| Cutts Island Marine State Park | |
|---|---|
 Cutts (or Deadman's) Island | |
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| Location | Pierce County, Washington, United States |
| Nearest city | Gig Harbor, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°19′15″N122°41′13″W / 47.32083°N 122.68694°W /47.32083; -122.68694[1] |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3.0 m)[1] |
| Established | 1969[2] |
| Administered by | Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission |
| Website | Official website |
Cutts Island State Park is a public recreation area park comprising the entirety of two-acre (0.81 ha) Cutts Island inCarr Inlet inPierce County,Washington. The island is a clay butte with a stand of trees and a teardrop-shaped beach at low tide.[3] It sits one half-mile offshore fromKopachuck State Park and is accessible only by water and occasionally by sandbar at extremely low tide. Eight mooring buoys are available for boaters. Park activities include beachcombing and scuba diving.[4]
Cutts Island has also been known as "Crow Island," after the crows found in abundance on the island in 1792 by explorerPeter Puget, and "Scotts Island," after Thomas Scott, quartermaster of the1841 Wilkes expedition. The belief that the island served as a burial ground forNative American tribes who placed their dead in canoes in the forks of trees gave birth to the name "Deadman's Island." The origin of the name "Cutts Island" is unknown.[5]
