Fort Worden, Port Townsend

Name: Fort Worden
Address: Port Townsend, United States

#2 among attractions in Port Townsend

Top attraction, Relax in park, Park

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Fort Worden Historical State Park is located in Port Townsend, Washington, on 433 acres originally known as Fort Worden, a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps base constructed to protect Puget Sound from invasion by sea. Fort Worden was named after U.S. Navy Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden, commander of USS Monitor during the famous Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War. ()

Established: 1971 (53 years ago)Elevation: 203 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 48°8'19"N, 122°46'12"W

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Fort Worden – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum, Admiralty Head Light, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Point Wilson Lighthouse.

~1770 ftSE
Museum, Military museum
Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum, Port Townsend
9 min walk • Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum is a military museum located at Fort Worden State Park on Puget Sound, in the State of Washington. The museum occupies part of Building 201, a former barracks at Fort Worden.
4.4 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Admiralty Head Light, Coupeville
112 min walk • The Admiralty Head Light is a deactivated aid to navigation located on Whidbey Island near Coupeville, Island County, Washington, on the grounds of Fort Casey State Park. The restored lighthouse overlooks Admiralty Inlet.
1.7 miS
Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Port Townsend
43 min walk • The St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival church in Port Townsend, Washington. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
0.8 miNE
Lighthouse
Point Wilson Lighthouse, Greenbank
21 min walk • The Point Wilson Light is an active aid to navigation located in Fort Worden State Park near Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington.
1.8 miS
Romanesque revival architecture
United States Post Office – Port Townsend Main, Port Townsend
46 min walk • United States Post Office – Port Townsend Main is a Richardsonian Romanesque building completed in 1893 on a bluff above Port Townsend's waterfront. It was intended to serve as a Federal building that would include a customhouse serving Port Townsend's incipient role in world trade.
1.7 miSE
Museum, History museum
Rothschild House, Port Townsend
43 min walk • The Rothschild House is a house in Port Townsend, Washington. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. It is included in Port Townsend Historic District which was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. It was built by D. C. H. Rothschild.
~1810 ftE
48°8'12"N • 122°45'47"W
Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Port Townsend
9 min walk • Science museum, Museum, Aquarium
4.6 miSE
Lighthouse
Marrowstone Point Light, Port Townsend
116 min walk • The Marrowstone Point Light is an active navigational aid overlooking Admiralty Inlet at the northern tip of Marrowstone Island, Jefferson County, Washington, in the United States.
1.5 miS
Neighbourhood
Port Townsend Historic District, Port Townsend
40 min walk • The Port Townsend Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing a significant portion of the waterfront and downtown area of Port Townsend, Washington. This area has many well-preserved late 19th-century buildings, owing to a building boom and crash in the 1880s.
4.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Fort Casey, Whidbey Island
118 min walk • Fort Casey State Park is located on Whidbey Island, in Island County, Washington state. It is a Washington state park and a historic district within the U.S. Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve.
4.7 miNE
Protected area
Admiralty Inlet Natural Area Preserve, Coupeville
119 min walk • Admiralty Inlet Natural Area Preserve in Island County, Washington is part of the Washington Natural Areas Program. It lies along Admiralty Inlet within Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve on land owned by the Whidbey Camano Land Trust with a conservation easement owned by the Washington Department of Natural Resources.

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Which popular attractions are close to Fort Worden?

Nearby attractions include Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum, Port Townsend (9 min walk), Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Port Townsend (9 min walk), Point Wilson Lighthouse, Greenbank (21 min walk).