Fourth adventure stop today was a quick one. This very small park has a campground, boat launch, fishing pier, and a short, but very steep, hiking trail. You can park up top and hike down to the pier and small beach, or drive down and park below. Flush toilets are available.

I am hiking all this month to raise funds and awareness for WTA so that the trails can be enjoyed by future generations. If you would like to contribute, any amount helps.
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This hike was pretty good for all involved, even our kids (6.5 and 4) who enjoyed trying to count the steps each time we did the hike. It varied between 145-167 depending on who was counting and if roots were counted as steps. It can be pretty steep coming back up, but if you take your time you'll be fine. Additionally, depending on where you start from, the distance can vary as we were staying in the campground and it ended up being a two mile round trip, but if you are starting in one of the parking lots, obviously your trip will be shorter. No bugs or obstacles and the trail was well kept.

I had a magical experience today while enjoying the trails up from the beach and through the forest at the top of the plateau.  More than one Bard Owl was hooting back and forth high in the trees, and eventually they presented themselves - all 3 of them!  They were flying back and forth amongst the trees and proudly standing in full view as they hooted away at each other.  I hear them frequently but this was only the second time that I've ever seen an owl in the wild!

Beautiful, easy hike that wasn't too busy. Its a dog friendly trail and most pick up after them but some leave the full bags behind. Found some moss/tree art someone built. It was cute and all but I took it down and put it back in the woods. Parts of the trail are active restoration areas, please don't remove moss and berries to make a face on a tree.

This is a little gem of a state park just two miles from downtown Bremerton.  I love the 1/2 mile (roundtrip) trail that climbs 200' up through the forest from the beach to the 1/2 mile loop and trails on top of the plateau.  The long pier facing out towards Bainbridge Island has lots of anemone and crabs on the pilings out at the end.  The beach (disappears during high tide!) is a great place walk and watch the birds and periodic seals.