Visiting Kalaloch Beach & Tree of Life

Kalaloch Beach & Lodge
Approx. 2.5 hours from JBLM
Kalaloch is considered Forks, WA but its about 50 minutes outside of town. We hit it at low tide. This is actually a huge campground so that’s where you’ll park and walk down to the beach. Apple maps took us straight here!

It is a short walk down some stairs to get to the beach. Just keep in mind there are multiple Beach accesses from the campground. We came back up the wrong one and ended up in the middle of this giant campground.

This beach is actually sandy! There is still driftwood logs but majority of the beach is sand instead of rocks. Kalaloch is dog friendly.

Tree of Life
The main reason we went to check out Kalaloch Beach was to see the “Tree of Life”. It is a giant tree with the roots exposed. You can use Apple apps to get to Kalaloch Campground for parking but I used Google Maps to take us directly to the tree. Just type in “Tree of Life”.

It is really giant and is cool to see!

During low tide there are a few tide pools you can check out, just not nearly as many as Ruby Beach.

For more info on Kalaloch Beach, click here.
For tide schedules of Kalaloch Beach, click here.

A short walk on the beach or less than a mile drive on the 101 is the Kalaloch Lodge. We grabbed dinner here one night during our trip. The lodge is really nice and the restaurant they have inside has gorgeous views of the water while you dine.

The restaurant is called Creekside Diner. Our food was delicious but it was a bit on the pricier side. It was around $60 for the three of us.

I ordered the clam chowder in a bread bowl. It was really good, like almost better than Pike Place Market good. Travis got the Dungenous Crab Beecher’s Mac and Cheese. It was also delicious!
For more info on Kalaloch Lodge, click here.
For more info on Creekside Restaurant, click here.

There are quite a few places to see and explore around this area. See my other blog posts that we did on the same trip here:
What to See and Do in Forks, WA
Visiting Ruby Beach
Hiking Hall of Mosses in HOH Rainforest
Hiking at Lake Quinault

Finding the fun everywhere life takes us!
Love, Olivia Michelle