Maury Island Marine Park

About the park

Maury Island Marine Park is located on the east side of Maury Island, a peninsula of Vashon Island. One of the largest undeveloped properties located directly on Puget Sound with more than 1 mile of shoreline, the park provides stunning views of the East Passage, Mount Rainier and the Cascade Mountains. The site had significance for early Native Americans and is referenced in a legend about Snake People who arrived from the mainland as part of war party.

The park contains rare stands of Pacific Madrone, a salt marsh, eelgrass beds and significant fish and wildlife habitat for such species as great blue herons, bald eagles, kingfishers, chinook salmon, orca, and bull trout.

Acreage: 320 acres

Trail length: 3 miles (plus .75 mile gravel maintenance road to the shoreline accessible to non-motorized vehicles only)

Location

SW 244th St, Vashon, WA 98070

Access

The park can be reached from Seattle by the Fauntleroy-Vashon ferry and from Tacoma by the Point Defiance-Tahlequah ferry.

Once on Maury Island, head south on Dockton Road Southwest, east on Southwest 240th Street, south on 59th Avenue Southwest, and east on Southwest 244th Street.

Parking

There is a parking lot and trail access on Southwest 244th Street.

Park activities and facilities