Fort Worden

You explore old coastal artillery batteries, beaches and Officers Row at a former Army fort overlooking Admiralty Inlet.

202 Eisenhower Ave · Port Townsend, WA

About Fort Worden

Fort Worden is a 433-acre state park in Port Townsend built as a Coast Artillery post between 1898 and 1920 to guard the entrance to Puget Sound. You can wander through abandoned gun batteries, walk the beach to Point Wilson Lighthouse, and tour the restored Commanding Officer's Quarters. The park also holds the Port Townsend Marine Science Center. The 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman was shot here.

#historic fort
#state park
#artillery bunkers
#lighthouse
#beach

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