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Please check the aerial photos of the beach and surrounding area
HARVEST PROFILE: Please be sure to check the D.O.H. website before harvesting shellfish on this beach. This is an area where health closures for shellfish are common. There is a large Manila clam population at Anna Smith Children's Park. There are lesser numbers of native littleneck clams on this beach and there may also be butter clams, and cockles present.
DIRECTIONS TO SITE:
From the south (Olympia, Bremerton, Tacoma) travel north on Highway 3
through Bremerton to Silverdale. Take the Kitsap Mall Boulevard exit and turn
right on Kitsap Mall Boulevard. Proceed about one half a mile to Silverdale Way NW.
Go straight through the intersection. Kitsap Mall Boulevard becomes NE Bucklin
Hill Road after you cross Silverdale Way NW. Continue on NE Bucklin Hill Road about
three quarters of a mile to Tracyton Boulevard NW. Turn right and proceed
about one mile. Look for the signed entrance to Anna Smith Children's Park on
the right just after you cross Barker Creek.
From the north
(Kingston, Poulsbo, Bainbridge) travel south on Highway 3 to Silverdale. Take the
Kitsap Mall Boulevard exit and turn left on Kitsap Mall Boulevard. Proceed about
one half a mile to Silverdale Way NW. Go straight through the intersection.
Kitsap Mall Boulevard becomes NE Bucklin Hill Road after you cross Silverdale Way NW.
Continue on NE Bucklin Hill Road about three quarters of a mile to Tracyton Boulevard NW.
Turn right and proceed about one mile. Look for the signed entrance to
Anna Smith Children's Park on the right just after you cross Barker Creek.
FACILITIES:
There are picnic areas, restrooms, and demonstration gardens at Anna Smith Children's Park.
Please check the Fishing and Shellfishing Regulations for latest information on closures or emergency updates.