STATE WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THE HIDDEN COAST SCENIC BYWAY Beach Recreation: State parks, beach access, and beach events ’S The Hidden Coast Scenic Byway is the best way to the beach. Along with SR 109 SCENIC BYWAY the natural and recreational opportunities, you will find beach related festivals and events: razor clam digs, kite festivals, glass ball festivals, sand

castles contests and more. Coastal Habitats The byway offers access to exceptional coastal, estuarine, and upland habitats. Marine mammals and shorebirds can be spotted from nearly every beach and the coastal dune & forest systems support a wide variety of bird and amphibian species. RESOURCES Cultural Heritage Grays Harbor Visitor Center You can experience thousands of years of 506 Duffy St, Aberdeen 1-800-321-1924 history along the byway, where the Quinault, http://graysharbor.org/ Copalis, Chehalis and Chinook peoples looked Grays Harbor Tourism: to the sea and rivers for abundant food, and the http://visitgraysharbor.com/ forest for building materials, forage, game, and City of Hoquiam: http://www.cityofhoquiam.com/

medicine. The region’s more recent timber, Polson Museum: shellfish and fish harvesting heritage is also http://www.polsonmuseum.org/ Grays Harbor County, Washington showcases interpreted in key facilities along the byway. Hoquiam Timberland Library: the meeting of luxuriant rainforests and the wild http://www.trl.org/Locations/Pages/Locations.aspx Pacific Ocean. From historic logging towns to Grays Harbor Wildlife Refuge: beach getaways to the – A TRIP ALONG THE BYWAY BEGINS IN: variety of well-preserved historic buildings from http://www.fws.gov/graysharbor/ its timber town heyday, now providing character the byway reveals magnificent sights and HISTORIC HOQUIAM City of Ocean Shores: http://www.osgov.com/ to the urban fabric of a city with a more experiences along the way. The name “Hoquiam” means “hungry for wood” Ocean Shores Convention and Visitors Center: from a Native American word referring to the diversified economy.

(866) 602-6278 driftwood that collected at the mouth of the Places to visit in Hoquiam http://www.tourismoceanshores.com/ Hoquiam River. Downtown Hoquiam includes a Polson Museum - Bordering Westbound US 101 Ocean Shores Interpretive Center: on the Hoquiam River this exquisite museum http://www.interpretivecenter.org/ showcases early Indian tribes, later settlers and Ocean Shores/North Beach Chamber of Commerce: http://www.oceanshores.org/ logging and fisheries industries on the Peninsula.

Seabrook: http://www.seabrookwa.com/ Hoquiam River Walk & Grays Harbor Public Market -

Museum of the North Beach: Also along the Hoquiam River, travelers can stop http://www.moclips.org/ at the Public Market for local food and crafts, stroll along the river walk or enjoy a picnic. Quinault Indian Nation: http://quinaultindiannation.com/ Historic Downtown Hoquiam – Just off SR 109,

Quinault Museum: (360) 276-8215 x245 downtown is easily walkable and a friendly place

Washington State Parks: http://www.parks.wa.gov/ with shopping and eateries. Historic buildings include: 7th Street Theater, Library and City Hall.

Produced by Polson Museum along the Hoquiam River Grays Harbor Council of Governments 360-537-4386; www.ghcog.org 4.16 ud SR115 TURN OFF – the communities of NORTH BEACH COMMUNITIES - Moclips Ocean Shores & Oyehut Ocean City, Copalis Beach, At the point where SR 109 turns north, SR Seabrook, Pacific Beach, & 115 heading south offers the traveler a Moclips multitude of beach treats: from the Back on SR 109 heading north from Quinault Beach Resort and Casino, to the Ocean Shores, a series of small City of Ocean Shores with its many beach towns breaks up the restaurants, shops, activities and most of increasing density of evergreen Shorebirds at Bowerman Basin all, wide, sandy beaches. Ocean Shores trees along the road. Quick views of the Ocean are QUINAULT INDIAN NATION AT TAHOLAH offers a little bit of everything one craves scattered along the route, be sure to watch for beach Today Taholah is the center of contemporary GRAYS HARBOR NATIONAL WILDLIFE on a trip to the beach. access signage. Older resort developments mix with Quinault culture, which balances respect for REFUGE - Bird Watching at Bowerman new ones, such as cultural traditions with a strong vision for Places to visit in Ocean Shores Basin Seabrook, as the future vitality. Ocean Shores Convention Center and Scenic SR 109 On the west edge of Hoquiam is a not-to- route reaches the Visitors Kiosk - Visitors can get an Places to visit at the Quinault Indian Nation miss stop at the . At small town of Pacific overview of current activities and Quinault Cultural Center and Museum - In low tides you will often see great blue herons Beach, where sights. Taholah, at the Museum you will find a wealth fishing alongside ducks and other shorebirds. magnificent high bluff of natural and cultural artifacts of the Nation. The National Wildlife Refuge is a major Pacific Ocean Shores Interpretive Center – views above the Point Grenville & Beaches– Just north of Moclips, Flyway stop for thousands of migrating birds. Located at the southern tip of the ocean contrast with Point Grenville is the undiscovered gem of the Each spring you can view: Western sandpiper, city, the Interpretive Center is a the dark green of the Washington coast offering impressive volcanic dunlin, killdeer, plover, dowitcher, red knot, great place to learn about the area’s rainforest all around. natural and local history. rock sea stacks and shorebird viewing. A beach sanderling, and other shorebird species. Beach Access - Ocean City State Park just south off Places to visit in the North Beach Communities pass is required for all of the Nation’s beaches. NORTH BAY FLATS – Grass Creek, SR109 provides camping and beach combing. Beach Access – Griffiths-Priday State Park, at Copalis To purchase a pass, stop at the Taholah police Chenois Creek, , & Beach, provides ocean views and beachcombing. station. Vehicle and pedestrian beach access can be found Burrows Road off several streets on the western edge of the city Pacific Beach State Park, at Pacific Beach, offers Things to see and do in Quinault Country - website Heading west out of Hoquiam, the traveler camping and beach access. for more information on guided fishing and including: Damon Rd., Chance A La Mer, Pacific passes through the river valleys of Grass Blvd., & Ocean Lake Way. Wildlife and Natural Areas -The Ghost Forest is a scenic tours and Tribal events.

Creek, Chenois Creek, and Humptulips River. Wildlife and Natural Areas – The Weatherwax unique natural feature created by the 1700 tsunami http://www.quinaultindiannation.com/thingstodo.htm The sights include sloughs and wetland plains. Preserve is found in the middle of the city along where the seawater inundated the Copalis River Moss-hung evergreens line the river valleys. A Duck Lake and the extensive canal system. Oyehut habitat. The Copalis Spit Natural Area, at side trip down Burrows Road reveals Wildlife Area and State Park both on Griffiths-Priday State Park, is protected in its Point Grenville near Taholah cranberry bogs and the North Bay Natural natural state. the eastern bay side of the city offer excellent bird, Area Preserve where some of Washington’s shipping, and harbor views. Museum of the North Beach at Moclips - In 1905 best sphagnum bog the Northern Pacific railroad completed a rail habitat is found. South Jetty at Ocean Shores line to Moclips, developing the westernmost rail terminus in the United States, transforming the community overnight. Moclips became a popular tourist destination and a bustling hub of industry, processing timber and seafood. Travelers will want to stop at the small but delightful Moclips Museum for local history.