Barmons Vacation Home

Places & Things To Do
on Harstine Island. Get a taste of the good life.

There are so many activities to choose from the clubhouse, marina, boat launches, lagoon, playgrounds, nature trails, covered picnic areas, and pristine sand and pebble beaches. This includes boating, fishing, and crabbing, digging clams, beach-combing. Off the water there are nature trails, four tennis courts, a heated outdoor pool and hot tub, covered picnic areas with stoves and fire pits, quiet paved roads for walks, bicycles, or skates.

If you have the time, visit the local nuances. The following site has extensive reviews and suggestions on community events and great places to go and see:

www.explorehoodcanal.com

Also, below is a list of places worthy of note. Harstine Island has something for everyone, any age and interests. Leave the city life behind and enjoy the finer things in life, our little piece of heaven on Barmon’s Hartstine Island vacation home.

Harstine Island State Park Trail

Hike down into a lush ravine to a deserted beach on an island that has resisted time. Quiet Harstine Island State Park may very well be the best-kept secret in Puget Sound.

Jarrell Cove State Park

Jarrell Cove State Park is a 43-acre marine camping park with 3,500 feet of saltwater shoreline on the northwest end of Harstine Island in south Puget Sound. The forested island park is accessible by road and bridge and is off the beaten path.

McMicken Island State Park

McMicken is joined to Hartstene at low tide by a sandy bar or “tombolo,” about 30 feet wide. The first 100 yards west of the park are state park property, the rest of the bar is private. Walking the beach all around the island at low tide is intriguing because of all the sea life, plus there’s good bird and seal watching. Several trails criss-cross the island through the woods. Trails are narrow and twisting with tree roots in the paths making the walk a challenge. The tidelands are rich with seabirds, marine mammals, and shellfish including mussels, geoduck, horse, manila, and butter and littleneck clams.

Olympic National Park & Forest

World-class hiking trails lace the Olympic Mountain wilderness, leading from mountain streambeds through old growth forest to high-altitude ridgelines with breathtaking views of Hood Canal and beyond.

Olympic Staircase A Legacy of Fire: The eastern Olympics experience large scale natural fires every 300-400 years. See how nature has healed herself to towering giants of Douglas fir and natural plants.

Native Americans – Guided Tours

Squaxin Island Tribe

are descendants of the maritime people who lived and prospered along the southernmost shores of the inland Salish Sea for untold centuries. Because of strong cultural connection with the water, they’re also known as the “People of the Water.”

Brewhouse

Grove Street Brewhouse

Owned by local couple Jeff and Tessie
Featured pub brewery in downtown Shelton features, much of the building are original timber, frame, and woodwork. The bar serves 7+ house-made beers, local wines and ciders, house-made sodas, an impressive variety of specialty teas, and a full kitchen serving house baked goods and homemade pub fare.

Winery’s

Walter Dacon Wines

specializes in unique, handcrafted Rhone and Mediterranean style blends aged in French and American oak barrels. Grapes are sourced from select vineyards in the Yakima and Columbia Valleys. Located near Skookum Inlet in Shelton, the winery offers tours and tasting of its award-winning wines several days a week.

Mosquito Fleet Winery

is one of the newest Washington state wineries with its roots in the shadow of the state’s first bonded winery, The St. Charles Winery of Stretch Island. Located at the tip of Hood Canal in Belfair, Washington, Mosquito Fleet is a small winery that prides itself in developing Bordeaux-styled wines aged for 18-24 months in French oak barrels.

Nanstad Winery’s

core values include low tech, labor intensive, small batches, meticulous attention to detail, premium grapes and minimum use of chemicals. A surprising value for a distinct hand built wine. Look for their varietals including Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc.

Golf – Golf courses within minutes from Harstine Island