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Illahee State Park
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Illahee State Park

Bremerton, Washington
visited 24 September 2021
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Tucked in the midst of Bremerton’s north side, Illahee State Park includes hiking trails through dense forest, camping sites, and access to the beach on Puget Sound.

I arrived on a sunny fall afternoon and explored the hiking trails and water’s edge.

A sunlit picnic table and metal grill stand in a clearing among tall cedar and fir trees at a forested campground, with dappled morning light falling on the leaf-littered ground and mossy tree trunks framing the scene.
A narrow dirt footpath winds through a lush evergreen forest lined with sword ferns, leading past a large moss-covered tree trunk in the foreground. Sunlight filters through the tall conifers, lighting the green undergrowth at Illahee State Park.
A fallen log covered in green moss lies on a forest floor, surrounded by lush sword ferns, with the mossy trunk of a standing tree in the background.
A narrow dirt and stone-step trail climbing through a dense, lush green forest, lined with sword ferns, ivy groundcover, and leafy shrubs beneath tall evergreen and deciduous trees with sunlight filtering through the canopy.
An empty asphalt waterfront parking lot bordered by a wooden rail fence overlooks calm blue water at Illahee State Park, with a large leafy tree and scattered yellow leaves in the foreground and a tree-lined shore with scattered houses in the distance under a clear deep-blue sky.
A weathered wooden bench sits beside a gravel trail that winds through a lush green forest of conifers, ivy, and dense undergrowth, with dappled morning sunlight filtering through the trees at Illahee State Park.
A long weathered wooden pier with railings stretches straight out across calm blue water toward the horizon, where forested hills rise under a clear deep-blue sky. Shadows from the railings cast long diagonal stripes across the planked walkway.
A large moss-dappled maple tree with a broad spreading canopy stands beside a sunlit paved path in a wooded park, with picnic tables and benches to the left and a grassy clearing bordered by dense green foliage to the right.
A concrete walkway leads through a wooded picnic area dappled with morning sunlight, passing a large tree trunk and a wooden rail fence, with scattered picnic tables and a small brown “Area Closed” sign among the green trees and grass.
A barnacle-encrusted driftwood log with gnarled roots lies on wet gray sand, draped with bright green seaweed, against a weathered dark wooden piling or bulkhead in the background at a low-tide beach.
Bright green strands of seaweed washed up and spread across smooth gray beach sand, with a few small white shells and footprints and boot prints pressed into the sand nearby.
A long flight of weathered concrete steps with a wooden handrail climbing uphill through a lush green forest, flanked by large sword ferns and tall trees in the dappled morning light at Illahee State Park.

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