White Island Wildlife Area
Managed by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Photo: Pete Forsyth · CC BY 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Puget Island
Few parks or trails are on the map in Puget Island
3 acres are parks and preserves, 3.1 per 1,000 residents. 24% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Puget Island, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
24 acres · of 7.6 sq mi of land
Trails
1.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
3.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
24%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 beach · 1 boat launch
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Puget Island have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Puget Island is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Puget Island’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical WA town 4% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · WA 0.8 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land3.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · WA 11 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home24% of residents within a half mile of a park · WA 92% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 15%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Puget Island. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Buffington Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
24 conserved acres
1% of Puget Island’s land. Who manages Puget Island’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits20 ac
State fish & wildlife9 ac
Private Conservation · 20 acState Conservation Area · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puget Island Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 20 | Closed |
| Mount Saint Helens-Shillapoo Wildlife Area Complex State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 5 | Restricted |
| White Island State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 5 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Puget Island
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Puget Island
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Boat launches in Puget Island
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
The best walking months in Puget Island: May to September
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 61 | 53 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 10.3 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 10.9 |
July is the driest month (0.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 71 °F). 10.9 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Puget Island →
Questions about parks and trails in Puget Island
How much of Puget Island is conserved land?
1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Washington town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Puget Island’s trails?
White Island Wildlife Area and Svensen Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Puget Island?
76,230 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Puget Island or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 294 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Puget Island have?
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Puget Island neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →