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Park Overview
 Sequim Bay
State Park is a year-round, 92-acre marine camping park with 4,909 feet of
saltwater coast in the Sequim "rainshadow," just inside Puget Sound on the
Olympic Peninsula. The bay is calm, the air is dry and interpretive
opportunities await visitors.
A vehicle parking permit is no longer required for day visits.
Park Hours Summer: 8a.m. to dusk.
Winter: 8 a.m. to dusk.
The park is open year round for camping and day use. Some campsites are closed
in winter.
Camping:
Check-in time, 2:30 p.m.
Check-out time, 1 p.m.
Quiet hours: 10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.
Driving Directions Located about three miles southeast of Sequim, Wash.,
on Hwy. 101 and Sequim Bay.
From Sequim:
Drive three miles southeast on Hwy. 101.
Picnic Facilities The park provides two kitchen shelters without electricity,
plus 20 sheltered and 15 unsheltered picnic tables. Facilities are reservable.
The upper kitchen shelter is near swings, horseshoe pits and a tunnel that
connects to a baseball field and tennis courts. The lower shelter has a view of
Sequim Bay.
To reserve, call (888) CAMPOUT or (888) 226-7688.
Activities
| Trails |
Water Activities |
Other |
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- Boating (saltwater)
- 424 feet of moorage (saltwater)
- Personal Watercraft (saltwater)
- Swimming (saltwater)
- Clamming
- Crabbing
- Oysters
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- 1 Amphitheater
- 1 Baseball Field
- 1 Basketball Court
- Beachcombing
- Bird Watching
- Interpretive Activities
- 1 Softball Field
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A tennis court is available.
Boating FeaturesThe park has 424 feet of summer moorage (removed in winter).
Moorage fees are charged year-round for mooring at docks, floats and buoys from
1 p.m. to 8 a.m.:
-Daily moorage fee is 50 cents per foot, with a minimum of $10.
-Moorage buoys, $10 a night.
-Annual moorage permit fee is $3.50 per foot, with a minimum of $50.
Moorage permits are available at parks offering moorage. For information, call
(360) 902-8844.
Telephone Device for the Deaf, (360) 664-3133.
Winter Recreation
Featured Creatures
| Mammals |
Birds |
Fish & Sea Life |
- Bears
- Bobcats
- Chipmunks
- Coyotes
- Deer or Elk
- Foxes
- Otters
- Rabbits
- Raccoons
- Skunks
- Squirrels
- Weasels
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- Crows or Ravens
- Doves or Pigeons
- Ducks
- Eagles
- Geese
- Grouse
- Gulls
- Hawks
- Herons
- Hummingbirds
- Jays
- Owls
- Quail
- Snipes
- Woodpeckers
- Wrens
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- Clams
- Crabs
- Mussels
- Octopuses
- Oysters
- Scallops
- Sea Birds
- Sea Cucumbers
- Seals
- Shellfish
- Shrimp
- Squid
- Starfish
- Cod
- Salmon
- Shark
- Trout
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Environmental Features
| Physical Features |
Plant Life |
Special |
| Sequim is in the heart of
Washington's "rain shadow," a region with markedly less rainfall
than that of the surrounding area. Sequim's average annual
rainfall is 17 inches. |
- Cedar
- Douglas Fir
- Hemlock
- Yew
- Alder
- Apple
- Maple
- Rhododendron
- Rose
- Berries
- Eel Grass
- Ferns
- Moss or Lichens
- Seaweed
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History "Sequim" is a Native American word for "quiet waters." Two natural
overlapping sandbars protect the bay waters from the rough waves and currents of
the Strait of Juan de Fuca. These same sandbars also protected the area from
discovery by the first three expeditions that ventured into the Puget Sound. |
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