Please plan accordingly when visiting the park. Please note: There is no potable water at this park, and it is a pack-it-in, pack-it-out location. The park is one of the few spots on Orcas Island with access to more than one mile of publicly owned saltwater shoreline. Obstruction Pass State Park is an 76-acre primitive camping park on the south end of Orcas Island, south of Moran State Park. Gravel parking area with toilets to north, outhouse, canoe and raft launch, primitive camping near river. J 44 Third bridge over North Fork Chena River. J 43 Side road leads south to Mile 43 River Access. Motoring in on a bigger boat? Tie up to a mooring buoy, and enjoy a night on the water.īecause Obstruction Pass only has 10 campsites and three buoys, overnighters will feel like they have this spot in the San Juan Islands all to themselves. J 42.8 Red Squirrel Campground good gravel road leads north to pleasant picnic and camping area.
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If you arrived by kayak or canoe, stake your tent at the Cascadia Marine Trail campsite close to the water. But don't forget to snag one of nine first-come, first-served primitive campsites near the south end of the park. Rocky viewpoints entice picnickers, birders, lovebirds and youthful explorers.įollow the half-mile trail through a low forest to the bluff and down to the beach. Opal waters lap at pebbly beaches, and madrone trees cling to bluffs. Though most people flock to its bigger neighbor, Moran State Park, this property's quiet beauty is unsurpassed. Obstruction Pass State Park is one of the few public beaches on famed Orcas Island.