Camano Island State Park is a Washington state park in Island County, Washington in the United States. The park is 134 acres (54 ha) and sits at an elevation of 141 feet (43 m). It is fourteen miles (21 km) southwest of Stanwood on Camano Island in the Puget Sound. Established in 1949, it has 6,700 feet (2,000 m) of shoreline. It took just one day for 900 volunteers from Camano Island to complete the initial work on the park. Camano Island State Park is open for year-round recreation including wildlife observation, hiking and boating.
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