Puget Sound

Costa en Seattle, Washington, United States

• Abierto todo el año
• Duración típica: 5 días

Acceso y tarifas

• no estuary-wide fee (tarifa: ninguno)

Qué hacer

• beachcombing
• observación de aves
• navegación
• canotaje
• crabbing and shellfishing in permitted areas
• cycling along selected waterfront routes
• pesca
• kayak
• landscape/wildlife photography
• marine wildlife watching
• paddleboarding
• picnicking at waterfront parks
• vela
• saltwater swimming (caveat: beaches may close due to bacteria)
• scenic ferry rides
• buceo
• sunset viewing
• swimming — possible, but cold-water conditions are a major consideration
• tide-pool exploration
• waterfront and coastal walking
• avistamiento de ballenas

Características

• ~100 miles long (north: Deception Pass · south: Olympia)
• average depth 450 ft (max depth: 930 ft)
• coastal landscape
• estuary/inland sea
• glacially formed basin (event: Vashon Glaciation · approx: 15,000 years ago)
• marine wildlife
• national estuary program site (total NEP sites: 28 · designating body: EPA)
• natural attraction
• part of salish sea (body: US Board on Geographic Names · designación: 2009)
• scenic destination
• second-largest u.s. estuary (rank: 2nd after Chesapeake Bay)

Cerca de aquí

• mount rainier national park (elevation ft: 14410)
• seattle, tacoma, olympia, everett (tipo: major cities on shoreline)

Datos útiles

• costs depend on the activity
• ideal visit: 4 days
• water quality monitored (parameters: DO, salinity, pH, turbidity, benthic)

Identificador de catálogo: AVIA-QK2C-3MZ1V

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