Beach 1 & 2 - Olympic National Park Coast

5.2 miles of hiking • 250' elevation gain •

The tide was coming in during these hikes and so our hiking distances were limited, primarily because we didn't want to hike on the large round river rock that put us above the tide. Also, the beach was being hard on our knees and we ended up just wanting to get home to our own beds!

Beach 1 & 2 are very nice, but there are no sea stacks along their length. Going north from Beach 2 will bring you to Kalalock Lodge, where you'll have to cross the creek (which didn't look bad without shoes, but I opted not to take off my Lowa's).

Beach 1 has a very interesting side trail that is called the Spruce Burl Trail. Spruce Burl's are those large bulging growths found on many of the spruce trees. You can read the info in my picture to learn about it! Beach 1 also had a nice trail going down to the beach, which has a bridge crossing over a stream. The unfortunate part about this trail is that the area is overrun by ivy! The tide was too high to do much hiking by the time we got to Beach 1.

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