- Shine Tidelands State Park is a 249-acre (101 ha) Washington state park located in Jefferson County, seven miles (11 km) south of Port Ludlow. The park has 5,000 feet (1,500 m) of shoreline on Bywater Bay adjacent to the west end of the Hood Canal Bridge and offers activities including picnicking, fishing, shellfish harvesting, beachcombing, birdwatching, windsurfing, and wildlife viewing. In 2014, the park was expanded to include the former Wolfe and Point Hannon properties.
- Spring Creek Canyon Natural Area Preserve (dnr.wa.gov)
The basalt canyons in this 235-acre preserve contain remnant examples of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine forest, as well as shrub-grassland ecosystems. Steep talus slopes, dominated by a variety of mosses and lichens, occur in patches throughout the preserve. The canyon bottoms support aspen and cottonwood trees, and a variety of shrub species, providing excellent habitat for songbirds and other wildlife. A wildfire burned through most of this preserve in 2002, but left much of the forest overstory intact while thinning out many of the smaller, younger trees.
