scenic beach state park

In town for work and was luckily recommended to visit this spot. Well worth the visit. Was impressed by the view. Breathtaking.

A great place to relax and enjoy a view of the canal and Olympic mountains. Very scenic with snow on the mountains in the winter and changing colors in the fall.

I spent a day here hiking around. Lovely place to be in nature without having to far to go! Next time I think I will try camping. You do need a state park pass to get in but these are not much for all the beauty you get.

We selected Scenic Beach State Park after weeks of trying to find a place to satisfy everyone. This didn't meet the requirements of everyone, but after our trip (3rd weekend in August) everyone wants to go back. Some highlights of the campgrounds:• Great volunteers who maintained the grounds daily. • The sites we chose (9 and 11) were pretty spacious. • We were close to a water spigot and not too far from the restrooms. • All sites seemed pretty close to one of the restrooms.• Showers in the restroom. You have to get tokens at the main entrance. 2 tokens for $1. 1 token = 3mins hot water.• The road is paved.• The sites have good privacy. You're surrounded by majestic towering trees. This also provides good shade.• Not close to noisy roads.• Not bear country.• Saw maybe a handful of yellow jackets. Don't recall mosquitoes (and they live me).• Can buy firewood from the ranger (although they ran out).One lowlight: Apparently we went during termite mating season? A tree on our site had many flying termites that we're annoying. Citronella didn't bother them.Beach and park area:• It wasn't a far walk to the beach. You could also drive. Just put your camping parking pass (or whatever valid parking pass you have) on your dash. • There's a gazebo for events and a rhododendron garden. • It's a rocky beach but fun for kids to turn over the rocks to find little crab. There are oyster shells everywhere probably from birds discarding them. Otherwise, there are times when people can harvest oysters (not sure when).• Fishing isn't great unless you have a boat. We cast our reels a few times and just lost our hooks in the rocks (not that we're master fishermen). You might be better off fishing in the town of Seabeck which also is a good place to cast crabs pots. Overall this is a nice place to car camp. Beginners and people who say they don't like to camp would enjoy it. I had given up on camping because of poor nights of sleep with wind and hard ground. We didn't experience any wind and we bought air mattresses which solved the hard ground issue. Our friend had a cot. Another family had an inflatable pull out sofa equipped with cup holders! We were just shy of glamping. Some of us even had cell service!

My family and I visited this park for the first time this summer and we were pleasantly surprised. I typically camp along the ocean, but gave this park a shot. We stayed in site 49, which was a pull through site. We had two large tents, and ended up with four vehicles at any given time. The space in the actual campsite is pretty small, but beautifully surrounded by native vegetation and towering trees. The amount of space it lacked for tents, it made up for with the pull through driveway. We ended up putting one large tent on the driveway and one in the campsite. We easily had room for all four cars, and could have fit more. The park staff were incredibly kind, and only charged us for our extra cars for one night, instead of every night like they should have. The bathrooms were only a short walk away, but the beach was quite a hike. Be aware of the tide schedules, because you can easily find yourself on the beach, when there's no beach left! We had hoped to find oysters and clams on the beach, but fishing was closed because of low population numbers. The water was crystal clear (something I don't find very often on Hood Canal) and so nice to sink your feet into! There were two lovely playgrounds and many trails to explore. We were very happy with our weekend here and will be coming back soon!

We go to this state park once a year with family and have a cookout. We often go on a weekday when and it is not crowded. There are fire pits and a shelter. You can walk down to the water and swim if you want, on the rocky beach.A bonus is there is a local place to get firewood and they are now selling pies which you can order and then they will deliver it to you at the park!The views across Good Canal are amazing.

We camped here for the July 4th weekend and were really surprised at how nice the place is. We stayed in site 1, which I would highly recommend if you don't want to make eye contact with camp neighbors. The site was gravel that had been raked evenly, campsite was clean. It was a little bit of a walk to the bathroom but the bathroom very clean and even smelled good! I did not see any pit toilets here, all the bathrooms had toilets and showers, the bathroom in the day use area had the biggest shower area with 4 shower stalls. If you come here for the 4th Seabeck has a nice down home firework display where everyone brings their fireworks to one area to light. Parking is very limited and on a thin strip. Be prepared to park and walk or get down there early. We also watched some fireworks that were happening across hood canal. When we walked back to our site we met the rangers, who were probably touring the area to make sure that no one lit fireworks in a state park. Overall a great park. For tent camping the best ones are 1-9, a lot of the higher number sites with pull through driveways seem more suited for 5th wheels, small tent space suited better for dining not camping. (My son would like to add that He liked the two playgrounds.) Finally, bring earplugs. The warbler is here, and he does. not. stop.

My wife and I have been here several times and we are amazed at how beautiful it is each time. The park has covered eating areas, nice bathrooms, grills for cooking, a playground, and a volleyballl court. There are trails that you can walk on throughout the forest and you have access to the water. We were there for a birthday party last week and we had a great time. I'm surprised that more people don't know about this place because it is incredible. If you are looking for a great place to have lunch or dinner and you want to be outdoors but away from everything, you really need to try this park.

We were here August 2013 for a friends wedding.The whole place was stunning. We camped as a group, so we got to continue on the party till the late hours.The wedding location is beautiful, overlooking the mountains and waters. The weather was perfect. We had our breakfast on the beach after a walk.A really beautiful place, the campsite is well maintained and the facilities are clean, with changing rooms and showers.

My sister-in-law got married at the Emil House area in Scenic Beach State Park. The park is easy to find and not far from Silverdale. The view across Hood Canal is priceless. On a day that was supposed to rain a lot, it only rained a little before the sun came out. Hail the Olympic Rain Shadow. The Emil House doesn't have a toilet, but a working kitchen. The restrooms are up the hill, highway rest-stop style. They were very clean on the men's side. The grounds in the area of the park are vast and easily accommodated the 50 guests with room for wanderings. The only complaint is that the hillside slopes toward The Sound, and makes your dining room and tents tilt a bit. There's no flat spot to set up here. Great place for a wedding party.

We have been looking for nice, quiet places to get away to that doesn't take more than a half a days drive to get to for camping. Scenic Beach State park is the place to be. Wonderful campsites, bathrooms with showers and enjoyable trails to explore. Close to Silverdale, so if you forgot anything, no worries. Also down the road is a quaint little general store and cafe. Had a wonderful and park staff were very helpful and accommodating..will go again soon!!!

Scenic Beach State Park is one of the most popular parks in the Washington State System. It has a good number of improved camping sites, but fills fast, especially on holidays, It is on Hood Canal, and within 2 miles of one of the few boat launching sites on the Canal at Misery Point. (Very difficult launch site.) Since there is a entrance fee for the park, many multicar campers park their extra cars along side the road just outside the entrance, which is a very short shortcut to the camp sites. Make a reservation if you don't want to be disappointed in getting a camp site.

The park is very nice and clean. We need to pay $10 for a day, which we did not mind.If you are planning to seat by the shore, bring a small picknick chair, it's rocky and the towels get wet very fast.You can spend the day there, relaxing. After we walked more inside the park and seat under a tree, it was just great! And that day we were lucky with the weather (27C)

It's a wonderful woodsy park with a nice beach and an awesome view across the canal. They have the old homestead house on the property that they rent out for parties/weddings. It's beautiful here!

As other reviewers mentioned, this is how a state park should be! This was by far the cleanest, quietest, and most private campground we have been to. To be honest, we didn't see a bad site in the whole place. It appeared that every site had quite a lot of privacy which is extremely rare in a state park. Park rangers and camp hosts were very friendly and offered up some things to do in the area. It's a short walk down the hill to the water, where you'll find some trails, the Emel House (which we didn't see much), and play area for the kids. Of all the things we did during our stay, hands down it was overturning rocks on the beach and looking for crabs that our kids enjoyed most. A couple of miles from the campground you'll find the nearby tiny town of Seabeck that has a small store with basic items, a small pizza place (very good food), an art Gallery, and a coffee shop. What else could you need when away from home? On a scale of 1 to 10 for a state park, i'd have to give it a 9 or 10. We had a very relaxing time unplugging from the normal grind!