During the last full day of any given Olympic Peninsula visit, I tend to get a bad case of end-of-trip blues. I start panic-searching for the best sunset views nearby to make the best of a last evening, but to my frustration, the beaches around Port Angeles were tough to navigate during our most recent trip. They tend to lie at the end of dark, winding, and often unmarked gravel roads, and often there is no indication that a beach is not public use until you’re pulling up to its trailhead. Originally I had a different beach in mind for my peninsula sendoff, but one such “no public access” sign forced us to turn away.
My angel of a boyfriend took it upon himself to try out a difficult switchback-heavy road a mile away and make sure I got my sunset views in for the day. We ended up at Murdoch Beach in Clallam County - a modest, hidden spot just beyond a lush stretch of greenery.
