In accordance with applicable law and policy, and pursuant to the delegated authorities provided in Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1 (“36 CFR”), the following compendium actions apply to all lands and waters administered by the National Park Service (NPS) within the boundaries of San Juan Island National Historical Park. This document is the written compilation of designations, closures, permit requirements and other restrictions imposed under the discretionary authority of the Superintendent, as required by 36 CFR 1.7(b). Violating any provision in this Compendium may result in criminal penalties under 36 CFR 1.3.
The compendium actions in this document apply in addition to all other laws that apply to lands and waters administered by the NPS within the boundaries of San Juan Island National Historical Park. These include: • Regulations in 36 CFR and other CFR titles such as Title 43, which contains regulations that apply on public lands administered by the Department of the Interior. The current version of the CFR can be found at www.ecfr.gov. Click on “Title 36” and then “Chapter 1” to access 36 CFR. •Statutes codified in U.S. Code, in particular provisions in Titles 16 and 54. This compendium is organized by the sections in 36 CFR that give the Superintendent discretionary authority to take compendium action. Written determinations that explain why each compendium action is necessary appear in this document in italicized print. Please contact the park Superintendent if you have any questions or comments about the Superintendent’s Compendium. San Juan Island National Historical Park P.O. Box 429 Friday Harbor, Washington 98250 360-398-2240
NPS regulations in 36 CFR 1.4 define certain terms that are used in 36 CFR. Other sections in 36 CFR may define terms that are used in those sections. To the extent any terms defined in the CFR are used in this Compendium, those definitions apply. In addition to terms defined in the CFR, the following terms used in the Compendium are defined as follows: •Electronic nicotine delivery systems are defined as: A device containing a liquid or other legal substance that is vaporized and inhaled, typically used to simulate the experience of smoking tobacco. These include electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and personal vaporizers. •E-Bike is defined as: The term “e-Bike” means a two or three-wheeled cycle with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts (1 h.p).
• Unmanned Aircraft (UAV, UAS, Drone, etc.) are defined as: A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the device, and the associated operational elements and components that are required for the pilot or system operator in command to operate or control the device (such as cameras, sensors, communication links). This term includes all types of devices that meet this definition (e.g., model airplanes, quadcopters, drones) that are used for any purpose, including for recreation or commerce. 36 CFR 1.5 – CLOSURES AND PUBLIC USE LIMITS 36 CFR 1.5 (a)(1)-Visiting hours, public use limits and closures. Visiting Hours •San Juan Island National Historical Park, excluding the park visitor center, park headquarters building, and park administrative facilities are open to public use throughout the year 24-hours each day. Note: San Juan Island National Historical Park is closed to overnight camping per 36 CFR §2.10(a). Determining Factors: The Superintendent has determined that San Juan Island National Historical Park can provide for public enjoyment throughout the year at all hours of the day, including nighttime hours that may provide for unique night sky viewing opportunities and experiences. Public Use Limits •Leaving property unattended for any period of time requires a permit. Determining Factors: Leaving unknown property unattended in the park area threatens public safety, the environmental and scenic values of the park, the natural and cultural resources of the park, and the orderly management of the park. Visitors seeking to leave property unattended within the park must obtain a permit from the Superintendent. •Willfully remaining or approaching, photographing, filming or video recording within 25 yards of park wildlife or nesting birds, or within any distance which disturbs or displaces wildlife or nesting birds is prohibited. Determining Factors: These rules are necessary to protect people from wildlife and to keep wildlife from becoming habituated to human presence. •Failing to remove oneself to the prescribed distances (25 yards) during inadvertent or casual encounters with wildlife is prohibited. Determining Factors: These rules are necessary to protect people from wildlife and to keep wildlife from becoming habituated to human presence. •The Superintendent has established a reservation system covering special park uses and activities associated with the national historical park that are not specifically covered in 36 CFR. All visitors wishing to hold weddings, organized gatherings, and similar special events must first obtain a permit from the Superintendent’s office. Determining Factors: In order to provide for resource protection, avoid conflicts between groups wishing to use the same site, and to minimize the impact of such events on other visitors, a permit system is necessary for these events. Closures •The following area is closed to all public use unless access has been granted by the Superintendent through a special use permit: o Guss Island
Determining Factors: This area contains historic properties of religious and cultural significance to traditionally associated tribes of San Juan Island National Historical Park. •Launching, landing or operating an unmanned aircraft from or on lands and waters administered by the National Park Service within the boundaries of San Juan Island National Historical Park is prohibited except as approved in writing by the Superintendent. Determining Factors: This closure is necessary to maintain public health and safety at San Juan Island National Historical Park and to protect park resources and values until the NPS can determine whether specific uses of unmanned aircraft on lands and waters administered by the NPS are appropriate and will not cause unacceptable impacts on park resources and values. Another reason for the required closures is that current NPS regulations do not specifically address launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft. The use of unmanned aircraft potentially presents unacceptable risks to visitors, including collisions between unmanned aircraft and visitors, the uncontrolled fall of unmanned aircraft, and contact with spinning propellers or rotors of unmanned aircraft. The use of unmanned aircraft adversely impacts the visitor experience by negatively affecting scenic, aesthetic, natural and cultural values preserved onsite and represented by the natural and cultural environment of San Juan Island National Historical Park. Additionally, the unregulated use of unmanned aircraft would potentially violate other regulations within 36 CFR, including Sec. 2. 2 Frightening Wildlife, sec. 2. 12 Creating an Audio Disturbance, sec. 2.17 Delivering or Retrieving an Object by Airborne Means, sec. 2. 34 Making Unreasonable Noise, and sec. 5. 13 Creating or Maintaining a Nuisance. •Park Facilities: The following areas and facilities are closed to public use: o Park administrative, maintenance, operations, storage, and employee housing facilities, including but not limited to administrative access roads, outbuildings, and grounds. This closure shall not apply to persons engaged in legitimate Government activities or permitted activities.
o Except for facilities designated for visitor use, all buildings are closed and secured to unauthorized entry. This shall not apply to persons in non-public areas who have been granted specific permission by the National Park Service (NPS) or another authorized Federal agency, licensed concessionaires or their representatives, or those who are under escort of park employees acting within the scope of employment.
Determining Factors: In order to provide security for government facilities for which visitors have no need to access, these limits will address vandalism and theft issues. •The establishing or erecting of play structures, organized sports activities, field games, or coastal drift log structures (including bounce facilities, wading pools, slack lines, croquet, golf, water slides, and/or volleyball nets) is prohibited except as approved in writing by the Superintendent. Determining Factors: Play structures, playground areas and athletic fields are available elsewhere on San Juan Island and these activities are inconsistent with the values for which San Juan Island National Historical Park was established. Coastal drift log structures can be very unstable and therefore hazardous to park visitors and are prohibited. 36 CFR 1.5 (a)(2)-Designated areas, conditions or restrictions on a use or activity Conditions and Restrictions on Specific Uses or Activities •Filming, still photography, and audio recording activity may require a permit, consistent with 54 U.S.C 100905. o Filming, still photography, and audio recording activity that occurs in closed areas, requires exclusive use of a site or area, or involves a set or staging equipment other than handheld equipment (such as a tripod, monopod, and handheld lighting equipment) requires a permit, unless the activity is affiliated with an activity or event that has been allowed under a written authorization, such as a special use permit.
o Filming, still photography, and audio recording that involves more than eight individuals requires a permit, unless the NPS has specifically notified an individual or group that a permit is not required, or if the activity is affiliated with an activity or event that has been allowed under a written authorization, such as a special use permit.
o If a permit is required for the reasons stated above, or if the NPS otherwise determines and then notifies an individual or group that a permit is required for a filming, still photography, or audio recording activity, then engaging in that activity without a permit is prohibited. Violating a term or condition of a permit issued by the NPS for a filming, still photography, or audio recording activity is prohibited, and may result in the suspension or revocation of the permit, in addition to any penalties that may apply under 36 CFR 1.3.
Federal law at 54 U.S.C. 100905 states that permits and fees are not required for filming, still photography, or audio recording in park areas if certain requirements are met. These requirements address various topics, including, but not limited to, group size, location, equipment, potential impacts to resources and visitors, and the likelihood that the NPS will incur related administrative costs. If any of these requirements are not met, the law allows the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the NPS, to require a permit for the subject activity. Permit requirements are imposed by the superintendent under discretionary authority provided by 36 CFR 1.5(a)(2), which allows the superintendent to impose conditions or restrictions on a use or activity, consistent with applicable legislation, to implement management responsibilities. The general regulations for permits in 36 CFR 1.6 do not apply to permits issued for filming, still photography, and audio recording, which instead are governed by the statutory provisions in 54 U.S.C. 100905. The imposition of permit requirements, on a case-by-case basis, for filming, still photography, or audio recording does not require rulemaking under 36 CFR 1.5(b). Requiring a permit with reasonable terms and conditions in accordance with statutory requirements at 54 U.S.C. 100905 is not highly controversial, will not result in a significant alteration in the public use pattern of the System unit, will not adversely affect the System unit’s natural, aesthetic, scenic or cultural values, or require a long-term or significant modification in the resource management objectives of the System unit, because the permit requirement is limited in time and scope to the specific activities authorized by the permit, which contain terms and conditions that protect the values, resources, and visitors of the System unit, and implements federal law. • Camping is prohibited an all areas of San Juan Island National Historical Park unless under the conditions of a Special Use Permit issued by the Superintendent or in association with a park-managed special event or activity authorized by the Superintendent. Please refer to §2.10 of this document for detailed camping area designations. Determining Factors: Overnight camping within San Juan Island National Historical Park will adversely affect the park's natural, aesthetic, scenic and cultural values and impact the park's efforts to preserve historic buildings and landscapes representative of the natural and cultural environment for which the park was established. In addition, camping may cause an unintentional disturbance of wildlife nesting, breeding or other activities. •Vessel docking is permitted at the English Camp dinghy dock with the following restrictions: o Vessels may not exceed 20 feet in length.
o A vessel may not be docked longer than a period of 4-hours in a 24-hour day. Determining Factors: Dock space is very limited, and the lightweight dock construction of the dinghy dock cannot accommodate larger boats. The dock is also situated in shallow tidal waters where larger vessels may become beached, resulting in a very difficult recovery. • Hiking and pedestrian use is restricted to established park trails and walkway systems. • Leaving an established trial or walkway to shortcut between portions of the same trail or walkway, or to shortcut between portions of the same trail or walkway is prohibited. Determining Factors: Restricting hikers and pedestrians to established trails and walkways helps protect the fragile habitat, natural, cultural and archeological resources of the park. 36 CFR §1.6-ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE A PERMIT 36 CFR 1.6(f)- Activities that require a permit. The following activities are prohibited without a permit. Criteria for approving or denying permits are established by applicable law (statutes and regulations) and policy. Permitted activities are subject to applicable terms and conditions. • Some filming, still photography, and audio recording (depends upon the facts and circumstances; contact the park for more information). 36 CFR 1.5(a)(2) and 54 U.S.C. 100905. • The following activities related to Public Use Limits. 36 CFR §1.5(d) o Tours and education groups
o Leaving property unattended o Loud music/noise o Weddings, organized gatherings, and special events • Specimen collection (taking of plant, fish, wildlife, rocks or minerals). 36 CFR §2.5(a)
• Camping activities o Camping is prohibited in all areas of San Juan Island National Historical Park unless under conditions of a Park Special Use Permit issued by the Superintendent or in association with a park-managed special event authorized by the Superintendent. 36 CFR §2.10(a)
• Audio Disturbances
o Operation of a public address system in connection with a public gathering or special event for which a permit has been issued pursuant to sec. 2.50 or 2.51. 36 CFR §2.12(a)(4)
• Soliciting or demanding gifts, money, goods or services (Pursuant to the terms and conditions of a permit issued under §2.50, §2.51 or §2.52). 36 CFR §2.37
• Explosives o Use, possess, store, transport explosives, blasting agents. 36 CFR §2.38(a)
o Use or possess fireworks. 36 CFR §2.38(b)
• Conduct a sports event, pageants, public spectator attractions, entertainment, ceremony, and similar events. 36 CFR §2.50(a)
• Public assemblies, meetings, gatherings, demonstrations, parades and other public expressions of views. 36 CFR §2.51(a) • Sale or distribution of printed matter that is not solely commercial advertising. 36 CFR §2.52(c) • Memorialization o Scattering of human remains. 36 CFR §2.62(b)
• Advertisements (Display, posting or distribution.) 36 CFR §5.1
• Engaging in or soliciting any business (Requires a permit, contract or other written agreement with the United States, or must be pursuant to special regulations). 36 CFR §5.3 • Constructing or attempting to construct a building, or other structure, boat dock, road, trail, path, or other way, telephone line, telegraph line, power line, or any other private or public utility, upon across, over, through, or under any park areas. 36 CFR §5.7 Additional permit information and applications are available at: http:// www.nps.gov/sajh/planyourvisit/permits.htm, or by writing to San Juan Island National Historical Park, P.O. Box 429, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. 36 CFR §2.1-PRESERVATION OF NATURAL, CULTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES 36 CFR §2.1(a)(5) Walking on, climbing, entering, ascending, descending, or traversing an archeological or cultural resource, monument, or statute is prohibited, except in the following areas and/or under the following conditions: •Except as part of an established park trail and walkway system
36 CFR§2.1(b) Hiking or pedestrian traffic is restricted to the trail(s) or walkway(s) listed in 36 CFR §1.5 of this document.
36 CFR 2.1(c)-Under 2.1(a), collecting natural materials from the park is generally prohibited. However, pursuant to 2.1(c), the following fruits, nuts, berries, or unoccupied seashells may be gathered by hand for personal use or consumption, in accordance with the noted size, quantity, collection sites and/or possession and consumption restrictions: • Small amounts of fruits, nuts, mushrooms, and/or berries may be gathered by hand for personal use. Climbing, bouncing on, or breaking fruit tree limbs is prohibited. Collection limit is one shopping bag per family nucleus per day. Gathering fruits, nuts, mushrooms, and/or berries for sale or commercial use is prohibited.
Determining Factors: Limited consumption of these resources does not adversely affect the production of either plants or the wildlife food source or detract from the historic and/or cultural atmosphere of the park. If future monitoring indicates that such gathering or consumption is likely to cause adverse effects to park resources, then the authorization of this consumptive use will be terminated. Use of these items for any purpose other than personal consumption is specifically prohibited.
• The collection of unoccupied seashells within lands administered by San Juan National Historical Park is prohibited.
Determining Factors: Unoccupied seashells at San Juan Island National Historical Park are commonly part of shell middens and are not to be removed or disturbed.
36 CFR §2.2-WILDLIFE PROTECTION 36 CFR §2.2(b) Hunting and trapping are prohibited at San Juan Island National Historical Park. 36 CFR §2.2(d) The following conditions and procedures for transporting lawfully taken wildlife through the park area are in place: • Wildlife taken lawfully outside the boundary of San Juan Island National Historical Park may be transported through the park inside a vehicle and/or covered from public view, such as in the covered bed of a pickup truck. Stopping, parking, or lingering with lawfully taken wildlife while travelling through the park is prohibited except for emergencies.
• Hunters accessing adjacent lands and boundaries outside the park on foot via park land may not transport legally taken wildlife back through the park except as noted above.
Determining Factors: The Superintendent has determined the above routes allow hunters to reasonably travel through park lands to exit or access areas where wildlife may be lawfully taken or possessed. 36 CFR §2.2(e) The following areas are closed to the viewing of wildlife with the use of an artificial light: • The use of artificial light for purposes of viewing wildlife is prohibited in all areas of San Juan Island National Historical Park.
• Spotlights, thermograph instruments, electronic instruments, chemical tagging or any means that is intended to artificially enhance one’s ability to view, detect, or monitor wildlife in low-light conditions is prohibited.
Determining Factors: The Superintendent has determined that these measures are necessary to protect wildlife from disruption or stress that would negatively impact their well-being. 36 CFR §2.10-CAMPING AND FOOD STORAGE 36 CFR §2.10(a) Camping is subject to the following established conditions: • Camping is prohibited on all areas of San Juan Islands National Historical Park unless under conditions of a Special Use Permit or otherwise authorized by the Superintendent, or in association with a park-managed special event authorized by the Superintendent.
36 CFR 2.13 FIRES 36 CFR 2.13(a)(1) – Conditions on Lighting or Maintaining a Fire A fire may be ignited and maintained only by using fuel sources designed and commonly used for warmth or the preparation of food, such as charcoal briquettes or natural firewood. Lighting or maintaining a fire with other materials including, but not limited to, flammable liquids, garbage, fireworks, plastics, aerosol canisters, batteries, or other manufactured or synthetic materials, is prohibited. This action is necessary for the maintenance of public health and safety, protection of environmental or scenic values, protection of natural or cultural resources, and the implementation of management responsibilities. Materials other than approved combustibles – especially fire accelerants and substances prone to wind transport or explosion – creates serious risks when used to light or maintain fires. These combustibles can ignite or spread wildfires that directly threaten people and valuable resources and assets. The burning of manufactured or synthetic materials can contribute to air pollution, contaminate soil and water, and be toxic to humans and the environment. Less restrictive measures, such as an education campaign informing visitors of the risks of using certain materials to light or maintain a fire, would not be commensurate with the substantial risks associated with those activities and could lead to adverse outcomes that might be prevented by establishing an enforceable condition. 36 CFR 2.13(a)(1) The lighting or maintaining of fires is prohibited, except under conditions of a Park Special Use Permit issued by the Superintendent, or in association with a park-managed special event authorized by the Superintendent, or in the following areas and/or receptacles: • Fires are permitted at South Beach within designated metal fire rings provided by the park.
Fire Receptacles Allowed:
• Propane fired barbeque grills
36 CFR 2.13(c) During periods of high fire danger, all areas of the park will be closed to the lighting or maintaining of a fire, or to the use of propane fired barbeque grills.
36 CFR §2.14-SANITATION AND REFUSE 36 CFR §2.14(b) Conditions for the disposal, containerization, or carryout of human body waste have been established as follows: • Solid human waste must be disposed of in provided toilets (privy) and nowhere else within the park.
Determining Factors: Measures to manage human waste are necessary to maintain sanitary conditions, prevent transmission of disease, and avoid proliferation of unsightly human waste in the backcountry that detracts from the visitor experience. 36 CFR §2.15-PETS 36 CFR §2.15(a)(1) Possessing pets in public buildings, public transportation vehicles, swimming beaches, and the following structures and/or areas is prohibited: • Pets are prohibited inside all public buildings and facilities at San Juan Islands National Historical Park.
Service Animals are not subject to a park’s pet policies and, when accompanying an individual with a disability, they are allowed where visitors are allowed. A service animal means any dog or miniature horse that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual or other mental disability.
36 CFR §2.15(a)(3) Leaving a pet unattended and tied to an object is prohibited. 36 CFR §2.15(a)(5) Pet excrement must be disposed of in accordance with the following conditions: • Pet excrement must be immediately collected and disposed of in the nearest trash receptacle.
Determining Factors: These use prohibitions and restrictions are necessary to reduce public health hazards related to zoonotic diseases, to prevent pet excrement from causing undue stress or harm to park wildlife, and to prevent the unsightly accumulation of pet excrement that detracts from the visitor experience.
36 CFR §2.16-HORSES AND PACK ANIMALS 36 CFR §2.16(b) The use of pack animals is prohibited on the majority of trails, routes and areas within the park: • Horses and pack animals are permitted only on the following trails/old roadbeds:
o The American Camp Connector Trail
o Jakle’s Lagoon Nature Trail o Jakle’s Lower Segment Trail o Mitchell Hill Connector Trail o Mitchell Hill Traverse Trail o Mitchell Hill Inner Loop Trail o Mitchell Hill South Trail o Mitchell Hill Pipe Gate Trail o Mitchell Hill Cady Mountain trail Determining Factors: These use prohibitions and restrictions are necessary to reduce conflicts with other types of recreational users (including hikers and mountain bikers) as well as erosion to trail segments that are steep and/or adjacent to sensitive cultural resources. 36 CFR §2.16(g) Other conditions concerning the use of horses or pack animals: • The use of loose hay, grain or any other type of stock food containing viable seeds is prohibited. Determining Factors: These restrictions ensure for the protection of natural resources by helping to limit the potential introduction of exotic plant species. • Tying of stock to single trees for more than one hour or tying to trees smaller than eight inches in diameter is prohibited. Determining Factors: These restrictions provide for the protection of park resources (trees, vegetation communities, water quality), the protection of horses and pack animals, and to reduce conflicts between stock users, wildlife and other park visitors. 36 CFR §2.21-SMOKING 36 CFR §2.21(a) The following portions of the park, buildings, structures and/or facilities are closed to smoking and/or e-cigarette/personal vaporizers as noted: • In or within 25 feet of all park buildings and facilities.
Determining Factors: These restrictions are necessary to protect park resources, reduce possible conflict between users, reduce the risk of fire, and reduce the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and e-cigarette/personal vaporizers. During periods of extreme fire danger, additional restrictions may be imposed. This prohibition includes all electronic nicotine delivery systems pursuant to DO-50D and Policy Memo 15-03.
36 CFR §2.35-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 36 CFR §2.35(a)(3)(i) The following areas and facilities within the park are closed to consumption of alcoholic beverages, and/or to the possession of a bottle, can or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage that is open, or has been opened, or whose seal has been broken or the contents of which have been partially removed: • The consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited within all park buildings and government facilities unless specifically allowed as part of a special event and with an accompanying Special Use Permit issued by the Superintendent. Park employee housing facilities are exempt from this prohibition.
Determining Factors: The consumption of alcoholic beverages outside the conditions of a special use permit is prohibited since diligent and on-going supervision would be required to ensure for visitor safety in the event of aberrant behavior related to the excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages.
36 CFR §2.38-EXPLOSIVES 36 CFR §2.38(a) Using, possessing, storing, or transporting explosives, blasting agents or explosive materials is prohibited, except pursuant to the terms and conditions of a permit. 36 CFR §2.38(b) Using, or possessing fireworks and firecrackers is prohibited, except pursuant to the terms and conditions of a permit or in designated areas under the following conditions: • Using or possessing fireworks and firecrackers is prohibited.
36 CFR §2.51-DEMONSTRATIONS
36 CFR §2.51(b) Demonstrations of more than 25 people are allowed within park areas designated as available under paragraph (c)(2) when the Superintendent has issued a permit for the activity. Demonstrations involving 25 persons or fewer may be held without a permit in designated park areas, provided that the requirements in §2.51(b) are met. The 25-person maximum for the small group permit exception may be reduced pursuant to §2. 51(b)(3). 36 CFR §2.51(c)(2) The following locations are designated as available for demonstrations: • American Camp Visitor Center Demonstration Area (due east of parking area)
• English Camp Parking Area Picnic Tables (east end of the parking area)
NOTE: Pursuant to §2.51(c)(2) the Superintendent has designated on a map, attached herein and also available in the office of the Superintendent and by public notice, the locations designated as available for demonstrations and the sale or distribution of printed matter.
36 CFR §2.52-SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF PRINTED MATTER 36 CFR §2.52(b) The sale or distribution of printed matter by more than 25 persons is allowed within park areas designated as available under §2.51(c)(2) (see above) when the Superintendent has issued a permit. Sale or distribution activity by 25 persons or fewer may be conducted without a permit in designated park areas, provided that the requirements in §2.52(b) are met. The 25-person maximum for the small group permit exception may be reduced for a designated available area, pursuant to §2.52(b) (3). 36 CFR §2.62-MEMORIALIZATION 36 CFR §2.62(b) The scattering of human ashes from cremation is prohibited, except pursuant to the terms and conditions of a permit issued by the Superintendent, or under the following terms and conditions: • Remains to be scattered must have been cremated and pulverized.
• Scattering of remains by persons on the ground is to be performed at least 100 yards from any trail, road, developed facility, or body of fresh water. • Scattering of remains from the air is to be performed at a minimum altitude of 2,000 feet above the ground. • No scattering of remains from the air is to be performed over developed areas, facilities, or bodies of fresh water. 36 CFR §3.8-BOATING 36 CFR §3.8(a)(2) Launching or recovering a vessel, except at a launch site designated by the superintendent. • The launching or landing of any watercraft on ocean shorelines within San Juan Island National Historical Park is prohibited except in emergencies or for administrative purposes as approved by the Superintendent. The following park areas are excluded from this prohibition:
o 4th of July Beach Day Use Area
o South Beach Day Use Area Determining Factors: The launching and landing of watercraft can adversely impact sensitive natural, historical, and/or cultural resources along the coast.
36 CFR §4.21-SPEED LIMITS 36 CFR §4.21(b) The following speed limits are established for the routes/roads indicated unless otherwise posted: • 15 miles per hour:
o Parking areas, picnic areas, utility areas and other places of public assemblage, and at emergency scenes.
• 25 miles per hour:
o Sections of park roads under repair or construction.
• 45 miles per hour:
o All other park roads.
36 CFR §4.30-BICYCLES 36 CFR §4.30(a) The use of a bicycle or e-Bike is prohibited except on park roads, in parking areas, and on routes designated for bicycle use. • The following additional routes have been designated for bicycle use, including e-Bikes:
o The decommissioned road connecting the American Camp Visitor Center parking area to the Redoubt parking area
o The Mitchell Hill area of English Camp
36 CFR §4.30(i) E-bikes are allowed in San Juan Island National Historical Park where traditional bicycles are allowed. E-Bikes are prohibited where traditional bicycles are prohibited. Except where use of motor vehicles by the public is allowed, using the electric motor to move an e-Bike without pedaling is prohibited.
Determining Factors: Bicycle or e-Bike use in these areas are consistent with the protection of the park's cultural, natural, scenic and aesthetic values, safety considerations and management objectives and will not disturb wildlife or park resources. END OF DOCUMENT
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Last updated: April 9, 2026