South Coast Trail – Olympic National Park [Video]

Join me on a 5-day family backpacking trip on the South Coast Trail in Olympic National Park to photograph seascapes along this wild stretch of Washington Coast.  We start at Third Beach and make camps at Scotts Bluff and Strawberry Point.  Along the way, we found towering sea stacks, coastal sitka spruce forests, tide-pools, seals, sea otter, great blue heron and bald eagles. A pack of coyote howl 100 feet from our tent. Weather ranges from light rain to coastal fog to clear skies full of stars.

Sea stack on Washington Coast in coastal fog, near Toleak Point

Moonlit sea stack on Washington Coast under starry sky, near Toleak Point

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) wading along shoreline below sea stacks, near Strawberry Point

Tents camping on beach below sea stack on Washington Coast, Scotts Bluff

Classic coastal sitka spruce forest, Scotts Bluff

Sea stack called “Giants Graveyard” on Washington Coast at sunset

Resources for South Coast Trail

• Olympic National Park
• Coastal backpacking
• Tide charts

Photography Equipment

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• Sony a7R IV
• Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM
• Sony 24-105mm f/4 G
• Sony 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G

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