Bowman Bay parking lot and trail access are CLOSED for at least a week. Check before heading this way. No access from Rosario Beach through Bowman Bay parking lot or acroos beach to Lighthouse Point right now.

Bowman Bay parking lot and trail access are CLOSED for at least a week. Check before heading this way. No access from Rosario Beach through Bowman Bay parking lot or acroos beach to Lighthouse Point right now.

Heads up, Gaia and Caltopo show a trail around the perimeter of Lighthouse Point running east of Reservation Head, but it only goes about 0.15 miles east of Reservation Head before the trail turns back south to meet up with the Lighthouse Point loop trail. I didn't see any sign of a trail that would continue parallel to the shoreline as shown on these maps. There's not much in terms of views on this part of the trail; I'd suggest sticking to the official Lighthouse Point Loop trail honestly.

The park is currently open from 8AM until dusk. The Bowman Bay campgrounds (and road into the campgrounds) are closed for the winter, though you can still walk through them from the boat launch parking lot.

I started at the parking lot for the Bowman Bay boat launch and hiked the Rosario Head, Lighthouse Point, and Lottie Point trails, then went up to HWY 20 and walked across the bridge and back.  There was one large puddle of standing water on the Bowman Bay road, but it only blocked the westbound lane, and was easy to drive around.

Got to the TH a little after 9AM and there was plenty of parking available.  Lot holds about 60 cars depending on how tightly people park.  After hiking the Rosario Head trail I was walking back across the lot around 10AM on my way to Lighthouse Point and there was still plenty of parking. Around noon I was at a point on the trail where I could look across the water and see the lot, and at that point it looked to be mostly full.

There is a small restroom building at the TH. There are two single-person rooms in the same building; door to one faces the parking and the door to the other is on the opposite side of the building.  Most people didn't seem to realize there were two restrooms there, so if the front one is busy try the back.  Both had TP, though the back bathroom's soap dispenser seemed to be broken so might want to bring hand sanitizer if using that one.

The wooden fishing pier is closed; there was damage to several of the piers supporting it (at least one was completely gone) and it was sagging significantly. There were also floorboards missing, though I assume those were deliberately removed to try to discourage people from hopping the fence and walking across a structurally dangerous pier.

There were quite a few trees down across the trails, though all were easy to step over (or duck under in one case).  There was one roughly 14-inches on the trail from the Bowman Bay dock to Rosario Head about half a mile from the parking lot; this one was diagonally leaning across the trail.  There were several along the western part of the Lighthouse Point loop (between Lighthouse Point and Reservation Head) ranging from about 12-inches to 4-inches; all were lying flat on the trail and easily stepped over.  I don't think many people use this part of the trail as it was far brushier than the eastern part of the trail (also rootier and rockier - would not recommend for small kids).  The Lottie Point loop trail had a tree about 10-inches on the western part of the loop about 230 ft from where the trail splits. There was also a 4-inch diameter tree hanging perpendicular over the trail along the center part of the loop trail; this one could be fairly easily ducked under.  The trail up to HWY 20 also had a couple small blowdowns on it, though again nothing that couldn't be easily stepped over.  Looks like someone is working on trail maintenance, as there was fresh sawdust on the trail near to some newly cut logs that had been over the trail.

The trails definitely got busier after noon, with lots of large groups out on the trails.  A lots of dogs, though only one was off leash.

If you're going to walk across the bridge, I'd suggest leaving your pack behind in your vehicle for that portion if possible.  There's not a lot of space for pedestrians on either side of the bridge to start with, and passing groups with a pack on makes things even more tight.

Went to Deception Pass, due to avalanche danger everywhere else, and did a number of the trails. They were all in good shape, no fallen trees. The wind was blowing hard and the water was high, but the sun came out and we felt some rays touch our vitamin D deprived skin. Always a good place to explore when access to the mountains is nil. 

This was an alternative hike after seeing the access road to Lily Lake closed.

I began at Bowman Bay and went over the short headland and then did the Lottie Bay Loop. When I came back to the junction I took the Light House House Trail and did a counter-clock wise loop with a few side trails for the views. There was not to much going on today but I did see more people out later on in the morning. The fresh water pond just north of Lottie Bay is frozen and also the pond on below the north end of the headland.

The trails are in good condition. I saw that there had been a few large trees removed recently from the Lottie Bay Loop.

The Deception Pass Headlands area was closed last week due to snow on the road and since there is another storm coming in you may want to check in advance about closures. An alternative last week was nearby Sharpe Park.