Kayak Point County Park

Great place to enjoy the water and relax. Facilities are clean and the are was well kept. Sunny days are full of views of the bay area. Sea life from the dock was active and we even saw some harbor seals.

Cute little spot but you have to pay for your visit. My friend and I stopped by during a road trip from Vancouver, BC to Seattle. A good place for a BBQ.

The camping area is not very trailer friendly. The sites are extremely unlevel, dirt and have trees extremely close. Yikes! When I called to make the reservations, I specifically asked if the sites were power and water and was told yes to both. Power only! We were told it was ok if we had a Y connecter we could hook to water if it was next to our spot. How about just give the correct answer in the first place.
The camping area is more geared to tent camping. Beautiful beach area! Filthy restrooms! Personally, we won’t go back.

This used to be one of my go-​to beaches in the north end, but I’m finding it rather ridiculous that one must pay a $ 10 fee to park here now. There are plenty of other beaches around with similar amenities (minus the Yurt village) where parking comes free. The lack of railroad tracks alongside this beach is favorable, in my opinion. Good dock-​fishing and clean restrooms save this park from a 1-​star rating!

The bathroom was too far away from the yurt village, and since it rained during our stay, it was no fun having to walk in the cold and rain, just to be able to use the bathroom.
The beds and futon in the yurt was hard and uncomfortable, the walls paper thin, thus you can hear any noise from other yurts.
The yurt’s skylight brings in too much light when we woke up late in the morning.
The beach is also very windy.

Stayed two nights in yurt 10, arrived Sunday left Tuesday, $ 158 for both nights. The first night was peaceful, yurt was clean but smelled strongly like wet dog. The second night was aweful, a group moved into the other yurts in «yurt village» and stayed up all night being loud. My husband tried to find a ranger or host but all were conveniently absent. My husband did talk to the group but they were so drunk they didn’t care. We didn’t get much sleep.
Yurt 10 is great because it’s not in yurt village, it’s a little off to the side by itself. But it’s still a yurt and the walls are paper thin which isn’t a problem as long as people are respectful after 10pm.
The beach was outstanding and yurt 10 has a private trail down to it. The playground was like no other we’ve seen, it looks like so much fun.

Kayak Point is really great!
The beach is quite long with a huge supply of driftwood and several fire rings, first come first served. There are also open and covered picnic tables. It’s a fun place to go to build a fire, roast some hot dogs and enjoy the beach.
The beach is rocky and due to all the driftwood, not barefoot/​flip flop friendly so wear tennis shoes when you come here.
It costs $ 5 to enter the park. When it’s a nice day and the parking lot is packed down by the beach, be prepared to park at the entrance and hoof it downhill about ¼−½ mile. It’s open sunrise to sunset so expect the rangers to start come through when the sun is an hour away from setting to tell you to put out your fire and start packing up.
There’s a nice fishing pier. I’ve seen fish jumping like crazy in the water. I don’t fish but I’d imagine this is a hot spot for that.
I’ve seen a whale passing through, just about 100 yards away from the beach! I’ve also spotted bald eagles.
There are yurts and campsites to rent too.
There are restrooms on site vs. port-​a-​potties.

Really enjoyed this place. Lots of beach only wish it was sandier. Parking seems to be a problem as we were forced to park in the overflow lot at the top of the hill. Did not enjoy the walk back up that’s for sure.
Nice play area, clean beach, BBQ & fire pits, picnic tables, big grass field, etc…
Could use a snack bar though.
Overall, great place.

First sunny day over spring break and I took the kids here to do a little beach combing, and exploring a new beach. Some have complained about paying to park but I didn’t mind. It was well maintained and has a pretty great play structure and clean bathrooms. Worth the money. We wandered up and back down along the beach, skipping rocks and snapping pictures. We found a little seal sunning himself as well which was fun.
The kids have already said that this was one of their favorite parks, between the climbing cover and the fascinating shells and rocks they found I can imagine we will be coming back again this summer. Next time, bringing something to grill!

I love this park. It’s one of the reasons I get the Discover Pass every year. What a view! They have an amazing playground that I would have loved as a kid, and it was recently redone so it’s going to have all the bells and whistles. The view of the Sound is fantastic– unbeatable really. The park has ample picnic areas and also fishing from the little dock. The restrooms are clean and indoors– no portapotties here. This park really makes the best of this beautiful Pacific Northwest location.

It’s a fun park, but the parking fee is high and it’s not possible to get there via public transportation (to my knowledge). There’s a nice beach and play area, but you can find 50+ other parks in the area that offer everything Kayak Point does. Save your $ 7 parking fee and get your kids an ice cream cone after playing at different park.

I thought it would be fun to take the family yurting here for a weekend in April. Yes, we expected the weather could be quite bad but I thought it still could be fun. We did have a wonderful time.
We’ve stayed in other Snohomish County yurts before so we knew what to expect and the yurts here were up to par with what we’ve stayed in elsewhere. The yurts here are grouped rather close, but they do have a really nice covered group area inside the yurt village that I haven’t seen elsewhere. This would be a great yurt village to rent for a large group! I would say the best yurts for privacy would be #10 (by far the most private yurt!), #1 and #2. #7 has a deck and #8 and #9 have a «yard» that we found good for our kids to play around in.
The park is lovely, has a great playground, lots of beach space. It is a rocky beach though, not really any sand. Our kids came toting sand toys and they didn’t really work out!
We did end up staying only one night instead of two, though that wasn’t the parks fault. It was my 2.5 year olds fault for not wanting to hang out in the nice warm yurt when the wind started whipping up the hill and freezing us! I was a tired and very cold Mommy so we decided to head home.
The only real con was that the yurt host sold us sopping wet wood that would barely burn. I’m not talking a bit damp… I’m talking totally soaked wood. Without a nice warm fire to huddle around, it did put a damper on our evening. The next morning my husband went to Walmart and got some dry wood and we used that to burn our wet wood but it was pretty disappointing that we would be sold such a poor quality product. The host was also off on the weekend which seemed strange. Off on the weekends, the busiest time of the week?
We’d come back but in the summer when chasing a toddler around would be more enjoyable :)

Awesome park. Get here early on holidays otherwise you won’t find a spot. Water is very cold, but I still swim every time we’re here.

Pro: Big roomy campsites, beautiful beach, easy launch.
Con: Beware of the camp host nazis. Not so hot crabbing. TURN off the lights at night — I’ve never seen so many all-​night lights in a campground, pretty annoying.
I agree with a previous poster that more hiking trails would be a nice touch It’s also sad to see so much English ivy taking over the forest — perhaps a good project for a local scout troop?
Can’t do much about the topography, prepare yourself for a steep hike up and down the hill.
The yurts rather tickled me.

Great Beach, play area, picnic shelter. Only negative thing about this park is that you have to pay to get in.

Another year, another Girl Scout camping trip. I have the worst time remembering to book early enough to get into a state park, so after a bit of googling I discovered Kayak Point County Park. They have a fairly new Yurt area (which is what my girls like) so off we went.
The good: It is close enough to Seattle to not be a really severe drive on a Friday afternoon.
It is clean and small enough so that you feel comfortable there.
There are enough fun things to do — playground, dock to fish off, boat launch, picnic tables.
It is really pretty.
Newly built yurts are comfortable.
The bad: It can be crowded. — We were there the last weekend in June.
Not a lot of trails to explore.
Campsites are all UP hill so it is easy to get down to the beach in the AM but coming back after a long day at the beach is a bit hard. :)
All in all it was a pretty nice place to go. We had a really fun time and enjoyed our stay.