Plan your day
Itineraries
Ready-made days built around ferry arrivals and places we have actually checked — half a day on foot, a full day with the car, or a whole weekend. Steal one whole or mix and match. Each plan says which days its stops are open, because the fastest way to ruin a trip over here is a locked door.
Leave the car in Edmonds
Everything on these plans is within walking distance of the dock, or reachable by a shuttle or a bus.
The Walk-On Wander
Leave the car in Edmonds. Everything good in Kingston is within three blocks of the dock.
7 stops → See the plan
Eat Your Way Off the Boat
Argentinian empanadas, a century-old sourdough starter, house-roasted coffee and a jazz cellar — all within about ten minutes' walk of the dock.
8 stops → See the plan
Take It Slow
Flat ground, short distances, benches and a boat to watch. Everything here is within a few minutes of the terminal on the level.
7 stops → See the plan
Car optional
These work on foot, but a car opens up an extra stop or two.
Rainy Day Kingston
Crêpes, curry, a forest walk in the mist, and a taproom to dry out in. Rain is a feature here.
6 stops → See the plan
A Day at Heronswood
Fifteen acres of one of the country's great plant collections, tended by the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe — and you can reach it without a car.
9 stops → See the plan
Worth bringing the car
Gardens, beaches, a mill town and a lighthouse — the parts of North Kitsap that need wheels.
Family Beach Day
Driftwood forts, Puget Sound's oldest lighthouse, forest trails, and pizza. Kids sleep on the boat home.
7 stops → See the plan
Gateway to the Olympics
Kingston is the shortcut to Olympic National Park. Early boat, historic Port Gamble, then over the Hood Canal Bridge.
6 stops → See the plan
A Day in Suquamish
The Suquamish Tribe tells its own story, in its own museum, on its own land — fifteen minutes from the Kingston dock.
9 stops → See the plan
Port Gamble, All Day
An 1850s company mill town with its New England bones intact, a quarter-hour west — shops, a free shell museum, forest trails, and a boat on the bay.
8 stops → See the plan
The Wild North End
The oldest lighthouse on Puget Sound, a beach where the shipping lanes come close, and a preserve worth timing to the tide.
9 stops → See the plan
Paddle, Pedal, Hike
A boat on Port Gamble Bay in the morning, singletrack after lunch, and a forest loop before the beer. Bring your legs.
8 stops → See the plan
Staying more than a day
Where to sleep, and how to spread the good stuff across two or three days.
A North Kitsap Weekend
Two days, one night, no rushing. A mill town on the first afternoon, a garden or a lighthouse on the second, and dinner in Kingston in between.
8 stops → See the plan
Three Days on the North Peninsula
Come Thursday to Saturday and every door on this list opens on at least one of your days — a museum, a mill town, a garden and a lighthouse.
10 stops → See the plan