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Fay Bainbridge Park
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Participate in an online survey regarding beach ecology and your recreation at Fay Bainbridge Park
Be A Camp Host! Click here for Details! Host is needed May-July, 2013!
Dump Station closed after March 21.
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Fay Bainbridge Park is a 17-acre marine camping park with 1,420 feet of saltwater shoreline on the northeast corner of Bainbridge Island. The park offers sweeping views of Puget Sound, the Cascade Mountains and features sandy beaches. On clear days, Mount Rainier and Mount Baker are visible from a sandy beach. Read more about us in this recent Inside Bainbridge article.
Camping
The Campground at Fay Bainbridge is open for the season, our new septic system will allow us to stay open longer in the year.
Visit our new and improved campground at Fay Bainbridge Park. The campground has 10 tent sites at $15.00 per night with a central water location and a portable toilet. We also offer 26 sites with water at $23.00 per night, there are two restroom facilities, one with showers. Please note that there is no longer a dump station available.
The utility sites have water only at the site and will accommodate RVs up to 30 feet in length. Some of the sites will take RVs larger than 30 feet.
All camping is first-come, first-served.
Check-in time is 2:30 p.m., and check-out time is 1 p.m. Quiet hours are from 10pm to 6:30am. Engine-driven electric generators may be operated only between the hours of 8am and 9pm. Length of stay: You may stay up to 10 days in any 30-day period during the summer.
Camping Fees (includes applicable taxes): |
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Beach Campground. Sites 1-17 & 19-26 |
$23/night** |
* Includes Sales Tax |
PicnickingThere are two shelters, both with water and one with electricity. There are also 11 sheltered and 40 unsheltered picnic tables. Both shelters are available by reservation and will accommodate groups of up to 50 people. For reservations, phone the BI Park District office at (206) 842-2306 ext 118. Reservations/Rentals |
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North Private Picnic Shelter Rental (Click here for pdf info) |
$80/4 hour block |
Boating
Fay Bainbridge and nearby Fort Ward Parks are both designations of the Washington Watertrails Association Cascadia Marine Trail, and camping is available at specified beach campsites for $5/person. Fort Ward Park has a boat launch and is available for a $5 one time fee, or you can purchase an annual pass for $80. Passes are available at the Strawberry Hill Office.
Driving Directions
Located on the northeast side of Bainbridge Island on Puget Sound in Kitsap County.
Park address:
15446 Sunrise Drive
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Google Map
From Poulsbo:
Take Hwy. 305 toward Bainbridge Island. Cross the Agate Pass Bridge. After three miles, come to stoplight and big brown sign with directions to park. Turn left at traffic light onto Day Rd. NE. Travel approximately two miles to a T-intersection. Turn left onto Sunrise Drive NE, and continue to park entrance, about two miles away.
From the Seattle-Bainbridge Island Ferry:
Continue straight off the ferry onto Hwy. 305. Continue out of town approximately five miles to traffic light and big brown sign with directions to park. Here, turn right onto Day Rd. NE. Travel approximately two miles to a T-intersection. Turn left onto Sunrise Drive NE, and continue to park entrance, approximately two miles away.
Wildlife
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• Otters |
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Environmental Features
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• Cedar |
Camp Host Program at Fay Bainbridge Park
Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park and Recreation District is looking for a Volunteer Camp Host for the beautiful Fay Bainbridge Park on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The campsite has breathtaking views of Seattle and the mountains. Several types of wildlife and a large variety of birds including eagles and osprey. This is a great opportunity to spend time in a wonderful location and meet fellow travelers.
Camp host duties vary but generally include providing visitor information, selling wood for campfires, reinforcing camp rules with the public, general housekeeping of bathrooms and picnic shelters. Most hosts work approximately 10 hours a week and, in exchange for those services, the hosts are provided with a campsite during their stay that has power and water. Fay Bainbridge Park has bathrooms with showers on site. Camp Host must pass a background check. Available months are May, June and July.
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ATTENTION: We Need Your Input!
Participate in an online survey regarding beach ecology and your recreation at Fay Bainbridge Park. Results from this survey will be used to help inform decisions made by Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District and Washington Sea Grant in their efforts to improve park recreation and ecology at Fay Bainbridge Park.
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Questions will address your use of Fay Bainbridge Park, your current understanding of beach ecology, and your feelings toward possible changes to the park
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Feel free to skip any questions you do not wish to answer
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Participation in this survey is voluntary
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Participants will remain anonymous
The survey is available online through the University of Washington’s Catalyst Web Tools services. This survey should take approximately five minutes. Click on the link below to begin!
Click here to Participate in Survey
Please contact surveyfaybainbridge@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.
Your Participation is highly valued! Thank you!
Sincerely,
Fay Bainbridge Park Survey
Public Comments from 7-12-11 Community Meeting