WalkHidden gem
Dungeness Spit
Sequim, Washington
A five-mile sand spit walk to a working lighthouse in the rain shadow.
- Price
- Small refuge entry fee
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 4 hours
One of the longest natural sand spits in the US, in a refuge on the drier side of the Olympics. Walk the beach out to the New Dungeness Lighthouse, which has volunteer keepers in summer. Birds and harbor seals are common along the way.
Good to know
- Time the walk with the tide, high tide can leave you with little beach
- Allow four hours return for the lighthouse
- Best time
- Low tide, morning
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Sealed road to the refuge car park
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Toilets
The location is approximate. Check the official website before you go.
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