Public art, environmental restoration, walks and viewpoints that hint at the site’s significance and history make up the project at Cape Disappointment State Park. Artist Maya Lin created a design that shapes visitors’ experiences with subtlety and an artist’s use of local materials; Washington State Parks also partnered on the project.

In the artwork and along trails, texts from a Chinook song and from Corps of Discovery journals echo the significance of this place. On the estuary side of the park, a long curved viewing platform extends out from the water’s edge to offer a view of Baker’s Bay. Nearby, next to the boat launch, a large sculpted block of basalt forms a fish-cleaning table inscribed with a traditional Chinook origin story. On the way to the ocean side of the park, a trail leads to a circular installation of standing driftwood trunks among living trees.