After wrapping up a work party on the short trail that connects the campground to the beach and day use area, I went to check out the 1-mile "Trail to Success" loop (which was built in collaboration with the Denney Juvenile Justice Center), and stroll along the beach.

Road Conditions. Paved road and parking lot. Some of the facilities were closed for the season, but there was at least one open restroom with running water. There is a $10 fee for day use, but the rangers were bribed with donuts.

Trail Conditions. Nice, easy trail and pleasant forest. Lots of invasive plants, but it appears to be on the Snohomish County's Healthy Forest Project's radar.

Crowds. Some people set up in the campground, and a few cars in the day use parking lot.

This is a short writeup to document a staff work party at Kayak Point to get the trail to the water in shape for future visitors.

In the morning, the large group of WTA staffers who had stepped up to work that day spread gravel along the full length of the trail from the upper lot of Kayak Point to the water. Three of us cleared drains at the same time, then we took a break to enjoy the sun and have lunch together.

After lunch, a couple folks weeded the connection to a small bridge crossing a ditch to prepare it for the next day's work party while and six of us widened the trail near the bottom of the hill and two of us traded off grubbing out the drainages next to the staircase (muddy work!)

Since I was the one doing some of the drainage clearing, my only photos are from the morning and the stair work! But it's a gorgeous little trail and will be a really nice way to enjoy the park once it opens!

Like the main page states, there isn’t a lot of trails here, but that doesn’t mean there is nothing to see.

Took advantage of the surprisingly good weather by going to a beach we had never been to before.

Note - it does cost $10 to park and park rangers/staff were actively ticketing cars who did not pay. (Discover Pass does not work here, you can buy a Snohomish County Park Pass but we didn't look into the details of this.) The plus-side of paying for parking is that the beach was not super crowded like if you were to go to a beach in Seattle. 

We walked along with our doggo and baby in hiking backpack for about an hour on the beach. (We didn't go to the trails since that seemed to only go to the campsites and involved pretty steep-looking stairs.) Lucked out with low tide when we arrived around 1:30 pm. Lots of mussels, clams and little crabs to see! The nice thing was that the beach is pretty long so there were lots of "sand only" areas for dogs and kids to run around and play on. 

Lots of families having picnics at the picnic shelters along the beach. There is a large playground and two bathroom facilities. Used the facilities on the north end of the park, which were clean. All in all, lovely beach!

Taking care of what brought me north after my early morning adventure, I had time left in the day, so I decided to check out this park since it was close by. I parked up top in the overflow lot and took the 'Steep Trail' down. Where it reaches a T intersection I went right and down to the parking lot, and from there north to the walk-in picnic area where I found a nice driftwood seat and enjoyed some sunshine and peace and quiet.

On the way back I headed up the other part of the trail and discovered it had another branch going right, so I took that as well, traveling through some old growth trees before dropping to the parking lot again. Continuing South on the grass shoulder, I reached the campground trails and hiked all branches, coming out near the overflow parking lot to complete a loop. This will be a nice spot to bring the family for camping.