nice and small little northwest beach, usually not too many people here at all, starfish, gulls and seabirds, sometimes little crabs, great blue herons, watch boats go by and kayaks, have a picnic or just read and hang out.definitely worth a visit.
Miles of sandy beaches where you feel you are all by yourself. Off of Chuckanut Road. Bellingham, a narrow scary winding road with nail biting cliffs and drop offs.
The foot path has just been closed by the WA State Park Commission siting private property concerns, something to do with unregulated railroad crossing on the path...
This beach was overcrowded when I visited mid summer. There was trash on the little bit of beach that wasn't covered in rock. The view was also not good. There is a long hike before getting to the beach with lots of mud holes. Would not reccomend.
Gets busy in the summer, but on clear days during the winter this is an awesome spot to get away if you are dressed for the weather.
Unique rocks to climb and watch the surf for the moderately sure footed. View from above worth it if you can't, or are not inclined to manage the short hike.
I live in Bellingham and visit Clayton Beach several times a year. I love walking south on the beach at low tide, pas the curious old pilings. Check the tides before you go. The kids love to climb around on the rock formations and listen to the resonances in the sandstone cavities and find shells and check out tide pool creatures. We often see lizards sunning themselves on the rocks. In the summer the water is warm enough to go swimming, at least for some of us. Those things make this a jewel of a beach.The trail to the beach has a couple of scrambles, which aren't suitable for everybody.What I don't like about this beach is the usually large amount of broken glass in the sand at the beach where the north trail comes in. Instead of signs disallowing nudity, the beach needs signs reminding people to pack out their beer bottles instead of breaking them on the beach. A little nudity never hurt anybody nearly as much as broken glass under the feet of a barefoot beach-goer.But signs are clearly useless because the reminders to keep dogs leashed as per state park regulations routinely go unheeded, and I've had unleashed dogs steal my lunch from my backpack. Maybe next time that happens I'll take my clothes off.
Interesting hike to beach through woods and under railroad line. Surprising ending at lovely beach surrounded with cliffs.
This was well worth getting the little ones out and about. Got them up to the ocean and lots of nice park for them to run and play! The walk way was also nice.
I rated it lower because there are no facilities and as a park most folks expect something. Trail maintenance is not great.