The beach right at Kala Point offers exceptional views of Port Townsend, Puget Sound, and the Cascade Mountains. It is a pleasant hike to and from the beach, and one can walk for miles through the beach grasses and meadow flowers or on the gray sands. If one heads north (toward Port Townsend) at low tide, one can find evidence of a huge shipwreck that occurred almost a century ago. The tides come in steadily but not as fast as on the open ocean, so it is safe to wade near the shore, build sand castles, and play on the beach. In summer, one can swim, but the water is still fairly chilly. Locals dig for clams and other seafood when in season.
Wildlife near the beach is mainly small and harmless. We saw birds, grass snakes, voles, and rabbits, but there were reports of larger animals, such as deer, and more dangerous ones, such as raccoons. We were also told that, on rare occasions, there have been cougar and coyote sightings.