Tahuya (Washington)

Tahuya is a tiny town on the southwest corner of the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state, on Hood Canal’s North Shore overlooking the Great Bend. It is almost at the “end of the road.”

Tahuya is on North Shore Road, a forested drive 16 miles southeast of Belfair.

• 47.37232-123.070881 SummerTide Resort & Marina, 15781 NE North Shore Rd, ☏ +1 360 275-9313. Reservations are required at this privately owned marina in Tahuya. Daily, monthly and seasonal moorage is available with dock. SummerTide boat launch is open to the public year around. Maximum size boats that can be launched is 24 feet and that would depend on your vehicle and trailer length. Boats can be launched up to a zero tide so please check tidecharts and plan accordingly. The moorage docks are put in before May 1st and removed sometime in September. There are 22 inside moorage slips that can take up to a 20' boat. There are several outside slips that can handle much larger boats. They offer annual moorage and nightly moorage, but do not allow guest to sleep aboard their boats. Nightly moorage for non-guest is on an availability basis. Reservations are required. A single launch is $10.00 or buy an annual launch for $100.  

Map of Tahuya (Washington)

Hood Canal, one of only two inland fjords in the lower 48 states, has depths ranging to 600 feet. Despite its name, it is not a canal but an inland fjord that stretches for over 70 miles inland separating the Kitsap Peninsula from the Olympic Peninsula. It is a prime destination in the area for outdoor recreation and nature viewing with sweeping views of the Olympic Mountains and lush forests. At Tahuya, it hooks inward at an area known as the Great Bend.

• 47.38702-123.112471 Menard's Landing, 18931 NE North Shore Rd. A small park with views at the Great Bend, with a gazebo, boat ramp, and water access.  (updated May 2026)
• 47.452315-123.0715442 Dewatto. Dewatto has to be the prettiest ghost town on earth. The community's name comes from an Indian word meaning "home of evil spirits who make men crazy." A couple dozen people live full-time, their hillside homes hidden among trees above the slender bay, but the store, post office and school that nearly a century ago hugged the water are gone. Only a few summer cabins remain.  (updated May 2026)

The remote southwest corner of the Kitsap Peninsula has many small lakes and hiking opportunities.

• 47.4567-122.91941 Tahuya State Forest (between Tahuya and Belfair), ☏ +1 360-825-1631, [email protected]. A 23,000-acre working forest on the southeastern portion of the Hood Canal. Tahuya offers recreation opportunities primarily for off-road vehicle riding (ORV), but also for horseback riding, mountain biking, fishing, hunting, camping and other uses. This popular year-round destination area attracts more than 150,000 motorized recreationists and 50,000 non-motorized recreationists each year. Discover Pass required ($10/day, $45/year).  (updated Mar 2025)

There are no restaurants in Tahuya.

• SummerTide Resort & Marina, 15781 NE North Shore Rd, ☏ +1 360 275-9313. The resort offers cabin rentals and RV Parking. Cabins range between $110-$175 per night and RV parking prices change depending on location but full hookups are available.. 
• 47.45353-123.040651 Dewatto River Campground, 1001 NE Dewatto Holly Rd. The Port of Dewatto maintains natural and primitive campground open from April through September. There are 47 sites with 23 having electricity available and many suitable for trailers, 5th wheels or motor-homes.  (updated May 2026)

• Belfair
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