lots of sitting driftwood logs, perfect for reading or taking in the view. The beach on the west side of the island rarely has anyone on it since you have to hike just under two miles to get there. I’ve even seen raccoons clamming during low tides here.
Picnics
This is the perfect picnic destination! Bring that picnic over on the fast ferry and set it up on one of the many picnic tables in the meadow between the docks and the campground, with views of Seattle and Mt Rainier and lots of ferries and other boat traffic. Blake Island State Park has large group picnic shelters that are covered and have barbeque and fire pits and are a wonderful and unique place to have an event. The picnic shelters can be reserved in advance.
Coast Salish Cultural Presentation
The Coast Salish Cultural Presentation gives visitors the opportunity to learn more about Coast Salish tribes, who live up and down the Salish Sea in Washington State and British Columbia. The show involves dancing and storytelling from Coast Salish traditions up and down the Northwest Coast. The cultural presentation is offered once or twice a day from mid June through late September.
Blake Island State Park. Once a camping ground used by the Suquamish tribe, and the fabled birthplace of Chief Seattle, Blake Island is now a 475-acre marine state park.
Blake Island Fast Ferry. Accessible only by boat, Blake Island is said to be the birthplace of Chief Seattle. If you don’t have a seafaring vessel, the easiest way to get there is via Argosy Cruises, “your friend with a boat”. From Seattle’s Pier 55, it takes only 27 minutes to reach Blake Island via the Argosy Fast Ferry.
About. Cruise to nearby Blake Island State Park to explore the 475-acre island which lies north of Vashon Island and south of Bainbridge Island. Eat a Northwest flavors-inspired buffet meal featuring traditionally-prepared alder fire roasted fish and experience a Northwest Native American storytelling show.
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Aug 20, 2021 · Blake Island Fast Ferry. Accessible only by boat, Blake Island is said to be the birthplace of Chief Seattle. If you don’t have a seafaring vessel, the easiest way to get there is via the Argosy Ferry, “your friend with a boat”. From Seattle’s Pier 55, it takes only 27 minutes to reach Blake Island via the Argosy Fast Ferry.
Jul 21, 2020 · Prices are $92 and $87 for adult and senior tickets, $38 for ages 4-12, and children 3 and under are free. For the rest of July, Washington residents get 25 per cent off reservations. More information about Blake Island Marine State Park here. To learn more, visit argosycruises.com .
May 4, 2021 · If you do not own your own boat or are not lucky enough to have a friend that owns a boat, the Argosy Cruises added a fast foot ferry to their fleet last year that runs hourly from Pier 54 in Seattle, every weekend from April through October. During the summer, the ferry runs five days a week.
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