Lime Kiln Point State Park
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Best: Weekdays before 10am
Lime Kiln Point State Park is a 42-acre Washington state park on the western shore of San Juan Island in the San Juan archipelago. The park is considered one of the best places in the world to view wild orcas from a land-based facility. Due to the unique bathymetric properties of the site, visitors on the shore can be within 20 feet of whales jumping out of the water. It houses one of Friday Harbor's two lighthouses along with a stone lookout with picnic tables. The park was the site of lime kilns beginning in 1860, and one kiln has been restored as a public exhibit.
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Kinney Point State Park
Kinney Point State Park is a 67-acre (27 ha) Washington marine state park in Jefferson County.
Why go: Similar hiking, coastal scenery experience
Around 41 miles away
