HIKING, 3/4 MILE SALTWATER BEACH AND TIDAL INLET
FACILITIES:
81 acres of woodlands and a tidal inlet and 3/4 mile public beach.
The park is only accessible by a 1 mile trail from a trailhead and parking area located on Clausen Road - or by water.
Portable toilets are in parking lot (year-round), 2nd near beach (seasonal)
The partially looped trail winds through a heavily wooded area with many signed native plants and trees.
The trail leads to a beautiful tidal inlet that is a salmon
nursery area and includes a 3/4 mile public beach with driftwood, shells, rocks and aquatic life.
The sand and gravel spit within the Marine Park is also a Washington Watertrails Campsite that is only available by reservation through the Parks District.
RULES
No dogs permitted on or off leashes except for Assist animals.
Removal of "treasures" from the beach and trail whether living or dead and plant or animal is
not permitted. The only exception is the picking of blackberries or huckleberry's. This is a
sensitive environment. Even broken shells and stones provide protection, or a home.
Hunting and discharge of firearms or us of bows and arrows is not allowed.
Consumption of alchol and use of non-perscription non-over-the-counter drugs is prohibited.
CAUTIONS
Portions of the trail near the lagoon are challenging due to steepness.
There is poison oak within touching and stepping distance of the trail in proximity of the steps.
LOCATION:
The park is only accessible by trail from a trailhead and parking area located on Clausen Road or by water.
HISTORY:
The core of the park was the gift of Andrew Anderson (1895-1975), a true visionary concerned with the preservation of the way of life we cherish on our island.
Twentyone acres were added on the north end of this park in 2008 courtesy of a Conservation Futures grant with the support of the Cascade Land Conservancy.