Millersylvania State Park

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Millersylvania is an 842 acre (3.4 km²) park 10 miles (16 km) south of Olympia, Washington. The park has 6 miles of trails (including the 1 mile fitness trail), old-growth cedar and fir trees, and also features camping and 3,300 feet (1 km) of freshwater shoreline on Deep Lake.

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The area was homesteaded by Squire Lathum in 1855 before being sold to John Miller. The park was called "Miller's Glade" by the Miller family, who later changed the name to "Millersylvania." Miller's family gave the property to the state in 1921, stipulating that the land must forever be used as a park.

Millersylvania's buildings were constructed in 1935 almost entirely by hand by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Relics of a narrow-gauge railroad, and several skid roads used in the 1800s by the logging industry, remain on park grounds. Stumps of trees still carry notch scars where springboards supported brawny loggers.

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Coordinates: 46°54′39.2″N, 122°54′45.5″W

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