Kitsap Memorial State Park
Poulsbo, WA
Kitsap Memorial State Park sits on Hood Canal near Lofall, a 58-acre camping park with 1,797 feet of shoreline and a sandy beach with real tide pools, starfish, chitons, crabs, and limpets among them. A grassy lawn and the Log Hall heritage building make this a popular wedding and event venue alongside its camping use.
A solid sandy Hood Canal beach with real tidepooling and genuine event-venue character, well equipped for camping too.
How we score beachesCheck tide tables before a beach visit; high tide submerges much of the sand here, so timing matters more than at some other Hood Canal parks.
A Discover Pass is required.
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