Columbia Plateau Area Attractions

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Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park

Parent Category: Attractions
in Columbia Plateau Area
Created: 12 June 2015
Location: Eastern Washington
Acreage: 7,027 acres
GPS Coordinates: N 47 35.831 W 119 23.785
Visitor’s Information:

Discover Pass Required

Pictures below will take you on a virtual tour to the fabulous park!

Photo from Washington State, Eastern Washington
General Information:

Address:

Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park
34875 Park Lake Road N.E.
Coulee City, WA 99115

Phone

509-632-5583

Campsite & Group Accommodations

Phone: 888-226-7688

Photo from Washington State, Eastern Washington


Hours

Summer

6:30 a.m. - dusk

Winter

8 a.m. - dusk

Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park is a fabulous and beautiful 4,027 acre park that invites visitors with its 73,640 feet of freshwater shoreline. This park is also famous for unusual geological wonder Dry Falls that was carved by Ice Age floods. It’s not a waterfall as we can imagine, but a stark cliff 400 feet in height and 3.5 miles in width. If we try to imagine this waterfall in its full strength, we need to imagine a waterfall that is four times bigger in size than Niagara Falls. Even today, it looks mighty and beautiful with all the lakes and abundant flora and fauna.

Photo from Washington State, Eastern Washington

Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park offers not only wonderful recreational possibilities, but also informational. There is Dry Falls Visitor Center where visitors can learn about Ice Age floods that happened 15,000 years ago, as well as about the landscape and its peculiarities.

Visitor Center hours are:

March 1st - April 16th - Open Wednesday- Sunday 9am-4pm closed Monday and Tuesday
April 17th - June 15th - Open 7 days a week 9am - 4pm
June 16th - September 15th  - Open 7 days a week 9am - 6pm
 

Photo from Washington State, Eastern Washington

 

Picnic & Other Facilities

There are 90 unsheltered picnic tables, available first come, first served.

Activities:

·    15 miles of hiking trails

·    680 feet of dock

·    Two Boat ramps

·    Boating

·    Freshwater fishing

·    Personal watercraft use

·    Swimming

·    Water skiing

·    Bird watching

·    Fire circle

·    Golf

·    Horseshoe pits (2)

·    Interpretive activities

·    Mountain biking

·    Museum

·    Wildlife viewing
    

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These pictures were taken in April, 2015

GPS Coordinates: N 47 35.831 W 119 23.785

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Photo: Roman Khomlyak

Photo Editing: Alex Mandryko

Information: Marina Petrova