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The map above shows the ocean beach area on the west side of the
Olympic Peninsula. Most of the
beach area along the north coast of Washington is part of the Olympic
National Park and Indian Reservations.
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The Northern Ocean Beaches
Washington State’s Pacific Ocean
beaches are basically split up into two areas. We have split them into north and
south. The reason is twofold;
first, that the two areas are physically separated by over 50 miles of
driving along Willapa Bay and secondly, because they are distinctively
different areas in terms of both geography and accommodations.
Southern Ocean
Beaches
The northern beaches in Washington
State along the Pacific Ocean
are rugged and rocky with a few exceptions like La Push, Kalaloch, some
of the beaches along North Beach, Ocean
Shores and the Cranberry Peninsula
which have wide sandy beaches.
Washington’s northern Pacific beaches could be split
into three areas, the far north which is mainly made up of the Olympic
National Park’s ocean beaches with a couple of tribal areas thrown
in.
The central area, called the North
Beach area, made up of the area
from Grays Harbor north to the Quinault
Indian Reservation. This area
includes Ocean Shores and the area up to coast from Ocean Shores.
And last but not least, the area to the south of Grays
Harbor , The Cranberry Coast, which lies between Willapa
Bay and Grays
Harbor. Westport, Grayland, and Tokeland are located on the Cranberry Peninsula. The area gets its name from the
Cranberry Bogs on the peninsula
The southern beaches are on the Long Beach
Peninsula.
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