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Curlew Lake State Park

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Curlew Lake State Park

north of Republic, Washington

visited 30 June 2024

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Curlew Lake is a quiet lake-and-campground park tucked away in the hills of northeastern Washington.

We visited on a summer afternoon and found it popular with a wide variety of boaters, swimmers, and campers.

A grassy lakeshore with a dirt path curving along the water’s edge at Curlew Lake State Park, where a yellow rope-and-buoy line marks off a swimming area and two people swim near it. Tall pine trees stand at right, with forested hills, scattered lakeside houses, and a boat visible across the water under a bright blue sky filled with billowing white clouds.

Curlew Lake State Park, north of Republic, Washington

A person paddles an orange and gray kayak across the rippling blue water of Curlew Lake, with an evergreen-forested hillside and grassy slopes rising along the far shore under a cloudy sky. A couple of houses sit atop the hill on the left.

Curlew Lake State Park, north of Republic, Washington

There’s a small network of trails within the park and along the lake.

A narrow dirt footpath winds through a pine forest along a hillside at Curlew Lake State Park, with tall evergreen trees on a grassy slope to the right and dense green shrubs and water visible through the trees on the left under an overcast sky.

Curlew Lake State Park, north of Republic, Washington

Close-up of the textured bark of a pine tree, showing plated scales in shades of tan, cinnamon, and pinkish brown separated by dark, deeply furrowed black fissures.

Curlew Lake State Park, north of Republic, Washington

A narrow dirt hiking trail winds along a forested hillside lined with tall ponderosa pine trees, their thick reddish bark catching afternoon sunlight, with a calm blue lake and distant tree-covered hills visible through the trees on the left.

Curlew Lake State Park, north of Republic, Washington

A grassy hillside dotted with purple and blue lupine wildflowers and silvery-green foliage, rising toward a stand of tall ponderosa pine trees under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Curlew Lake State Park, north of Republic, Washington

A wooden post on a dock holds a blue and white Washington State Parks shield sign over green lake water, with tall pine trees, leafy shrubs, and a campground area along the far shore under a bright blue sky filled with puffy clouds.

Curlew Lake State Park, north of Republic, Washington

Even on this weekend, just ahead of the July 4th holiday, there were plenty of campers around.

A grassy point with tall pine trees juts into Curlew Lake under a dramatic sky filled with billowing white clouds and patches of blue. A personal watercraft sits near a sandy launch at left, with a tent and campsite among trees in the background and forested hills lining the far shore.

Curlew Lake State Park, north of Republic, Washington

Curlew Lake State Park, north of Republic, Washington

A dirt hiking trail winds through a grassy hillside dotted with purple and yellow wildflowers, bordered by tall pine trees on the right that overlook a lake below, all beneath a dramatic blue sky filled with billowing white clouds.

Curlew Lake State Park, north of Republic, Washington

The landscape on the east side of the park is a bit unusual in that Ferry County has built its regional airport between the park and State Highway 21.

Rolling green grassy hills lead up to a pine-forested ridge under a dramatic sky of heavy gray and white clouds, with an orange-and-white striped pole and a small orange windsock visible in the mid-ground.

Curlew Lake State Park, north of Republic, Washington

For more information:

State Parks web site

Ranald MacDonald State Park Heritage Site

Riverside State Park