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Scenic Beach State Park

west of Seabeck, Washington

visited 13 November 2021

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Located on the Hood Canal, several miles west of Silverdale, Scenic Beach State Park offers hiking trails, camping, and … ah, yes … a beach!

A large bare deciduous tree stands on a green lawn at Scenic Beach State Park, flanked by tall evergreen firs, with a wooden gazebo and a white building nearby and a calm bay backed by fog-shrouded mountains under a dramatic cloudy purple-blue sky.

One of the fun attractions in this park is the Emel House, built in 1912, and now used for private events (weddings, etc.) and for local community organization meetings. It’s intriguing to imagine the view when this was a truly remote location.

The house wasn’t open when I visited the park, but I caught a few nice pictures through the windows.

Emel House

A manicured lawn and garden with two spiky potted plants flank a gravel path leading to a wooden split-rail fence overlooking calm water, with low fog hugging the base of forested mountains and a cloudy sky above.

A small rustic log cabin with an open covered porch sits in a mossy forest, its roof blanketed in green moss, ferns, and fallen reddish autumn leaves. A gravel clearing lies in front, with tall moss-covered trees and evergreens filling the background.

There are a few miles of hiking trails in this park. Aside from the occasional jogger, they were mostly deserted during my time here.

A narrow reddish-brown dirt trail covered in fallen conifer needles winds through a dense evergreen forest, flanked by low green shrubs and tall moss-covered tree trunks rising into the canopy.

A close-up of thick green moss draped over a tree branch in a damp forest, with strands hanging down and water droplets clinging to the growth. In the background, more moss-covered branches and tree trunks fade into a soft, dim woodland floor.

A network of exposed tree roots fanning out across a damp forest floor, surrounded by patches of bright green moss, scattered pine needles, small rocks, and low leafy plants at Scenic Beach State Park.

A narrow dirt footpath winds through a dense, mossy evergreen forest of tall conifers, flanked by ferns, low green shrubs, and underbrush under soft overcast light.

A damp, reddish-brown tree trunk draped in cascading strands of bright yellow-green moss, set against a lush, misty forest of ferns and tall conifers in the background.

Wet, decaying brown maple leaves pressed flat against the damp, weathered bark of a fallen log, with blurred autumn leaf litter and green ferns on the forest floor behind.

Slender reddish stems with glossy green serrated leaves trail across a thick carpet of moss covering a log or rock, scattered with fallen conifer needles.

Oh yes, the name of this park did include “Beach,” didn’t it?

Here is the view from said beach, looking roughly in the direction of Dosewallips State Park, which I visited almost a year ago as part of this project.

A wide panoramic view across calm gray water toward distant, cloud-capped mountains under an overcast sky, with a leaning tree and a rocky, pebbled shoreline framing the right side of the frame.

Large weathered driftwood stumps rest on a pebbly beach in the foreground, overlooking a calm gray body of water with misty, cloud-draped mountains across the far shore under an overcast sky.

A calm, grey body of water under an overcast sky, with low tree-covered hills and a forested point in the misty distance. A slender branch with scattered green and yellowing leaves arches across the top and right of the frame.

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