Washington State Park

Being near the Big River makes Washington State Park great for float trips & fishing and the swimming pool is a relaxing break from the summer heat. Hikers can explore our three scenic hiking trails. Buildings constructed by African American Civilian Conservation Corps stonemasons complement the park and add to its sense of history.

What Washington State Park is perhaps best known as having been the location of prehistoric ceremonies associated with the American Indian culture that archaeologists call Mississippian. Petroglyphs, or rock carvings, remain as evidence of their beliefs, and give clues to understanding the lives of these people who are believed to have inhabited the area around A.D. 1000.

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