Activities and Fun things to do
Espresso shops
Emily's Confections 40 Main Street Pacific Beach. Tasty Mocha's, fresh baked cakes, home made pastries and fudge too! The friendliest place in town! Come in, sit a while, and enjoy small town ambiance at it's finest!
Surf House Espresso Located just behind 59 Main, the Surf House Espresso offers coffee, mocha's and snacks, as well as a relaxing ambiance. What a great place to warm up after beach combing!
Restaurants
Falcon's Nest 28 Main Street Pacific Beach. Burgers, Shakes, etc
Paddie's Perch 41 Main Street Pacific Beach. Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Seagate Restaurant 4594 State Route 109 Breakfast, lunch, dinner, lounge
Windjammer at Pacific Beach Resort & conference Center 108 1st St. North. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, lounge
Ocean Crest Resort 4651 State Route 109, Moclips. For those special occasions. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. reservations recommended.
You & I Market 51 Main Street- Teriyaki Take-out
Shopping
Mimi's Boutique 44 Main Street~ What started as a boutique for your 4-legged friend has transformed into so much more! With Cards, Gifts, Sun hats, beach bags & purses, sunglasses & reading glasses, plus toys for your dog (and cat!) Collars, leashes, etc.
59 Main Unique, boutique style shop with something for everybody! Your trip to Pacific Beach is not complete without stopping in this wonderful store.
High Flyers Kites & Things 55 Main Street - Souvenirs, and of course, Kites!
Ocean Crest Resort 4651 State Route 109 Moclips. Great gift shop.
Pacific Beach Resort & Conference Center 108 1st St. North. Great place for affordable souvenirs.
Antique Shopping
coming soon
Art Galleries
coming soon
Beachcombing
Come Have A Ball on Grays Harbor’s North Beaches from Moclips to Ocean Shores. January - March
Bird Watching
Grays Harbor County is a bird watcher's paradise! The region tends to attract birders from all over the country. Many come to search out sea birds on the open sea boat trip out of Westport, while others take in birding in Ocean Shores. Ocean Shores, with its rich diversity of habitat, has recorded 300 species of birds. Jetties may host Wandering Tattler, Surfbird, or Rock Sandpiper, while nearby beaches and marshes hold migrating Pacific Golden Plover or even a rare Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Ocean Shores also seems to be a magnet for rare birds including Mottled Petrel, Manx Shearwater, Eurasian Dotterel, Bristle-thighed Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper, Ivory Gull, Least Tern, Long-billed Murrelet, Horned Puffin, Yellow Wagtail, and McKay's Bunting.
Bowling
Bowling is available at the Pacific Beach Resort & Conference Center
Clamming
RAZOR CLAMMING
Spring and Fall Clam Digs along our ocean beaches provide fun and excitement for the entire family. You can see hundreds of diggers lining the beaches and scooping up these succulent critters during the low tides. Check the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website for seasons, limits, regulations and licensing information.
CLAMMING, OTHER THAN RAZOR
Just south of the Westport area, along Highway 105, other types of clamming is available in the Willapa River tidal flats. Look on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website for current data on dates, limits and licenses. Fishing and Clamming limits and seasons are set annually by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. Additional information can be obtained by looking on their Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website or by contacting them in Olympia at 1-360-902-2200.
Horse Back Riding
With more than six miles of sandy public beaches in Ocean Shores for riding, you can rent horses on the beach. Or...if you prefer, you can go for trail rides in nearby wooded areas along the bay. Experience is not necessary. Call ahead for pricing, ride times, and reservations.
Chenois Creek Horse Rentals Phone:(360)533-5591 (360)289-0194 or Honey Pearl Ranch (360) 289-5284
Golfing
The Ocean Shores municipal golf course is a PGA rated 6,152 yard championship course. The course features multiple tees and is located only two or three minutes from the Convention Center. Golfers will enjoy the new pro-shop and snack bar. Rental clubs and carts are available and company tournaments are planned and organized by resident golf pros. Annual memberships are open to residents and visitors alike. The course record of 66 has stood for more than 30 years. Open every day.Phone: 360-289-3357
Movies
Pacific Beach Resort and Conference Center has a 24 seat movie theatre.
Surf Kayaking
Surf kayaking is particularly good at Pacific Beach, with easy access from the State Park day use area.
Surf Fishing
Surf fishing is good almost everywhere along the coast, but access is best at Ocean City, Roosevelt Beach, Pacific Beach and Moclips.
NOT TO MISS!
Pacific Beach is about 40 minutes from Lake Quinault http://rainforestgetaways.com/index.html and it is a worthwhile trip.
- A walk through the rain forest on easy trails makes for enjoyable time for everyone. Bring a picnic lunch and sit by the lake and enjoy!
- Kite Flying is always a fun thing to do, for all ages! (Don't have a kite? visit Hi-Flyers Kite Shop on Main Street Pacific Beach!)
- Collect Sand Dollars! (do this on the public beach; removing anything from the tribal beaches is strictly prohibited)
- Feed the seagulls! Kids LOVE this!
- Enjoy a bonfire at Sunset (150 feet from the dune grass) Make s'mores.
- Go Bowling at the Pacific Beach Resort & Conference Center
- Stop by Emily's Confections on Main Street in Pacific Beach for fresh baked cinnamon rolls, raspberry turnovers, croissants, espresso, etc. Look for the White building with Pink trim!
- Get a milk shake and burger at Falcon's Nest on Main Street
- Buy your Quinault beach pass and head out to Point Grenville
POINT GRENVILLE
Point Grenville on the Quinault Indian reservation shelters two spectacular beaches and a collection of offshore sea stack rocks that rival anything on the Oregon coast or north up in the Olympic National Park. The Quinault tribe keeps this treasure to themselves, doing little to promote tourism. However, you may visit by purchasing a beach pass. The beach entrance lies just seven miles north of Pacific Beach, WA.
The interesting thing about this landscape is the way it unfolds over a 2 1/2 mile walk from the beach entrance out to the point. At the entrance, you step out onto a wide, sandy beach with forested cliffs behind that are typical of the area.
A little further along the beach you will reach two isolated, 50-foot high rocks high up on the beach crowned with trees and vegetation. One of these slopes down on the north side for an easy climb. At the top you can enjoy a bit better view south towards Moclips and Pacific Beach, out to the ocean, and north to the point.
Continuing north, you begin to approach the point and the sea stack rocks more closely and their details become visible. The two largest sea stacks are topped with green vegetation. A flock of seagulls wheels around and settles on these rocks. Smaller rocks at their base kick up the sea spray as the waves crash into them. Then a surprise emerges: far out to sea beyond the point and hidden by these two large seastacks is a large rock with an arch in the middle of it.
As you reach the point, you pass some smaller rock formations, piles of driftwood, and some rocks covered in barnacles and mussels. The shore forms a tight, half-circular bay here and the waves swirl around in interesting patterns.
Ahead of you is the point, a large volanic hill perhaps 200 feet high. This tapers down to a barrier about six feet high, and then the land rises again to meet the 100 foot high cliffs. The obvious thing to do is see what is over that short barrier. The anticipation builds as you approach it. It's an easy climb over the barrier, and then you hop down into one of the most stunning sights of the whole Washington coast.
You are standing in a narrow, semi-circular bay. An amphitheater, you might call it. On the other side of the barrier you were walking on sandy beach. Here you stand on volcanic gravel. Towering, 200-foot rocks mark the north and south boundary of the little bay. The rock to the north has an arch in it. Out to sea you get a closer view of the offshore rock with an arch mentioned earlier. All around you in this bay are small, offshore rocks between a few feet and 20-30 feet high. The water churns and boils in fantastic ways among these dozens of rocks and the volcanic cliffs echo the sound.
You must buy a beach pass to visit the beaches of the Quinault Indian Nation. A day pass can be obtained for a nominal fee. Weekend, weekly, and monthly passes are available too. I bought my pass at the tribal administration complex - building B - in Taholah, WA. For information call 360-276-8211. Taholah lies at the end of highway 109. Look for the administrative buildings on your right - a collection of modern-looking buildings - after passing the church on your left at the town entrance. Passes are available on weekends at the police department. Ask for the map - a multiple page brochure on the area beaches.
Taholah itself has a marvelous beach. You can park right by the river and beach entrance just beyond the mercantile (groceries and cafe).
It is reminiscent of Ruby Beach north of Kalaloch. This is a rocky beach varying from large flat stones down to pea gravel. The Quinault River flows into the ocean on this beach. Across the river to the north you see two large rocks forming Cape Elizabeth. To the south you'll see massive piles of driftwood. These would have been spruce trees that floated down the river. Spruce trees grow up to 300 feet tall in this area. In the distance to the south you can see the north end of Point Grenville.
Your beach pass permits you to venture north of Taholah to Elephant Rock - a fantastic formation of multiple arches on the beach. However, this beach is reached by an eight mile dirt road and a two mile rough trail with bear and bobcats active in the area. The brochure says that the animals will "probably" run away from you. An Indian guide is available to accompany you to this area.
See "Things to Do in Quinault Country":
www.quinaultindiannation.com/thingstodo.htm
Scenic, salmon fishing, and bear hunting guides:
http://www.rezenterprises.com/
http://www.lettypotter.com
http://www.bigbearhunting.com/
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