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Meet the Beach with Puget Sound Estuarium - Squaxin Park

Calendar/Event Details

Sat, July 26, 2025
Sat, August 23, 2025

So many amazing creatures live in South Sound and can be found on our local beaches...
The Estuarium’s Meet the Beach program sends our trained Beach Naturalist volunteers out during summer low-tides to help our community discover intertidal life! Find our dedicated team of Beach Naturalists sporting green vests and hats as they wade through the low-tide to explore estuary plants and animals. Our Beach Naturalists will help you dig in the mud and turn over rocks to find estuary creatures and answer all of your questions about Puget Sound’s intertidal marine life.

May

Sun 5/25 – Tolmie State Park, 10 – 1pm

Mon 5/26 – Burfoot Park, 10 – 1pm

Fri 5/30 – Luhr Beach, 1 – 4pm

Sat 5/31 – Squaxin Park, 1 – 4pm 

June

Fri 6/13 – Tolmie State Park, 12-3pm

Sat 6/14 – Squaxin Park,  12-3pm

Sun 6/15 – Luhr Beach, 1-4pm

Fri 6/27 Burfoot Park,  12-3pm

Sat 6/28 Burfoot Park, 12-3pm

Sat 6/28 Tolmie State Park, 12-3pm

Sun 6/29 Squaxin Park, 1-4pm

July

Fri 7/11 – Burfoot Park, 11am-2pm

Sat 7/12 – Burfoot Park, 12-3pm

Sat 7/12 – Tolmie State Park, 12-3pm

Sun 7/13 – Luhr Beach, 12-3pm

Fri 7/25 – Burfoot Park, 11-2pm

Sat 7/26 – Tolmie State Park, 12-3pm

Sat 7/26 – Squaxin Park, 12-3pm

Sun 7/27 – Squaxin Park, 12pm-3pm

August

Fri 8/8 – Squaxin Park, 10am-1pm

Sat 8/9 – Tolmie State Park, 11am-2pm

Sat 8/9 – Luhr Beach, 11am-2pm

Sun 8/10 – Burfoot Park, 11am-2pm

Fri 8/22 – Tolmie State Park, 10am-1pm

Sat 8/23 – Burfoot Park, 11am-2pm

Sat 8/23 – Squaxin Park, 11am-2pm

Sun 8/24 – Luhr Beach, 11am-2pm

Event Details

Event Details

  • When

    Saturday, July 26, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.
    Sunday, July 27, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.
    Friday, August 8, 2025 @ 10:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
  • Price

    Free
  • Recommended Ages

    All ages
  • Venue

    Squaxin Park (formerly Priest Point Park)

    2600 East Bay Drive N.E,
    Olympia, WA 98506
    United States