The headquarters and visitor center for Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
The vault toilet here is only unlocked on weekdays and during business hours due to vandalism.
The small dock at Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
The boat launch at Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Packing a canoe for an overnight on Long Island, Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Packed and ready for the paddle to Long Island, Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Pinnacle Rock Campground is the southernmost campground on the island.
Campsites have picnic tables, fire pits, and access to a centrally located vault toilet.
Campsite on Long Island, Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Typical campsite on Long Island, Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Louse Rocks visible in the distance.
Low tide on Long Island, Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
The hiking routes use former logging roads.
Foxglove.
Buttercup.
The junction with the Cedar Grove Trail.
The Cedar Grove Trail begins in second-growth timber.
The Cedar Grove Trail is named for Senator Don Bonker, who advocated for the inclusion of Long Island into Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Don Bonker Cedar Grove Trail.
Enormous old cedars along the Cedar Grove Trail.
Sections of this trail are overgrown.
Footholds carved into the trunk of a gigantic old-growth cedar.
Enormous old cedars along the Cedar Grove Trail.
Deer fern.
Walking the old logging roads on Long Island, Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
A raccoon searches for his dinner in the mud flats.
Low tide south of Long Island.
Eel grass at low tide.
Black-tail deer on Long Island, Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Digging for clams near Louse Rocks, Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Paddling into a significant headwind on Willapa Bay.
Sunset over Willapa Bay.
Sunset over Willapa Bay.
Deer tracks beside an unidentified set of paw prints (help us identify them by providing feedback).
Long Island, Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Looking across to the boat launch at the Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge headquarters.