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Onsite:
The 196-acre Park includes upland forests, rocky bluffs, rocky tide pools, sand beach, Salt Creek access, campsites, and panoramic views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Crescent Bay, and Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Salt Creek is a regional park that draws visitors from all areas of the northwest.
Tounge point is a rock out cropping that extends into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This outcropping is visible during low tide and is a beautiful area. At low tide it is accessible on foot, full of tide pools to explore.
One can observe many species of marine life, such as, mussels, clams, sea stars, and kelp. Also in the general vicinity, there is a natural arch that can be walked through.
Historic Camp Haden
Named for General John L. Hayden, former commanding officer of Puget Sound harbor defenses, the 518-acre Camp Hayden military reservation at Tongue Point was part of the modernization of those harbor defenses begun in 1940 with anti-motor torpedo boats, seacoast armament and anti-aircraft installations.
A 16 inch gun were 45 feet long, five feet thick at the breech, tapering to 16 inches in diameter at the point overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Top-grade laminated steel barrels fired one-ton projectiles nearly 50,000 yards (approximately 28 miles).
The missile age made the mammoth precision-tooled instruments of destruction obsolete as soon as construction was completed. As the war ended, soldiers departed and the wharf, built on the west side of the bay was torn out.
Nearby:
Olympic National Park
Only a short distance away is the national park with all the wonders that comes with a rain forest.
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