LEADBETTER POINT

Bearberry Trail (yellow)

From the far end of the bay loop this trail leads from bay to ocean. It offers views of the peninsula?s wild tip, including grass island and the Willapa Hills across the bay. For a true ?ends-of-the-earth? feeling, head north on the beach into the wildlife refuge.

Weather Beach Trail (blue)

This trail leads from the Dune Forest Loop to the beach. At the trail junction you?ll leave the old primary dune, and cross onto the accreted lands built up in the century since the completion of the Columbia jetties. These accreted lands, also seen on the Bearberry, support a younger forest of shore pine with wax myrtle.

Bay Loop Trail (green)

A shorter loop showcasing the rich bird and plant life of the Willapa Bay and older Sitka spruce forests. Black bears are quite common in the area. They enjoy the abundant food you?ll see along the trail ? berries, mushrooms, insects and sea life.

Dune Forest Trail (red)

If you hike it clockwise, you?ll start with a quick climb onto what once was the primary dune at the tip of the peninsula. You?ll hike south through older Sitka spruce forests then turn east to the bay. Like others in the park, it?s a birder?s and tracker?s paradise.