The Breazeale Interpretive Center is located at 10441 Bayview-Edison Rd. The Breazeale Interpretive Center is part of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System and is operated by the Department of Ecology. The Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, one of 23 such sites administered by NOAA, was designated in 1980, and the Breazeale Interpretive Center was opened to the public in 1982. Since then, well over a half-million people have visited the center to learn more about their coastal heritage and estuaries through exhibits, outdoor trails and signs, and educational programs. The ALEA grants enable communities to develop or improve public access to state waters.
ALEA funding comes from leases on state aquatic lands and resources, such as geoduck harvesting.
DNR manages 2.4 million acres of submerged salt- and freshwater lands and beaches as a public trust for all the people of Washington. You are now on State Highway 20. Continue traveling west approximately four miles until you reach a stop light which has the Farmhouse Inn restaurant and a Texaco service station on the left. Turn right onto Bayview-Edison Road and continue for approximately four miles.