This is a beautiful park if you are looking for a quiet place to take a walk. Due to some mud, roots and rocks it's best to wear your hiking shoes. We enjoyed lunch at 2 Margaritas in Home.

My son asked if we could go hiking this weekend, and specifically asked for a beach. I wanted to stay close to home so we chose Penrose Point. This park was not busy at all on a Saturday morning.

There is a section of the trail that is closed, it's clearly marked at the beginning of the trail. Each junction has a map and the junction is marked by a letter.

With the section closure we clocked 2.8 miles. The trail is very very rooted but is well maintained. There weren't any huckleberries left and the very few blackberries left were almost all over-soft. We only enjoyed a few bites. We saw lots of fungi and slugs (I think we counted 11 huge slugs). There were a few spots on the trail with beach access, we stopped at one for a break to look at shells and throw rocks into the water (a favorite activity for my 2 year old). We were visiting during high tide, so no sandbar to explore today. Both beaches were covered in rocks and seashells, including some surprisingly large oyster shells. Because of the high tide we didn't see many critters except for a shore crab or two. Kids had a great time.

Link for Garmin route and mileage included at the bottom of the report.

Taking advantage of the beautiful day and some weekday time off from working the previous weekend.  From the trailhead at the parking area, the left turn towards the point is closed long-term due to erosion (a sign says that the state is seeking a permit from Pierce County; I don't know how long that sign has been there.)  So you have to take the right fork, passing near the park entrance.  (If you can park at the campground and start from there, it would cut some time from the detour.  It would cut even more if you can cut across the beach from the parking area, which the trailhead sign says is possible at low tide.)  Other than this detour, there were no significant trail issues.  I did the full loop around the point peninsula (following route points A-E-B-G-D-E on the linked brochure map), stepping out onto the shore at East Beach (point D), which provides a view of a different part of the Sound from the parking area but blowdowns on the beach made it hard to walk very far, at least at that tide level.

My plans to hike there today were dashed when I saw on the state parks web site that the entire park is closed until May for septic repairs.

Arrived just before noon on Friday with lots of room in the parking lots and clean bathroom at trailhead. One section of the trails was closed due to erosion, but plenty of other trails open to get to the point.

This is an easy rolling trail. My first since a foot injury in May. There were some fallen trees to step over and some of the trail is roots and rocks, but still easily doable. All of the trail are well marked.

Though it was cloudy enough to hide Mount Rainier it was still lovely with signs of early autumn.