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Doug's Beach State Park
Phone: (509) 767-1159
Fax: (509) 767-4304
City: Dallesport
Address:
Doug's Beach State Park,
Po Box 426,
Dallesport, WALocated between Murdock, Wash., and Lyle, Wash.
Doug's beach is a popular windsurfing site and (for those less adventurous) a windsurfing observation site. Picnic tables and shade trees line the shore.
For more up to date information, visit the Doug's Beach page on the state parks web site.
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Park Overview
Doug's Beach State Park is a 400-acre, undeveloped day-use park on the Columbia River. This is one of the premier windsurfing sites in the Columbia Gorge and is rated for advanced sailors. Parking is along the south side of SR 14. There is a pedestrian walkway behind the vehicle-parking area, fenced from passing trains. Visitors access the beach down a paved path with railroad-crossing arms and signals.
Marine Park: No
Park Hours
Summer: 6:30 a.m. to dusk.
Winter: 8 a.m. to dusk.
The park is open year round for day use.
Winter: 8 a.m. to dusk.
The park is open year round for day use.
Significant History
In 1805, Lewis and Clark stopped for supplies at an Indian village in the vicinity of today's park. The transaction is recorded in their journals. The park acquired its name from a windsurfer who used to frequent the beach when the sport was in its infancy. "Doug" still lives in the Gorge and owns a business in Hood River, Oregon.
Major Landmarks
The park is situated underneath basalt cliffs carved by the flood waters of the last ice age. The basalt emerged as immense lava flows from massive cracks in the earth's crust. These flows covered all of eastern Washington and Oregon long before the floods.
An observer can identify the various flows by the distinct stratigraphy along the cliff walls. Some flows appear to have been hundreds of feet thick in some areas.
For more information on the floods and geology of eastern Washington, visit Sun Lakes State Park and the Dry Falls Interpretive Center.
An observer can identify the various flows by the distinct stratigraphy along the cliff walls. Some flows appear to have been hundreds of feet thick in some areas.
For more information on the floods and geology of eastern Washington, visit Sun Lakes State Park and the Dry Falls Interpretive Center.
Directions provided by the state parks department are given below the map,
or you can try to have google create the directions from the coordinates we have on file.
On I-84, take exit #87 at The Dalles. Drive north on US 197 over the Columbia River about 2.5 miles to the SR 14 junction, then head west about five miles. The park is located on SR 14.
From Washington:
Travel east on SR 14 from Vancouver,WA. The park is about three miles east of the town of Lyle.
Traveling west:
On SR 14 from US 97 or I-82 near the Tri-Cities, drive about five miles past the US 197 junction. The park is located near milepost-78 on SR 14.
Directions
From Oregon:On I-84, take exit #87 at The Dalles. Drive north on US 197 over the Columbia River about 2.5 miles to the SR 14 junction, then head west about five miles. The park is located on SR 14.
From Washington:
Travel east on SR 14 from Vancouver,WA. The park is about three miles east of the town of Lyle.
Traveling west:
On SR 14 from US 97 or I-82 near the Tri-Cities, drive about five miles past the US 197 junction. The park is located near milepost-78 on SR 14.
| Mammals | Birds | Fish & Sea Life | Plantlife |
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Coyotes
Deer/Elk
Marmots
Raccoons
Skunks
Squirrels
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Crows/Ravens
Ducks
Eagles
Geese
Gulls
Hawks
Herons
Osprey
Wrens
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Bass
Catfish
Sturgeon
Walleye
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Alders
Poplars
Lupines
Rose
Berries
Poison Oak
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Swimming
Bird Watching
Wildlife Viewing
Sailboarding
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Fishing
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Windsurfing is also popular.
Be advised that archeological sites and artifacts are protected by both federal and state laws, and their disturbance and/or removal is illegal and carries severe penalties. Picnic NotesThe park offers ten unsheltered picnic tables and three portapoties, but no water and no dump site. Visitors are expected to pack their garbage out with them when they leave. Tables are available first-come, first-served. Fires are not permitted in the park.
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Auto Repair
Airport
Boating
Camping Area
Diesel
Fishing and Hunting Supplies
Gasolene
Gifts
Golfing
Groceries
Hardware
Hospital
Overnight Accomodations
Pay Phones
US Mail
Propane
Recreational Equipment
White Gas
Wood
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The nearest gas, phone and groceries can be found in Murdock and Lyle. Additional services are available in The Dalles, Oregon. | |
