Please park in the Day Use areas while you visit this great camping, hiking, play park with stunning views, military history and family entertainment.
Salt Creek Recreation Area County Park has national park aesthetics, with County Park amenities. The 196-acre Park includes upland forests, rocky bluffs, rocky tide pools, sand beach, Salt Creek access, campsites, and panoramic views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Crescent Bay, and Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Salt Creek is a regional park that draws visitors from all areas of the northwest and is another one of Clallam County's premier parks.
The area was purchased from the Federal General Services Administration after being surplussed at the end of World War II. The site was used during World War II as a harbor defense military base called Camp Hayden. The remnants of World War II Camp Hayden are preserved on the site - two concrete bunkers which housed 16" cannons and several smaller bunkers.
Mountain bikers and hikers access the State's Striped Peak Recreation Area, from this western trailhead. Highlighted as a premier birding site, Salt Creek is on the Whale Trail and the National Audubon's Olympic Loop of the Greater Washington State Birding Trail.
There is no entrance or day use fee charged at this park or any of the other parks within the Clallam County Park system. Fees are charged for camping, dump station use, and showers.
