Andy's Marine Park
Anderson Island, WA
Andy's Marine Park sits on Anderson Island, reachable only by the Pierce County ferry, about 20 acres reached via a roughly one mile trail network ending at a tidal inlet and salmon nursery area with three quarters of a mile of public beach. Driftwood, shells, and tide pool life line the shore, genuinely remote for how close it sits to the mainland.
Real and distinctive for the salmon nursery inlet, though the ferry and trail combination make it a genuinely remote, effort-required destination.
How we score beachesPets are not allowed here; it's managed as an environmentally sensitive area specifically because of the salmon nursery inlet.
Pets are not allowed.
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