Sherman Pass Scenic Byway
Curlew State Park, WA

Located near the Stonerose fossil dig, this state park is a 123-acre camping park. It is one of the most relaxing campgrounds in the state, offering water- and snow-sport activity, trout and bass fishing (night fishing as well), water- and jet-skiing, as well as natural-history and archaeological study. The park is rife with history. Geologists indicate that this area was a large fault zone. Hence there are many mineral mines in the area. It was also a summer camp for some of the regional Indian tribes. In one section, indigenous pestle was found. In another, discarded shells of freshwater clams lie close by an ancient fire ring.

The park is also home to a variety of birds and animals. Throughout most of the summer months, bald eagles, hawks, and falcons hunt from the skies, while ducks and geese raise their young in the deep blue waters of Curlew Lake. The park is also close to a small island where a pair of osprey raise their young; visitors often have the chance to watch osprey fishing in the waters adjacent to the park.