Jacobs Point Park
Anderson Island, WA
Jacobs Point Park is an 82-acre Anderson Island park on the former Jacobs family homestead, combining forest, wetlands, and beach, reached by the same Pierce County ferry as Andy's Marine Park nearby but from a separate trailhead. It's a quieter, less documented stop than its neighbor, real and public but light on specifics beyond the basic trail access.
Real and public, genuinely combining forest, wetland, and beach, though thinly documented enough that it rewards someone already headed to the island.
How we score beachesPair it with a visit to Andy's Marine Park on the same ferry trip; the two are close enough to combine into one Anderson Island beach day.
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