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Penrose Point State Park
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Penrose Point State Park

east of Lakebay, Washington
visited 10 July 2021
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Two miles of beaches? Many trails? What’s not to like! This is Penrose Point State Park, a perfect place for a visit on a sunny summer afternoon.

A long wooden pier on timber pilings stretches out over a calm bay at low tide, its reflection mirrored in the shallow water, with moored sailboats and small boats clustered near a floating dock in the distance. A forested shoreline rings the inlet under a clear blue sky, and a two-story marina building sits among the trees on the far shore.
A grassy gravel spit at low tide reaches toward a shoreline backed by dense evergreen forest at Penrose Point State Park near Lakebay, Washington, with the Lakebay Marina and moored sailboats visible on the left beneath a deep blue summer sky.
A broad tidal flat of pebbles, sand, and algae exposed at low tide along Mayo Cove at Penrose Point State Park, with a few small sailboats anchored in the calm water and a dense evergreen forest lining the far shore under a clear deep-blue summer sky.
A gravelly beach edge backed by dense green shrubbery and leaning trees with reddish bark at Penrose Point State Park, where cream-colored oceanspray blossoms drape over the foliage and weathered gray driftwood logs lie along the shoreline.
A large weathered driftwood log lies on a pebbly beach shaded by overhanging trees, with an old wooden bulkhead and a calm bay dotted with moored sailboats in the background under a clear blue summer sky.

As I was hiking along the beach, a seaplane came in for a landing. As best I could tell, they were just practicing. They took off again without ever fully stopping in the area.

A white floatplane flies low against a deep blue summer sky over a forested shoreline at Penrose Point State Park, where several sailboats and a motorboat sit anchored in a calm, shallow bay exposed at low tide.
A weathered tree stump with exposed, splayed roots draped in dark seaweed and green algae sits on a pebble-and-cobble beach exposed at low tide, with green shoreline trees in the background under bright midday sun.
A moss-covered, low-leaning tree with sprawling branches stretches horizontally across a gravel beach, its limbs nearly touching the ground at the edge of a dense green forest. Sunlight filters through the bright leafy canopy above, illuminating a steep bank of lush undergrowth behind the tree.
A rocky, exposed tidal flat in the foreground at low tide, with numerous sailboats and small boats moored in a calm blue bay. A forested shoreline sits low on the horizon beneath a clear, deep blue summer sky.
A large weathered driftwood log with a gnarled, partly charred root mass rests on a gravel beach at the base of an eroded sandy bluff, which is topped by grasses and clusters of bright yellow tansy flowers.
A large fallen tree with bleached, twisted bare branches and a dark root ball lies on a rocky, pebble-strewn beach, with a backdrop of dense green conifers and leafy trees under a clear blue sky.
A pebbly beach lined with tall evergreen trees and driftwood on the left, overlooking calm blue water under a clear bright sky, with a single white sailboat anchored offshore and a forested shoreline in the distance.
A dirt trailhead rising into a dense, sunlit green forest at Penrose Point State Park, marked by a brown hiker sign reading “Penrose Point State Park,” with weathered gray driftwood logs and a pale gravel beach in the foreground.
A narrow dirt trail winds through a dense, lush green forest, framed by overarching maple branches and flanked by sword ferns and thick undergrowth, with dappled afternoon sunlight filtering through the canopy.

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