James Island (San Juan Islands)

Island of the San Juan Islands in Washington state, United States

For the island at the mouth of the Quillayute River near La Push, Washington, see James Island (Washington).

James Island Marine State Park

James Island (left) behind Decatur Island (foreground right)

Location in the state of Washington

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James Island (San Juan Islands) (the United States)

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Location| San Juan County, Washington, United States
Coordinates| 48°30′45″N 122°46′31″W﻿ / ﻿48.51250°N 122.77528°W﻿ / 48.51250; -122.77528[1]
Area| 113 acres (46 ha)
Elevation| 75 ft (23 m)[1]
Designation| Washington marine state park
Established| 1964
Administrator| Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
Website| James Island Marine State Park

James Island is one of the San Juan Islands in San Juan County, Washington, United States. It lies in Rosario Strait just off the eastern shore of Decatur Island and west of the city of Anacortes. The entire island comprises James Island State Park of the Washington State Park System. It has a land area of 113 acres (46 ha) with 12,335 feet (3,760 m) of saltwater shoreline. The island has no potable water[2] or residents.[3] It has three different camping areas, each with at least one toilet. The camping areas combine for a total of 13 campsites and are connected by a loop trail. James Island was named by Charles Wilkes in 1841 to commemorate the naval hero Reuben James.[4] The property was transferred from the federal government to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission in 1964.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "James Island State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. ^ a b "James Island State Park". Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
3. ^ "WA - San Juan County - Census Tract 9605 - Block 2119". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
4. ^ Blumenthal, Richard W. (2009). Charles Wilkes and the Exploration of Inland Washington Waters: Journals from the Expedition of 1841. McFarland. p. 76\. ISBN 9780786453979.

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Protected areas of Washington

Federal|

| National Parks|

* Mount Rainier
* North Cascades
* Olympic

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National Monuments|

* Hanford Reach (USFWS)
* Mount St. Helens Volcanic (USFS)
* San Juan Islands (BLM)

National Historical
Parks and Sites|

* Fort Vancouver NHS
* Klondike Gold Rush NHP
* Lewis and Clark NHP
* Manhattan Project NHP
* Nez Perce NHP
* San Juan Island NHP
* Whitman Mission NHS

National Historical Reserves|

* Ebey's Landing

National Trails|

* Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail
* Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
* Pacific Crest Trail
* Pacific Northwest Trail

NPS National Recreation Areas|

* Lake Chelan
* Lake Roosevelt
* Ross Lake

National Wildlife Refuges|

* Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually
* Columbia
* Conboy Lake
* Copalis
* Dungeness
* Flattery Rocks
* Franz Lake
* Grays Harbor
* Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer
* Little Pend Oreille
* McNary
* Pierce
* Protection Island
* Quillayute Needles
* Ridgefield
* Saddle Mountain
* San Juan Islands
* Steigerwald Lake
* Toppenish
* Turnbull
* Umatilla
* Willapa

National Forests|

* Colville
* Gifford Pinchot
* Idaho Panhandle
* Kaniksu
* Mount Baker–Snoqualmie
* Okanogan–Wenatchee
* Olympic
* Umatilla
* Wenatchee

USFS National Recreation Areas|

* Mount Baker

National Wilderness|

* Alpine Lakes
* Boulder River
* The Brothers
* Buckhorn
* Clearwater
* Colonel Bob
* Daniel J. Evans
* Glacier Peak
* Glacier View
* Goat Rocks
* Henry M. Jackson
* Indian Heaven
* Juniper Dunes
* Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Ridge
* Mount Adams
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* Mount Skokomish
* Noisy-Diobsud
* Norse Peak
* Pasayten
* Salmo-Priest
* San Juan
* Stephen Mather
* Tatoosh
* Trapper Creek
* Washington Islands
* Wenaha–Tucannon
* Wild Sky
* William O. Douglas
* Wonder Mountain

National Marine Sanctuary and
National Estuarine Research Reserve|

* Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
* Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

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* Illabot
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* Pratt
* Skagit
* Snoqualmie
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| State Parks|

* Alta Lake
* Anderson Lake
* Battle Ground Lake
* Bay View
* Beacon Rock
* Belfair
* Birch Bay
* Blake Island
* Blind Island
* Bogachiel
* Bottle Beach
* Bridgeport
* Bridle Trails
* Brooks Memorial
* Cama Beach
* Camano Island
* Camp Wooten Retreat Center
* Cape Disappointment
* Clark Island
* Columbia Hills
* Columbia Plateau Trail
* Conconully
* Crawford
* Curlew Lake
* Cutts Island
* Daroga
* Dash Point
* Deception Pass
* Doe Island
* Dosewallips
* Doug's Beach
* Eagle Island
* Federation Forest
* Fields Spring
* Flaming Geyser
* Forks of the Sky
* Fort Casey
* Fort Columbia
* Fort Ebey
* Fort Flagler
* Fort Simcoe
* Fort Townsend
* Fort Worden
* Ginkgo Petrified Forest
* Goldendale Observatory
* Grayland Beach
* Griffiths-Priday
* Harstine Island
* Hope Island (Mason County)
* Hope Island (Skagit County)
* Ike Kinswa
* Illahee
* Iron Horse
* Jackson House
* James Island
* Jarrell Cove
* Joemma Beach
* Jones Island
* Joseph Whidbey
* Kanaskat-Palmer
* Kinney Point
* Kitsap Memorial
* Klickitat Trail
* Kopachuck
* Lake Chelan
* Lake Easton
* Lake Lenore Caves
* Lake Sammamish
* Lake Sylvia
* Lake Wenatchee
* Larrabee
* Leadbetter Point
* Lewis and Clark
* Lewis and Clark Trail
* Lime Kiln Point
* Lincoln Rock
* Lyons Ferry
* Manchester
* Maryhill
* Matia Island
* Matilda Jackson
* McMicken Island
* Millersylvania
* Moran
* Mount Pilchuck
* Mount Spokane
* Mystery Bay
* Nolte
* Obstruction Pass
* Ocean City
* Olallie
* Olmstead Place
* Pacific Beach
* Pacific Pines
* Palouse Falls
* Palouse to Cascades
* Paradise Point
* Patos Island
* Peace Arch
* Pearrygin Lake
* Penrose Point
* Peshastin Pinnacles
* Pleasant Harbor
* Posey Island
* Potholes
* Potlatch
* Rainbow Falls
* Rasar
* Reed Island
* Riverside
* Rockport
* Sacajawea
* Saddlebag Island
* Saint Edward
* Saltwater
* Scenic Beach
* Schafer
* Seaquest
* Sequim Bay
* Shine Tidelands
* Skagit Island
* South Whidbey
* Spencer Spit
* Spokane River Centennial Trail
* Spring Creek Hatchery
* Squak Mountain
* Squilchuck
* Steamboat Rock
* Steptoe Battlefield
* Steptoe Butte
* Stretch Point
* Stuart Island
* Sucia Island
* Sun Lakes-Dry Falls
* Tolmie
* Triton Cove
* Turn Island
* Twanoh
* Twenty-Five Mile Creek
* Twin Harbors
* Wallace Falls
* Wanapum Recreational Area
* Wenatchee Confluence
* Westport Light
* Willapa Hills Trail
* Willie Keil's Grave
* Yakima Sportsman

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State Forests|

* Ahtanum
* Capitol
* Elbe Hills
* Green Mountain
* Loomis
* Loup Loup
* Tahuya
* Teanaway
* Tiger Mountain
* Yacolt Burn

Natural Area Preserves|

* Admiralty Inlet
* Badger Gulch
* Bald Hill
* Barker Mountain
* Bone River
* Camas Meadows
* Carlisle Bog
* Castle Rock
* Charley Creek
* Chehalis River Surge Plain
* Chopaka Mountain
* Clearwater Bogs
* Cleveland Shrub Steppe
* Columbia Falls
* Columbia Hills
* Crowberry Bog
* Cypress Highlands
* Dabob Bay
* Dailey Prairie
* Davis Canyon
* Entiat Slopes
* Goose Island
* Gunpowder Island
* Hamma Hamma Balds
* Ink Blot
* Kahlotus Ridgetop
* Kennedy Creek
* Kings Lake Bog
* Kitsap Forest
* Lacamas Prairie
* Little Pend Oreille River
* Marcellus Shrub Steppe
* Methow Rapids
* Mima Mounds
* Monte Cristo
* Niawiakum River
* North Bay
* Oak Patch
* Olivine Bridge
* Pinecroft
* Point Doughty
* Riverside Breaks
* Rocky Prairie
* Sand Island
* Schumacher Creek
* Selah Cliffs
* Skagit Bald Eagle
* Skookum Inlet
* Snoqualmie Bog
* Spring Creek Canyon
* Trombetta Canyon
* Trout Lake
* The Two-Steppe
* Upper Dry Gulch
* Washougal Oaks
* Whitcomb Flats
* Willapa Divide

Natural Resources
Conservation Areas|

* Ashford
* Cattle Point
* Clearwater Corridor
* Cypress Island
* Devils Lake
* Dishman Hills
* Elk River
* Ellsworth Creek
* Granite Lakes
* Hat Island
* Hendrickson Canyon
* Klickitat Canyon
* Lake Louise
* Loomis
* Lummi Island
* Merrill Lake
* Middle Fork Snoqualmie
* Morning Star
* Mount Si
* Naselle Highlands
* Queets River
* Rattlesnake Mountain Scenic Area
* Shipwreck Point
* Skamokawa Creek
* South Nemah
* South Nolan
* Stavis
* Stevenson Ridge
* Table Mountain
* Tahoma Forest
* Teal Slough
* Washougal Oaks
* West Tiger Mountain
* White Salmon Oak
* Woodard Bay

Aquatic Reserves|

* Cherry Point
* Cypress Island
* Fidalgo Bay
* Maury Island
* Nisqually Reach
* Protection Island
* Smith and Minor Islands

Other|

| Former state parks|

* Damon Point
* Fay Bainbridge
* Fort Okanogan
* Fort Ward Park
* Griffin Bay
* Mukilteo Lighthouse Park
* Osoyoos Lake Veteran's Memorial Park
* Skull Island
* Upright Channel
* Wenberg
* Westhaven

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* The Enchantments
* Goose Island
* Les Hilde Trail & Trailheads
* Little Pend Oreille
* Maritime Washington National Heritage Area
* Mount Adams Recreation Area
* Sehome Hill Arboretum
* Walker Valley ORV Riding Area
* Withrow Moraine
* Yellow Island

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