• Boating - Cruising - Sailing
• Camping
• Diving
• Golfing
• Kayaking
• Outdoor Activities
• Resorts
• State Parks

For additional information, please visit these websites:

• Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce
• North Mason Chamber of Commerce

Outdoor Activities
On the coast and in the fast-moving fjords off Puget Sound, the water is lush, but usually quite cold even when the beaches are warm in the summer sun. The scenery towers in every direction. Inland lakes, however, heat up nicely and many rivers form beaches beside canyon walls, waterfalls or mountainsides. A simple trip to the beach is highly scenic activity in Washington.

Boating – Cruising – Sailing
Options for boating in Mason County are varied and unlimited. There are numerous fresh water lakes and salt water ramps accessing the southern portion of Puget Sound. The jewel of the county is Hood Canal. This 62 mile inland fjord is relatively unused by boaters. Fuel is limited, but launching ramps and pump out stations are conveniently located. Cruising the canal offers striking views of the Olympic Mountains, access to state shellfish beaches, and seasonal fishing, crabbing and shrimping. Boat rentals and charters are available if you arrive by land and want to explore this beautiful waterway.

Olympic National Parks

Staircase Campground – 56 campsites, no showers or hookups. Toilets, water, stream fishing (catch and release). Trailheads for day hikes and backcountry.

Olympic National Forest
Big Creek Campground – 23 campsites for tents, trailers and RVs to 30 feet; two walk-in sites. Well water, vault toilets, covered picnic shelter, loop trails.

Brown Creek Camp – 20 campsites, 12 for RVs and trailers to 20 feet. Vault toilets, potable water, self-service. Fishing, hiking, hunting.
LeBar Horse Camp – 3 campsites with highline hitches. Potable water, vault toilet, picnic shelter. NOTE: For visitors with stock only. Camping fee covers two vehicles and a maximum of eight persons. Back Country Horsemen helped develop this campground.

Lena Creek Camp – 13 campsites for trailers or RVs to 22 feet. Vault toilets, water; Lena Lake trailhead is next to campground.
Hamma Hamma Campground – 15 campsites for tents, RVs, trailers to 22 feet. Vault toilets. Hamma Hamma Living Legacy trail to river leaves from campground.

Mike's Beach Resort

Mike's Beach Resort is a resort for the whole family, located in the evergreen forest of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, on the natural salt water inlet of Hood Canal.
http://www.mikesbeachresort.com

Washington State Parks

Belfair State Park – 63 acres, 137 sites, some handicap accessible; 47 are trailer hookups with utilities. Toilets, hot showers, trailer dump, tables and stoves, picnic shelters, beachcombing.
Jarrell Cove State Park – 43 acres, 22 campsites, no trailer hookups. Toilets, showers, tables and stoves, picnic shelters, handicapped facilities, fishing, hiking, beachcombing, group facilities, moorage dock and buoys, boat pumpout station.

Potlatch State Park – 57 acres, 17 tent sites, two primitive sites and 18 trailer hookups. Toilets, tables and stoves, hot showers, moorage buoys, scuba diving, fishing, shellfishing.

Schafer State Park – 119 acres, 43 tent spaces, six trailer sites with water and power (no hookups), two bicycle sites. Toilets, showers, trailer dump, kitchens, picnic shelters, river access, fishing, hiking. Group site.

Twanoh State Park – 182 acres, 25 tent sites and 22 utility spaces. Hot showers, moorage dock and buoys, boat launch and boat pumpout facility, kitchens, picnic shelters, tables and stoves, handicapped facilities, food concession, fishing, hiking, swimming in summer. No reservations, but reservable group areas

Golfing

Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club – The best kept secret in the Pacific Northwest. Our backyard is the incredible Olympic Mountains and beautiful Hood Canal. Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club is ranked among the best courses in the Northwest. The Championship rated course is a 6,338 yard par 72 and is professionally maintained and open year-round. [visit website]

Bayshore Golf Course – As a 9-hole course, Bayshore provides the casual golfer a comfortable and challenging atmosphere. This par-36 nine-holer on the bay near Shelton is the county's oldest and flattest course. It has medium length at 2,946 yards, but its menacing trees on literally every hole will swat down shots that stray from the middle of the fairway.

Lake Limerick County Club – Lake Limerick Country Club offers a 9 hole golf course and a full service Pro Shop for all of your golfing needs.

Lake Cushman Golf Course – A nine hole golf course with modest green fees. This 2,951-yard, par-36 course up the hill from Hoodsport is right behind Alderbrook and Lakeland's new nine in length.

Lakeland Village Golf Course – A 27-hole Lakeland Village Golf Course offers golfers numerous ponds, gaping bunkers and majestic views of the Olympics and Mount Rainier. Ardent golfers will appreciate the scenic driving ranges, practice chipping and bunker areas, and the well-groomed putting greens.

Kayaking
Tide-ripped saltwater passages and calm salty coves, rivers running white and swift or backward in estuaries, and lakes of every size make Mason County the ideal destination for kayakers.

Experts – Can shoot Skokomish River, using a good put-in on Sunnyside Road, just north of the Skokomish Valley Road or launch at Shelton and paddle (with the tide) out Hammersley Inlet to beautiful Hope Island.

Novice – Paddlers can cruise the lower reaches of the Skokomish near Union, potter along the shores of Hood Canal or explore any of the lakes.
An interesting two-hour paddle starts at the boat launch at Lake Isabella. At the far end of the lake, enter Mill Creek through a sea of water lily pads. Glide through willows alive with birdsong for half a mile before the stream begins to drop and becomes too shallow to navigate. Another great kayaking place is Lake Kokanee, also known as Lower Lake Cushman; this scenic lake can channel winds, so be alert for weather changes.

Resorts

Alderbrook

Alderbrook is located just west of Seattle, Washington on Hood Canal, a natural, glacier-carved fjord more than 60 miles long. The canal’s pristine water is world renowned for scuba diving and a rich abundance of sea life. Curiously unique, our shores are encrusted in oysters, our docks lined with mussels and our sea teems with salmon. www.alderbrookresort.com

Glen Ayr Canal Resort

The Glen-Ayr Canal Resort is a motel, an RV park, and a fishing resort. The motel has 14 rooms and two suites. The RV park has 45 full hook-up sites. The marina has a boat launch and slips for your boat. They cater to groups and clubs and have a Clubhouse. There is both fresh and salt water fishing nearby. They sell propane and have a coin laundry. http://www.northwestplaces.com/trips001/Olyp0901.htm

Little Creek Casino

http://www.little-creek.com/