North Shi Shi Beach Access - Point of Arches

The trailhead has been moved in the last few years, different from that in (our) older editions of 100 hikes in the S. Cascades and Olympics. There is a free (once you pay the $10 annual recreation fee for being on the rez) parking lot and pit toilets at the new trailhead. There are several local residences up the road that will protect your car for a fee if you are backpacking overnight. We did OK with the day use parking lot at the trailhead. The first mile is a wonderful boardwalk, the second mile was a succession of mudholes along the abandoned road, despite the record dry summer. I'd hate to see this trail is a wet year.
  The beach walk is glorious. If you have read your tide tables correctly you can pass Point of the Arches at low tide to reach another wonderful beach. We watched a mother sea otter and kit play in the tide pools, then run up the beach 20 feet from our nap site.
  We stayed overnight at Hobuck's Campground near the trailhead, mobbed on the summer weekend. Funky place with a few good sites near the beach...but the only tent campground in town.