Guided Hike: Forcing Nature's Hand - Cape Disappointment

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Event location: Cape Disappointment State Park

No registration is required. Annual or One Day Discover Pass is required for vehicle access. Discover Passes are available online and at park entrance. 

Walk the North Jetty and discover how this massive engineering feat reshaped the coastline.

Walk the North Jetty and discover how this massive engineering feat reshaped the coastline. Join a ranger in exploring Benson Beach’s dunes, forests and beaches, and how they came to be. Meeting point for the hike is at the Benson Beach trailhead. It is the furthest parking lot on your right on the North Jetty road. The hike will be 1 mile in length on flat and sandy terrain.

Directions

46.277123048414, -124.06981118887

Contact Us

Name Ryen Nielsen
Department Interpretive Specialist
Phone 360-642-3029
Email ryen.nielsen@parks.wa.gov

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