Blake Island

This would be a great vantage point to view the Fireworks on the 4th of July! I’m not much for camping so I wouldn’t be here for that. It’s a great place for a day trip to boat over for a picnic and ramble around the island.

Nice, quiet campground with sunny sites next to the beach, the Seattle skyline and Mt. Rainier in the distance, campfires allowed, and a restroom with showers. Campsites are first-come, first-served. If you come by private boat on a weekend day, you may have a hard time finding a place at the marina to moor, but you can unload your stuff then moor at a buoy offshore. We wanted to take a hike around the island, but it was about to be high tide. We’ll have to do that next time.

We haven’t tried the Tillicum Village show and salmon dinner, but that is also on the island.

One more note—make sure to bring a hard-sided raccoon-proof container for food!

Nice place, “sailed” there with my camp group from vashon and by “sailed” I mean motored really slowly, snails and dead grandmothers outran us. Camping there was a blast because it was sunny! OMFG!

I hear the salmon house is good but we never went there.