The Gnome Trail
Skip the long set of wooden stairs to the sandy shores from the town of Seabrook and instead take the adorably winding and relatively flat Gnome Trail. The trail goes from the Old Stump and weaves past many tiny gnome homes of small branches or painted wood before it gets down to the seemingly endless stretch of beach.
Clamming at Mocrocks
Dig for your dinner on certain days, as designated by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife — which refers to Seabrook’s beach as Mocrocks. Permits and equipment are available at stores in town, and the digs for razor clams begin an hour before low tide.
Olympic National Park
The Lake Quinault area of Olympic National Park sits about a 45-minute drive from Seabrook and offers a wide variety of rainforest hikes, waterfalls, and boat rentals. Another 40 minutes into the park brings visitors to the scenic Ruby Beach, where piles of driftwood stick up like sculptures and unique sea stacks (eroded rock towers) jut out of the water.