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Anderson Lake State Park
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Anderson Lake State Park

west of Chimacum, Washington
visited 27 June 2021
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Sadly, the lake for which this park is named is no longer the chief attraction. A long-running algae bloom has made the lake water unsafe for most animals, including humans, to touch, so boating, swimming, and the like are now off limits.

Here are a few views of the lake from a safe distance:

A lush green meadow of tall grasses in morning light, with a glimpse of Anderson Lake and a dense evergreen forest along the far shore under a clear blue sky.
A gravel road curves through a grassy clearing toward a lake framed by tall evergreen trees at Anderson Lake State Park, with a solitary conifer and a picnic table on the right under a clear blue morning sky.
A grassy clearing at Anderson Lake State Park with a wooden picnic table at left, ringed by tall evergreen conifers whose long shadows stretch across the lawn in morning light, with a glimpse of the lake and forested hills beyond under a clear blue sky.

What you can do is hike through the forest around the lake, and that is what I did on this June morning:

A grassy forest clearing fringed with tall evergreen conifers under a clear blue morning sky, with soft early light catching patches of the lush green meadow at Anderson Lake State Park near Chimacum, Washington.
A narrow dirt hiking trail winds through a lush green forest, flanked by sword ferns and dense undergrowth with tall evergreen and deciduous trees overhead. Morning sunlight filters through the canopy, dappling the path and foliage at Anderson Lake State Park near Chimacum, Washington.
A close-up of bright green fern fronds backlit by morning sunlight, showing the diagonal central stems and finely toothed leaflets with rows of spore clusters visible underneath.
The base of a large western red cedar with fibrous, reddish-brown bark rises through a lush forest understory of bright green sword ferns and leafy shrubs, with dappled morning light filtering through the surrounding woods at Anderson Lake State Park near Chimacum, Washington.
A dirt hiking trail winds through a lush evergreen forest at Anderson Lake State Park, flanked by bright green sword ferns and tall conifer trunks, with morning sunlight filtering through the canopy.
A narrow dirt trail winds through a lush green forest at Anderson Lake State Park, flanked by large sword ferns, mossy conifer trunks, and dense undergrowth, with morning sunlight filtering through the canopy.
A single white oxeye daisy with a bright yellow center stands out amid a dense tangle of tall green grasses and seedheads in a summer meadow at Anderson Lake State Park near Chimacum, Washington.
Lush green forest-floor foliage with lobed, serrated leaves and delicate sprays of tiny white flowers growing beside the deeply furrowed, lichen-mottled bark of a large tree trunk.

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