This is a list of Natural Area Preserves (NAPs), part of the Washington Natural Areas Program managed by Washington Department of Natural Resources.
Name | County | Location/GPS Coordinates | Notes | |
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Marcellus Shrub Steppe | Adams | 47.231°N -118.412°W | ||
Camas Meadows | Chelan | 47.489°N -120.595°W | ||
Entiat Slopes | Chelan | 47.649°N -120.251°W | ||
Upper Dry Gulch | Chelan | 47.331°N -120.149°W | ||
Washougal Oaks | Clark | 45.565°N -122.27°W | Largest remaining Garry oak forest in Western Washington | |
The Two-Steppe | Douglas | 47.599°N -119.633°W | ||
Kahlotus Ridgetop | Franklin | 46.695°N -118.555°W | ||
Castle Rock | Grant | 47.89°N -119.065°W | ||
Carlisle Bog | Grays Harbor | 47.143°N -124.084°W | Sphagnum bog | |
Chehalis River Surge Plain | Grays Harbor | 46.941°N -123.705°W | ||
Goose Island | Grays Harbor | 46.979°N -124.07°W | Island in Grays Harbor, sometimes submerged | |
North Bay | Grays Harbor | 47.049°N -124.103°W | Sphagnum bog | |
Grays Harbor | 46.962°N -124.062°W | Island in Grays Harbor, sometimes submerged | ||
Whitcomb Flats | Grays Harbor | 46.909°N -124.074°W | Island in Grays Harbor, sometimes submerged | |
Admiralty Inlet | Island | 48.176°N -122.686°W | Located inside Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve; population of threatened golden paintbrush | |
Clearwater Bogs | Jefferson | 47.583°N -124.165°W | Sphagnum bog | |
Dabob Bay | Jefferson | 47.834°N -122.827°W | ||
Charley Creek | King | 47.242°N -121.793°W | ||
Kings Lake Bog | King | 47.596°N -121.779°W | Sphagnum bog | |
Snoqualmie Bog | King | 47.662°N -121.622°W | Sphagnum bog | |
Kitsap Forest | Kitsap | 47.612°N -122.867°W | One of the last old-growth forests in Puget Sound region | |
Badger Gulch | Klickitat | 45.842°N -120.537°W | Oak savanna | |
Cleveland Shrub Steppe | Klickitat | 45.961°N -120.376°W | ||
Klickitat | 45.704°N -121.075°W | |||
Monte Cristo | Klickitat | 45.906°N -121.557°W | ||
Trout Lake | Klickitat | 46.018°N -121.563°W | ||
Spring Creek Canyon | Lincoln | 47.75°N -117.889°W | ||
Mason | 47.585°N -123.075°W | Rocky balds | ||
Mason | 47.293°N -123.242°W | Sphagnum bog | ||
Oak Patch | Mason | 47.477°N -122.92°W | ||
Schumacher Creek | Mason | 47.311°N -123.08°W | Also spelled Schumocher Creek Critically imperiled Sitka alder/skunk cabbage/water parsley community | |
Skookum Inlet | Mason | 47.139°N -123.081°W | ||
Mason and Thurston | 47.095°N -123.08°W | One of the largest Chum salmon spawning areas in the lower Puget Sound | ||
Barker Mountain | Okanogan | 48.68°N -119.3°W | ||
Okanogan | 48.975°N -119.78°W | surrounding summit of Chopaka Mountain | ||
Davis Canyon | Okanogan | 48.24°N -119.766°W | ||
Methow Rapids | Okanogan | 48.032°N -119.892°W | ||
Riverside Breaks | Okanogan | 48.484°N -119.496°W | ||
Pacific | 46.659°N -123.87°W | |||
Gunpowder Island | Pacific | 46.658°N -124.036°W | ||
Niawiakum River | Pacific | 46.632°N -123.914°W | ||
Willapa Divide | Pacific | 46.448°N -123.581°W | Old-growth forest | |
Point Doughty | San Juan | 48.708°N -122.941°W | Adjacent to Point Doughty Recreation Site | |
Cypress Highlands | Skagit | 48.579°N -122.725°W | Wetlands and rocky balds | |
Olivine Bridge | Skagit | 48.615°N -121.905°W | Dwarf forest on serpentine soil | |
Skagit Bald Eagle | Skagit | 48.469°N -121.453°W | , part of 8000acres Skagit River Bald Eagle Natural Area | |
Columbia Falls | Skamania | 45.615°N -122.134°W | Threatened Larch Mountain salamander, threatened and sensitive plant species | |
Pinecroft | Spokane | 47.682°N -117.232°W | ||
Little Pend Oreille River | Stevens | 48.589°N -117.555°W | ||
Bald Hill | Thurston | 46.821°N -122.433°W | Cliffs and rocky balds; over 1,000 plant species | |
Thurston | 46.89°N -123.05°W | |||
Rocky Prairie | Thurston | 46.918°N -122.859°W | ||
Dailey Prairie | Whatcom | 48.723°N -122.037°W | ||
Selah Cliffs | Yakima | 46.705°N -120.455°W | Near Selah Creek Bridge; largest known population of threatened basalt daisy |
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