Penrose Point State Park in WA -- Camping

A 165-acre coastal reserve on Puget Sound at the southern end, anchored by Mayo Cove and Carr Inlet with over two miles of saltwater shoreline. The park features 2.5 miles of hiking and biking trails plus an interpretive nature path. Visitors can boat, scuba dive, fish, swim, waterski, clam dig, crab, and beachcomb. Established in 1953 and named after Stephen Penrose, a longtime president of Whitman College.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, an 83-site campground with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
• The coast lies 0.1 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.