Fay Bainbridge Park
Bainbridge Island, WA
Fay Bainbridge Park sits at the northeast corner of Bainbridge Island, a 17-acre marine park with mixed sand and rocky beach and 1,420 feet of Puget Sound shoreline. On a clear day the views stretch to the Cascades, Mt. Rainier, and Mt. Baker all at once, and campsites with fire rings make it a real overnight option too.
Real, well documented, and distinctive for the rare three-mountain view on a clear day, a genuine camping-beach combo.
How we score beachesClear days are genuinely rare enough here that when the mountains are all visible at once, it's worth pausing the beach walk just to take it in.
Clear days for the mountain views are most common in late summer and early fall.
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