Mukilteo State Park is a very small, narrow Washington state park north of Mukilteo, Washington. It lies just south of the Washington State Ferry Terminal with ferry service to Whidbey Island. The island, which is easily visible from the shore, lies across a narow portion of Puget Sound. This is a list of Washington state parks, in the United States of America. ... Whidbey Island is an island in Puget Sound in Washington State, USA. It is home to an estimated 56,000 Whidbey Islanders or Islanders. It is located about 30 miles (50 km) north of Seattle, and lies between the Olympic Peninsula and the I-5 corridor of western Washington. ... Puget Sound Puget Sound is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ...
Mukilteo State Park has about 1500 feet of pebbley beach and includes a public boatlaunch, lighthouse and dock. Acoording to the Washington State Parks Service, "This is one of the few shores open to public use along the northern I-5 corridor".
It was at Mukilteo that the Point Elliott Treaty was signed between Governor Isaac Stevens and the chiefs of 22 Puget Sound tribes on January 22, 1855.
According to the Mukilteo Historical Society, the town became the first settled by Europeans in 1858 and was the county seat of Snohomish County from 1861 to 1867, when the city of Snohomish became the county seat.
The Mukilteopark area and pilings near the ferry dock are popular places for local divers, due to the diversity of sea life and presence of squid.
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