Alta Lake State Park

Alta Lake State Park

Parks Directory of the United States / State Parks / Washington

Location: 4 miles southwest of Pateros off State Route 153.
Facilities: 168 campsites, 32 utility campsites (with water and electrical hookups; 1 @di), group camp, 4 restrooms (é), showers, picnic shelter, picnic areas, hiking trails (2 miles), swimming area, boat launch, dock, park store.
Activities: Camping, boating, windsurfing, fishing, swimming, hiking.
Special Features: Located in north-central Washington, where mountain pine forests meet the desert. Alta Lake is about two miles long and a half-mile wide, and was named by Mr Heinz, a jeweler who was mining in the area. Finding the lake without a name he named it after his daughter.
Address: 40 Star Rt
Pateros, WA 98846
Phone: 509-923-2473;
Web: www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Alta%20Lake
Size: 181 acres.

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