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Sun Lakes Wildlife Area Unit, Between Soap Lake and Coulee City, WA
Sports & Outdoors

Sun Lakes Wildlife Area Unit

A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife unit with stocked lakes, basalt cliffs, upland bird hunting, and a rifle range near Lake Lenore.

Between Soap Lake and Coulee City, WA

About Sun Lakes Wildlife Area Unit

The Sun Lakes Unit is part of the Columbia Basin Wildlife Area and lies between Soap Lake and Coulee City in Grant and Douglas Counties, near Sun Lakes State Park. Visitors can fish stocked lakes such as Park, Blue, Alkali, and Lenore, watch birds of prey and waterfowl, and hunt upland birds, waterfowl, and mule deer in season. A target shooting range on the southeast side of Lake Lenore offers benches and backstops for sighting in rifles. The landscape is shaped by ancient flood scouring, leaving deep coulees, basalt cliffs, and talus slopes. A Discover Pass is required on WDFW lands here unless a vehicle access pass came with an eligible license.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Sun Lakes Wildlife Area Unit, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park

    Under $25

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  • Sightseeing
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    Transit: reachable by public transit

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  • Sports & Outdoors

    Banks Lake Wildlife Area Unit

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  • Sightseeing
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    No admission fee

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    27 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Winchester Reservoir Wildlife Area Unit

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    28 mi awayMore like this

  • Attractions
    Family Favorite

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    $25–$50

    A lakeside water park in Chelan with ten slides, a lazy river and a surf wave pool.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    34 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions