Activity
8 listings
- Furford Cranberry MuseumA small museum in a 1933 hall on Highway 105, built around Julius Furford's cranberry picker and the coast's…
- Grayland Community HallThe community hall on Cranberry Road, built by the Finnish settlers who started Grayland's cranberry farms…
- International Mermaid MuseumA small museum on the Westport Winery grounds that uses mermaid stories from cultures worldwide to explain…
- Johns River Boat LaunchA state water-access site with a ramp and loading platform — the way onto Johns River and the south side of…
- Westport AquariumA small, hands-on aquarium in the marina district, running since 1957, with touch tanks and fish you feed…
- Westport Go-CartsA seasonal outdoor go-kart track in Westport — the reliable answer when the beach has stopped working on the…
- Westport WineryA winery and garden resort between Aberdeen and Westport, with outdoor sculpture gardens, a restaurant and…
- Willapa Grange HallNorth Willapa Harbor Grange 947 in Grayland — a working farm-community hall that still meets, and still rents…
Beach & Shore
5 listings
- Bottle Beach State ParkA day-use park on the south shore of Grays Harbor, built around one thing: watching migrating shorebirds work…
- Grayland Beach State ParkA wide, wild Grayland beach known for beachcombing, razor clams, and the winter glass-float hunt.
- Half Moon BayThe crescent of beach inside the jetty, known locally as The Cove. It is the best-known break on this coast…
- Westhaven State ParkA 79-acre day-use beach beside the jetty. The break at the north end is the best known in the state; the open…
- Westport Light State ParkA day-use beach below the Grays Harbor Lighthouse, linked to Westhaven by the paved Dune Trail.
Hidden Gem
4 listings
- Ocosta Recreation HallIn 1890 the Northern Pacific chose this spot on the harbor's south shore as its terminus. Within three years…
- Reichenberger FarmA working family cranberry farm in Grayland, and one of the bogs that opens to visitors at harvest.
- TokelandA hundred-odd people on a point at the mouth of Willapa Bay, carrying the name of the Shoalwater Bay leader…
- Washaway BeachNorth Cove has been losing roughly a hundred feet of land a year for over a century. What is left is one of…
Landmark
9 listings
- Grays Harbor LighthouseWestport's landmark 107-foot lighthouse, first lit in 1898 and still standing watch over the South Beach.
- Johns River Pioneer CemeteryA small pioneer burial ground in the Johns River valley, reached on foot along an old roadbed.
- North Cove Pioneer CemeteryA pioneer burial ground on Highway 105 that had to be moved after the sea reached the original site.
- Ocosta CemeteryA small country cemetery above the south shore of Grays Harbor, holding the families who settled the Ocosta…
- Point ChehalisThe peninsula at the mouth of Grays Harbor — the reason there is a lighthouse, a lifesaving station and a…
- Tokeland HotelBuilt in 1885 on Toke Point, the Tokeland Hotel is the oldest continuously operating hotel in Washington and…
- Tokeland MarinaA small port marina at the north end of Willapa Bay, with a public fishing pier, a boat ramp and a Dungeness…
- Westport Maritime MuseumWestport's museum lives in the old Coast Guard station, and the first-order Fresnel lens from Destruction…
- Willapa Bay Lighthouse SiteCape Shoalwater carried one of Washington's first lighthouses from 1858 until the ocean got close enough that…
Monument
1 listing
Park & Nature
2 listings
- Twin Harbors State ParkA popular state park between Westport and Grayland with camping, beach access, and razor clamming.
- Willapa BayThe big shallow bay behind the Tokeland point, where a large share of the country's farmed oysters are grown.
Photo Spot
2 listings
- Petite MargueriteAnother of the North Cove photo stations. Same idea, different spot on the shore: shoot through the opening…
- Steely VanOne of the sheet-metal photo stations along the North Cove shore. Frame your phone in the opening and your…
Trail / Walk
3 listings
- Johns River TrailHalf a mile of flat, wheelchair-accessible path along an old dike, running out through the Johns River delta…
- Shifting Sands Nature TrailThe short interpretive loop at Twin Harbors that runs from shore pine forest out into the open dunes.
- Westport Light Dune TrailA flat, paved 1.3-mile trail through the dunes linking Westport Light and Westhaven state parks — walk, bike…
Viewpoint
3 listings
- Fisherman's BoardwalkThe public walkway along Westport's working marina, where the charter fleet ties up and the day's catch comes…
- Westport JettyThe rock jetty guarding the harbor mouth — a free front-row seat for crashing waves, migrating whales, and…
- Westport Observation TowerA free observation tower at the marina with panoramic views of the boat basin, the harbor mouth, and the open…
Walking Tour
1 listing
- Street of FlagsThe flag line and memorial wall at Veterans Memorial Park, where the town holds its Memorial Day and Veterans…