Dash Point State Park

We booked a campsite the last week of fall. With only a few neighbors, everything felt quiet and private. The walk to the beach was beautiful and well maintained.
There was little to no presence of park staff or security, which was both a good and bad thing. There was a substantial amount of trash left behind when we arrived. And I avoided the bathrooms at all cost.
I can only imagine camping over the summer is much different when the sites are fully booked. Overall, $ 30 a night is a bit steep for the experience.

I love going here when the tide goes out, there are so many sea creatures just waiting to be observed!
There are several trails to spend the day wandering around on. They have markers of difficulty level as well as which ones are mountain bike suitable. There’s also camping available for those that want to camp without actually leaving the city.

Small park, not easy to get to. Camping is across the road away from the water. Steep hill down to parking. Little walk to water was nice. Bathrooms available as well as a few tables. The tide comes in and out here. View is pretty. Maybe a good spot for lunch and play in water on a warm day. We only stayed 20 min tops.

Bathrooms are needing renovation, overgrown landscaping, dirty sites… need I say more? Looks like they have forgotten about this state park for the last 10 years.

This place is pretty fun. The campground are well taken care of. Don’t really count on being able to swim. The bay is a little funky. At least there are showers down at the swimming spot to wash off. It is a bit of a hike down the hill to the bay, which is a little unfortunate. Also, since it is so close to both Seattle and Tacoma you get a little bit of the riff-​raff. Not too much to worry about. Just don’t expect quit nights during the summer. Speaking of nights during the summer, they do have some cool schedule activities that the rangers put on.

Great place to camp — with an issue that could be easily fixed.
1. Washrooms were disgusting. Does anyone clean them? If they do, they need to do it WAY more often. Gross. Shower floor had toilet paper in the shower stall. Thank god for shower shoes. Bathroom floor looked like it hadn’t been mopped in days. Mirrors were too low to be useful. No shelf near the sink to put my toiletries bag down. The whole building looks like it is a relic of the ’80’s that has never been updated.
One issue that can’t be fixed:
2. Loud airplanes flew over at various times during the night. Woke me up. Still, it was quieter than Saltwater State Park!!!

The stalls were out of toilet paper at 8 in the morning. In the upper loop, only one of the three showers even functioned. After paying $ 40 a site, 50 cents buys you three minutes of cold shower. The bathrooms were very dirty with lots of hair and wet black dirt on the floors. The sites are very small and crowded together which I suppose is to be expected for a small urban campground. Lots of trash around many of the sites.

The beach was well maintained for how many people were coming and going. Very clean for being in the Seattle area. I felt safe letting my two year old run around within eye sight. No creepy looking people. The beach is very shallow for a long way out. Sand dollars and sea shells all over the place.
Keep an eye on the tides!!!

Make sure that if you happen to show up when there are a lot of cars in the parking lot that you DO NOT Park in the grass unless you want to come back to a $ 50 ticket!!! :/​I hate to use the old excuse everyone else was doing it too, but it was true and we were the only ones that we saw with a ticket but everyone else was gone when we got back. Wish there had been another place to park…
Absolutely kills an amazing time there when you see that, especially since we had just purchased a year pass that day. At least we can use it at other parks. There’s LOTS if seaweed in the beach that’s very slippery, so be careful when you walk & the trash cans were over flowing. Signs say no alcohol but there were broken beer bottles around the trash. Wish park rangers had been more worried about that than our harmless parking on the grass.

I am very partial to this park mainly because it is where I got engaged, but I find this place so peaceful. Beautiful hikes, great scenery and lots of room to have a family get together for a picnic, bbq, etc.

First time camping here, there were a lot of drunk partying college kids camping here, it was so noisy all day and all night (passed 2am) we almost packed up and went home in the middle of the night, we paid for 2 nights, but only stayed for one, we couldn’t go through another night there, Rangers there did nothing and didn’t want to here anything we had to say. This place is not family friendly.

My favorite place to go is to this park (not the state park but the park side of it) and walk the beach and the pier. It is beautiful and the sunsets are often equally beautiful. We have watched fishermen and fisherwomen catch crabs and flounders. We have caught snails and clams on the beach. The tide is usually nice and the sand is nice so kids play in the water. The play equipment is decent and has a small variety but most kids like to dig in the sand and go back and forth between playing and digging. This is a really neat park to go to.

Enjoyed 3 nights here. Less than half the camp was full until the weekend when all the rowdies arrived yip’n it up until 1:00AM. Stick to the week days off season and you’ll have the place to yourself. A bit far to walk to beach. Best to go at low tide.

We are so lucky to have this beautiful state park nearby! We often go to the beach in the summer with our son, it’s a great place for families and little explorers. Beautiful hikes, too.

Beautiful place! I especially enjoyed the drive in, going through the woods and pleasant shady areas. This was my first experience with the Sound and I loved it. We went down to the beach and I took off my shoes so that I could feel the rocks and cool water between my toes. I hate to sound so corny but this was such a tranquil opportunity for me. In SoCal, going o the beach means something else: girls flashing their surgically altered bodies and soaking in the skin cancer. Here at Dash point, it was just real chill, families having genuine fun without trying to impress anyone. I really appreciated that.
I’m coming back Dash Point!

Great little sandy beach. Fun at low tide and high tide. Occasional jelly fish but otherwise a super spot for the family.
Includes camping, picnic and bathrooms.

This has become one of our go-​to spots for the summer. The beach area itself is on the small side but we’ve never found it so busy that we can’t find a good spot to lay out our things. When the tide is in, the kids can walk out into the shallow water (warm too!) without having to worry. When the tide is out, you can take a stroll hundreds of feet out. We’ve found all kinds of treasures here, even a few sand dollars.
Back by the beach, a small creek empties into the sound to entertain the little ones. Very calming here; it feels like you’re a world away from the city which is what makes it the perfect escape.
We went camping here as well in June. The campground was nice with plenty of privacy depending on the spot you pick, and nicely designed. The bathrooms were what you’d expect — not pristine, but altogether not bad. We did notice quite a few mosquitoes, possibly due to the proximity to the water.
Overall, Dash Point is perfect for a family getaway. It feels like a special trip but only takes a few extra minutes to get there. This is why we will keep coming back!

Dash Point is a nice little beach for the Federal Way locals. 5 stars for the water, 3.5 stars for the sand which was filled with little wood chunks and rocks (so bring a thick towel if you want to lay down). Very family friendly — so a variable star rating on that one depending on who you are.
Went here on a whim because I ended up in the area with a friend and it was a nice day out. Disappointed to see that you have to pay $ 10 to… go to the beach and you are supposed to have a Discover Park Pass. But we went anyway to check it out.
Nice little beach area, calm shallow water for kids, ample parking, and also some picnic areas with BBQs available. Park closes at 8pm I think. Can’t say it was any cooler than free coastline parks I’ve seen around the Seattle area (and therefore worth the entry fee), but maybe it’s the nicest one in Federal Way?

Hmmm how do you rate nature and the natural beauty surrounding the area? It’s really tough thing to do! All I know is that when it’s a nice clear day, minimal clouds in the sky and the sun is shining bright; you can’t go wrong being outside feeling your being one with nature!
Today was just one of those beautiful days, the sun was shining bright and I couldn’t help but want to be outside. Since moving up here to the Northwest one of the biggest challenges for me was getting used to the weather. I grew up and came from living in the hot, dry and always sunny desert of Palm Springs, Ca.
I had to take advantage of the beautiful weather because it always seems to be far and few between here. I wasn’t the only one with the same idea today because when I got to the parking area the lot was actually full of cars and people scattered all about the shoreline. There was children playing in the playground area and even couples walking up and down the pier holding hands enjoying the sun!
This area is perfect place to just relax and unwind, enjoy a picnic, get sand between your toes, fish if that’s your thing and just be. I consider this place my little hideaway even when the weather is gorgeous it can get crowded!

Picnic shelters, beachy shore, rocky shoreline, tons of grass!
Restrooms make it easy for an all day siesta or party.
Very family friendly.
Nice view, typical park on the sound.