Dosewallip State Park, Dosewallip WA
April 5-7, 2021
We had the pleasure of spending several days here. Beautiful park, well kept, lots of room between sites, hiking, and they have an Elk Herd that wanders through regularly! Now what could be better.
Dosewallip State Park is located on the west side of the Hood Canal in the area known as the Olympic Peninsula with views that don't end. According to legend the name comes from the Twana Indian myth where a man called Dos-wall-opsh was turned into a mountain. The park has great mountain hiking with intertwining trails allowing one to hike for an hour or all day! The Dosewallip River runs along side the park and with beaches of the Hood Canal bordering the east side you have lots to explore.
The sites are well placed so each has lots of room and can serve a variety of units from tents to units up to 40 feet long. There are also several cabins one can rent. One thing to keep in mind if camping in Washington State Parks, you need to buy tokens for the shower and you get 3 minutes per token. Tokens are a quarter each so not expensive but could keep one from taking overly long.
Not far up the road from Dosewallip is
Falls View, part of the Olympic National Forest. The campground is
closed to camping at this time as they had severe tree damage caused
by root rot coupled with major storms. Hopefully they will be able to
reopen soon as there is a lot of work being done. You can park and
walk the area though. The park gets its name from, well, you guessed
it, the beautiful view of the Falls one gets. The falls can be seen
with a short hike or you can take the long way down to the bottom.
Spent a bit of time there just watching the waters flow.
Truly a great area to spend some time.
Enjoy some of the sights and delights of our time there.
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| Nature is so tenacious |
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| TREES!! |
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| Eagles Nest |
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| Paul and Cousin Sheryl enjoy the view |
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