- Created: December 4, 2023 12:21 am
- Updated: March 4, 2024 11:17 pm
- Distance 3.21 miles
- Time 0 s
- Speed 6 mph
- Min altitude 0 ft
- Peak 0 ft
- Climb 56 ft
- Descent 56 ft
- Distance Instructions
- Travel mode
- straight-line
Damon Point is a park in Ocean Shores that is on a small spit or peninsula. It's a great place for watching birds. One side faces the bay -- I found that side to be better for bird watching. The other, the ocean.
Parts of the middle of the park are bird nesting areas and are off-limits to the public during certain times of the year.
One caveat: the entrance to the park has a sign explaining that going out to the point may be impassable at certain times of day. Largely, it seems that this is because adjacent to the park there is a private marina and RV park that has "no trespassing" signs posted all over the place. When I first went, I found that I'd have to climb over quite a bit of rock to be able to walk out to the point and didn't want to do that with the camera gear I was carrying. I returned a low tide and found that I had much less climbing over rock to do.
I'd recommend going at low tide -- just be aware of the tides and take that into account for your trip back!
I drew this route up after the fact. I ALMOST walked out to the point, but thought I would be there "just a little bit" and didn't bring my water bottle. Make sure you bring your water!!!!
On an August day, I saw great blue herons, a great egret, a brant, a pelagic cormorant, brown pelicans, and, of course, seagulls.
It's better, here, to look at the satellite version of the map. The roadmap version doesn't show the sandy tip -- rest assured, I do not expect you to walk on water to do this walk. But, again, DO take into account tides and weather conditions.
1. Start/parking
This hike started and ended at the Damon Point parking lot. Note that to walk out to the point from here, you'll need to climb over some rocks AND there are times during high tide when it may not be accessible -- check your tide tables before you head out because you don't want to get stuck. I would also be cautious about weather.
Damon Point is a park in Ocean Shores that is on a small spit or peninsula. It’s a great place for watching birds. One side faces the bay — I found that side to be better for bird watching. The other, the ocean.
Parts of the middle of the park are bird nesting areas and are off-limits to the public during certain times of the year.
One caveat: the entrance to the park has a sign explaining that going out to the point may be impassable at certain times of day. Largely, it seems that this is because adjacent to the park there is a private marina and RV park that has “no trespassing” signs posted all over the place. When I first went, I found that I’d have to climb over quite a bit of rock to be able to walk out to the point and didn’t want to do that with the camera gear I was carrying. I returned a low tide and found that I had much less climbing over rock to do.
I’d recommend going at low tide — just be aware of the tides and take that into account for your trip back!
I drew this route up after the fact. I ALMOST walked out to the point, but thought I would be there “just a little bit” and didn’t bring my water bottle. Make sure you bring your water!!!!
On an August day, I saw great blue herons, a great egret, a brant, a pelagic cormorant, brown pelicans, and, of course, seagulls.
It’s better, here, to look at the satellite version of the map. The roadmap version doesn’t show the sandy tip — rest assured, I do not expect you to walk on water to do this walk. But, again, DO take into account tides and weather conditions.