SHOPPING
Shopping hood canal
Pick through a treasure trove of antiques or a curated boutique of keepsakes when you shop Hood Canal. While here, support local vendors and businesses and bring home souvenirs for loved ones. Find something for yourself too.
Shopping Around Hoodsport/Union/Lilliwaup
This is the one-stop shop for Hoodsport—everything from paint and gutters to vegetables, dairy, and delectable bakery items!
A fun everything yuou need shop plus amazing selection of unique gifts, stickers, lots of sasquatch items and so much more!
Picnic headquarters! Specialty cheeses, local shellfish, wines, beers and a fantastic selection of locally inspired gifts and art.
Unique shore inspired clothing and gifts along with a fabulous selection of wines from all over the world.
This farm store includes unique local items from all over the Northwest. Pick up some local cider, smoked salmon and fir tip jelly for your bread - its’s time for a beach picnic on the canal!
Pumpkins in the fall, Christmas Trees in Winter, A small market and the Union tourism location on site. See the original Santa that was on display in Shelton.
Shelton Shopping
Nicole has created a crafting oasis in her little DIY with a lot of arty help. Classes are held regularly.
Locally made gifts -- "In Shelton homes." Stop by this fun little shop to shop local and find unique gifts to suit every one.
Women's clothing store featuring curated Northwet inspired wardrobe pieces and gifts for women and children.
Looking for a favorite candy? Chances are they stock it in this sweet little shop on Shelton's main drag.
Eclectic and unusual items are artfully displayed in this reasonably priced resell store.
Belfair/Allyn Shopping
Crazy Hill is a boutique nursery and art gallery specializing in unusual and sometimes hard-to-find plants.
Receiving hundreds of inches of rain annually, the Hoh, Quinault and Queets Rainforests are located on the coastal foothills of the Olympics, receiving 21+’ of snow and rain at its peaks! It’s no wonder there is a myriad of spectacular waterfalls lacing the area. Explore this sampling curated by celebrated guidebook author and avid hiker, Craig Romano. Some are small, secret, and unique, others are popular but magnificent. All are worth the journey!
Mount Townsend is a prominent landmark — and one of the region’s most hiked peaks. Its broad open summit affords sweeping views of some of the highest and craggiest peaks in the Olympics and a myriad of islands, straits, bays and peninsulas below.
Get any group of divers together in the Pacific Northwest and ask them what makes for a great dive. Everyone will agree that a wolf eel was somehow involved. There is something unique about the supremely ugly faces of an adult wolf eel staring at you from its den.
The deep, extensive forests of the Olympic Peninsula hide secrets. For some its the discovery of a new plant that can cure an illness; others seek the solitude of moss laden ancient trees; and, for a select few, the search continues for a hidden creature that makes himself popular on bumper stickers and dangly air fresheners throughout the Northwest – here’s some details behind this northwest favorite character.
Hosting a rich tradition spanning generations of first people and settlers, Union hosts fantastic views of the Olympics and Canal while embracing the arts and community. It is little wonder it was voted one of the 20 Prettiest Towns in USA by Forbes Traveller.
It's ok to be "shellfish" when your on Hood Canal. How about waking up to spectacular canal views for days filled with walks and beach treasure hunts? With spring weather on its way and the water warming up -t’s a great time to hit the Hood – and we’ve prepared a jam-packed customizable seafood itinerary for you.
Olympic National Forest’s Tunnel Creek Trail lies just a few miles south of the popular Big Quilcene Trail. But unlike the Big Quil which leads to Marmot Pass, a high windswept wildflower-rich gap providing sweeping views—the Tunnel Creek trail travels mainly beneath a thick canopy of primeval forest.
Take a leisurely hike back into time on this delightful trail along the Hamma Hamma River to the historic Hamma Hamma Cabin.
Although the Pacific Northwest is known for its temperate rainforests accompanied by an abundant amount of green, with April warmth, we can start to look forward to the colorful relief offered by the return of the native flowers around the Canal and South Puget Sound area.
There are no bridges or causeways to little McMicken Island in Case Inlet. No ferry service either. But you don’t need a kayak or boat to visit. You can easily hike to this island which lies about 0.2 mile off of the eastern shore of Harstine Island. It’s all in the timing.