• Mt. Baker from American Camp prairie

    San Juan Island

    National Historical Park Washington

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  • Park on Summer Schedule

    The American Camp visitor center is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The English Camp contact station is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Grounds at both units are open from dawn to 11 p.m. These hours remain in effect through September 2. More »

  • Detours Around Downed Skagit Bridge Functioning Well

    The Washington State Department of Transportation (WDOT) has posted the link below for both northbound and southbound detours around the collapsed Skagit River Bridge on Intertstate 5. More »

Shrubs

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The Nootka rose is one of the best-known shrubs at American Camp.
Mary Stark

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

First Lieutenant James W. Forsyth was Capt. George E. Pickett's second in command on San Juan Island. Forsyth would become a brigadier general in the Civil War and go on to command the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Wounded Knee Creek in 1890.