Departing the Northwest Maritime Center at the east end of Water St., the entrance to Fort Worden State Park is an easy 1.6 miles away by car. While Point Hudson Marina and RV Park makes up for its lack of resort-style amenities with views, walkability, and the closeness to the old town waterfront, Fort Worden grabs your attention with beaches, exploration worthily ruins, awesome walks, and lots of opportunities to get on your bike and check out the local sights.
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| Port Townsend Marine Science Center in the foreground (ptmsc.org) |
During our stay, the Fort Worden State Park was hosting military reenactors ranging from the Revolutionary War to WWII. They were set up on the Parade Field in front of Officer's Row and at Ash Battery on Artillery Hill.
We rode our bikes to the top of Artillery Hill, explored around, and then coasted down the west side of the hill back to our car parked near the Upper Forest Campground. While the trip to the top is steep (we walked the bikes for part of it), the coasting down is awesome.
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| Military hospital reenactors |
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| Civil War reenactors |
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| Free Army truck rides |
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| Battery Benson |
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| Pit 2, west side of Battery Ash |
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| On the path from Battery Ash down to Battery Tolles |
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| On the beach heading to Point Wilson Lighthouse |
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| The beach is a great place to find shells, driftwood, and other flotsam. |
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| Today the auxiliary buildings surrounding the lighthouse are no longer made available for vacation rental. As a result, they are unfortunately deteriorating due to lack of use and maintenance. |
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| On the north beach near the Beach Campground |
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| Laura Mack |
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| The bluffs of Artillery Hill |
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| The beaches of the state park see a lot of stacked stones. |
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