Fort Worden State Park

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Location:At the northern limits of Port Townsend.
Facilities:50 utility campsites, 30 standard campsites, picnic areas, housing and conference facilities, snack bar, beach access, boat launch, dock, 9 mooring buoys, hiking trails (12 miles; 5 miles @di), bike trails (12 miles), amphitheater, ball fields, game courts, museum.
Activities:Camping, fishing, boating, scuba diving, hiking, biking, swimming, water skiing, crabbing, kite flying, tennis.
Special Features:Park houses the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (featuring saltwater aquariums, touch pools, and exhibits) and the 248th Coast Artillery Museum, both operated by private organizations.
Address:200 Battery Way
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Phone:360-385-4730
Web: www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Fort%20Worden
Size: 433 acres.

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The 2012 conference, held at Fort Worden State Park Conference Center in the historic seaport of Port Townsend, Washington, provides a 1.5-day agenda that includes a freelance writer panel, an editors and publishers panel, presentations and exhibits by several destination marketing organizations and tourism PR professionals, expert presenters, interactive workshops and a networking mixer.

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On Saturday morning, for example, I took a sunrise run in the Olympic Peninsula's Fort Worden State Park, made nationally known as the setting for the 1982 movie, "An Officer and a Gentleman," starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger and Louis Gossett Jr.

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Fort Worden State Park, PO Box 1158, Port Townsend, WA 98368; 360.385.3102, * 360.385.2470, info@centrum.org, www.centrum.org $ C D E

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Besides her work for the National Endowment for the Arts, she recently led the ACDA North Central Children's Honor Choir, the Fort Worden Choral Festival in Port Townsend and the Florida All-State Treble Chorus.

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Set aside at least two days to explore Port Townsend's highlights: downtown, the bluff, and Fort Worden.

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