A Walk In The Woods - Moran State Park, Orcas Island, Washington

One of our favorite places to spend time when we go to Orcas Island is Moran State Park. The Park opened in 1921 when Robert Moran, a shipbuilder and former mayor of Seattle, donated more than 2,700 acres to the state for a park. It has grown to 5,252 acres, with five freshwater lakes and more than 30 miles of hiking trails.

This year while we were on Orcas for Thanksgiving we hiked the approximately 5-mile trail around Mountain Lake.

From Mountain Lake we continued on up the road to the top of Mt. Constitution, at 2,409' the highest point in the San Juan Islands. The stone tower at the summit was built by the CCC in 1936. It was pretty hazy on Thursday, so no pictures of the view, just details of the tower this time.