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Loomis Lake State Park
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Loomis Lake State Park

north of Long Beach, Washington
visited 23 January 2022
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The sign that greets you at the parking lot for this park starts with the heading, “So where’s the lake?” And there begins the irony of this park.

Loomis Lake State Park is actually two separate properties: one that includes a narrow slice of ocean shoreline accessible via State Route 103, and another, located on its namesake lake that’s accessible via … Oh never mind. It’s not (yet?) accessible to the public.

So, for now, Loomis Lake is a state park without a lake.

My partner and I explored the short trail from the road to the lakeshore. Here’s what we found on a cool but sunny Sunday afternoon:

A narrow dirt and gravel trail scattered with pine needles winds through a coastal evergreen forest, flanked by moss-covered pine trunks, dry pale grasses, and patches of green moss under an overcast sky.
A weathered wooden observation deck with railings and low benches, surrounded by tall dune grass and green pine trees under a clear deep-blue sky.
A sandy trail winds between young pine trees and dry golden grasses under a clear blue sky at a coastal dune park, with low hills visible in the distance.
A sandy footpath lined with golden dune grass leads through two weathered wooden posts toward the ocean under a mostly clear blue sky with wispy clouds.
A low sand dune covered with dry golden beach grass under a vivid deep blue sky streaked with wispy cirrus clouds, with scattered driftwood on the pale sand in the foreground.
A weathered piece of driftwood lies on a wide, rippled expanse of gray sand dotted with footprints, with golden dune grass along the horizon under a clear blue sky.
A long, curved piece of driftwood or exposed root lies partly buried in rippled gray beach sand, casting a shadow in the low afternoon light. Scattered footprints, animal tracks, and bits of dried grass mark the sand around it.
A wide, flat expanse of dark wet sand along the ocean at low tide under a clear blue sky, with gentle white-capped waves breaking on the left and low dunes rising on the far right. A tiny distant figure walks in the shallow surf near the horizon.
A wide sandy beach where a thin wave of white sea foam sweeps up over the wet dark sand, leaving lacy patches and scattered footprints, under a clear blue sky with gentle rolling surf on the ocean beyond.
An elongated seashell resting on rippled wet sand at the beach, casting a long shadow in the low afternoon sunlight. The shell shows brown and pale banded ridges with a bluish interior edge.

For more information:

  • State Parks web site (For extra fun points, this park is not listed on the state parks web site. I found out about it rather by accident by looking at a locally-published map.)

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