Washington County is known for rich farmland, extensive forests and abundant public access waters.

Lake Phelps is 16,000 acres and is part of Pettigrew State Park in Creswell.

Somerset Place is a restored antebellum plantation and NC Historic Site on Lake Phelps.

[4] The Pungo Unit of the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in the southern part of the county is said to have the best public black bear viewing in North Carolina.

Washington County is a member of the Albemarle Commission regional council of governments.

Washington County was one of the proposed sites for a Navy outlying landing field.

Plans for construction have been scrapped due to public backlash and potential ecological impact.