Special programs Mayflower - 400th Anniversary Walk CC: Grays Harbor County

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Event comments

Check maps for location of restrooms. State and Local Challenge: 39 Counties (Grays Harbor County); Frontline Heroes - Sustenance Providers (market on 10K route). OTSVA: J, M, N, O, P. Damon Point feels wild, remote, free, and in its windswept way incredibly beautiful. Relatively crowded at entrance with families, fishers, surfers, kite surfers. But the walk is fairly people free with occasional other walkers or birders or photographers. Most of the route is between shoreline and dunes except for the remnant of the road you entered on that once connected to a (long vanished) picnic area on the dunes. The 11k begins at Oyhut Bay resort which has a restaurant, restrooms and a small market. It meets up with the 5/8k routes at the entrance to Damon Point. Walk includes views of the Olympic Mountains, Mt. Rainier, North Bay, Chehalis River, Hoquiam and Westport, and the Pacific Ocean. Great spot for birders. In addition to smaller shore birds and gulls it is not uncommon to see eagles, herons, various hawks, pelicans and rarely - in winter - Snowy Owls. Keep your distance. Enjoy, but do not disturb birds and or any other animals you see. The shoreline is changing constantly and from walk to walk you can't expect the same conditions. Shoreline may be flat and wide, narrow and steep, covered with driftwood, rocky, muddy, packed sand, sandy sand. There is virtually no shelter, and the coast can be much cooler than inland. Be prepared to keep warm and dry in event of wind or rain. All that said most of the time it is a tranquil and beautiful shore walk, but the weather can be changeable.

Rating: 1C, Distance: 5, 8, 11km

Event information

Former island connected to mainland by sand spit at mouth of Grays Harbor. Pets are allowed only on very first part of the walk on island. Check tides, surf and weather before and on the day you take the walk at https://tides4fishing.com/us/washington/ocean-shores-point-brown#tides. Avoid this walk at times of high winds and storms- especially in conjunction with high tides - as it is possible for water to wash over narrow sections, cutting off access back to mainland.

Awards: IVV CREDIT ONLY

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Capitol Volkssport Club (AVA-0148)

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