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Pacific Pines State Park
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Pacific Pines State Park

Ocean Park, Washington
visited 6 August 2023
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Midway along the Long Beach Peninsula, Pacific Pines State Park offers access to the long, sandy beaches that typify southwest Washington’s coast.

This is a simple and small (10 acre) park. From the parking lot, there’s a short trail through a forest. The woods give way after a couple minutes to sand dunes and then the beach.

We visited on a blustery day and found a few other beach explorers and one intrepid fisherman in his hip-waders.

A narrow reddish-brown dirt footpath winds through a coastal forest of slender, moss-flecked pine trees, flanked by ferns and low green undergrowth under a pale overcast sky.
A narrow dirt footpath winds through coastal woodland, flanked by tall dune grasses on the left and dense green shrubs and shore pines on the right under an overcast sky.
A narrow sandy footpath winds through low dune vegetation, flanked by tall grasses and young shore pine trees, under an overcast gray sky at Pacific Pines State Park in Washington.
A sandy footpath winds up through grassy coastal dunes under a flat, overcast gray sky, with a single dark green pine tree standing alone on the right side of the frame.
A narrow sandy trail cuts through green and golden dune grass toward a wide, flat beach under a hazy gray overcast sky, where a few small figures walk near gentle surf along the ocean’s edge.
A wide, foggy beach with footprint-covered gray sand stretching toward a hazy ocean on the left, and low grass-topped dunes running along the right under a flat, overcast sky.
A sandy footpath winding through tall coastal dune grass under an overcast gray sky, with a low line of dark trees visible on the horizon at Pacific Pines State Park.
A sandy footpath climbs through beach grass over a coastal dune, leading toward two trail marker posts silhouetted against a pale, overcast gray sky.
A dew-covered spiderweb strung across a mound of bright green moss on a forest floor, its silk beaded with tiny water droplets. Fallen pine needles, twigs, and a weathered piece of wood surround the web, with a small green fern frond visible at the right.

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