Reviews of Larrabee State Park (Park)

Kristi Kiehl

Always a pleasure to sit out in the sun and veg

Brent Rauch

Great Drive in Camping. Larrabee has lots of great camp sites and is a great spot to go to the beach nearby and some pretty lakes. The beach isn’t that nice because of the smell and the seaweed but you can still take out a kayak or boat on the water. The only downside is the train nearby that goes by at night. It could keep you up.

Elliot Rowe

Easy to get to and amazing sunsets, just the right way to spend the day. The park has wonderful facilities for everybody. The northern most bit has a small parking area and a boat launch. The main park is just south down the road and has camping, picnicking and lots of walking on about a mile of beach.

Kristi Studer

Great place to camp! Beautiful trails to the water and to various lakes. Nice tent sites with picnic tables and fire pits. Hear the train, but being forewarned it isn't so bad.

Yaroslav Fedoruk

This is really beautiful park

Jeff Roper

Literal elves and gnomes everywhere casting magic spells. Very dangerous for humans or those without powerful magical armor

Don Smith

It's a small but pretty park on the water. It also has a small campground and boat ramp. The campsites are close together. It's a nice stop for a picnic or taking a dip in the sound, if you can handle the cold water!

Ashley DSouza

Great place to camp and has quitea few trails around

Emilia Orren

Probably the only downside is the campground next to the train tracks - lots of hiking & site seeing opportunities + one of the best roads to ride on in the state

Viera Matuska

My fav spot in Whatcom county. So pretty and the air is just pure joy to breathe.

R Mac

Beautiful park in a Beautiful setting. State Park so sites have more than average space between them. Access to Ocean beach. Negative is it is next to busy railroad track and train blows horn as it goes through the park.

Sarah Keum

Super gorgeous area!!! Camped here for one night and it was a lot of fun. The only negative is the train that runs every couple of hours... even at night and in the early morning... it is so loud...

Bella Arens

We hiked to Fragrance Lake. The facilities are nice. I recommend going early, as parking was full by the time we returned from our hike. The hike tip fragrance lake was beautiful. I highly recommend it. The switchbacks get a little monotonous, but you can't beat the walk around the lake at the end!

Tonya Whitlock

Beautiful even on a rainy day trail doesn't get too wet

Mike Middendorf

Friendly people clean well kept

Maryellen Wiseman

It was so nice there!

the family_ak

Love , our state of Washington

Davos777

Very beautiful scenery.

melon dolph

Barking dogs and fire pits smoking up our rv smilt like burning garbage left before we were ment to

Robert N

Great place for camping hiking beach activities

Ruth Newell

One of my very favorite beaches to rockhound and relax!

Shan Wolff

Beautiful! Fun place to run around with the kids, exploring tide pools. If you go south on the Chuckanut, stop at Bow Blueberries. The kids (and you) can get fresh blueberry ice cream!

Chantal S

Have spent the last 2 weekends here camping and intending to spend more intermittently over the year I can say that this is an absolutely gorgeous state park with lots of trails to choose from! There's something for everyone-whether it's an easy hike along a gravel road, interurban trail to more moderate-difficult trails or mountain biking. Access to the beach, which is perfect for kayaking, paddle boarding, wildlife watching, etc. You have a lovely view of the San Juans. The campsite has a lot of noise, with the train going through 4-10 times or so in a 24 hour period and being right next to the road. The sound carries VERY well in this site-otherwise a 5 star place to go solo or take the family!

Stephanie Sneve Boissevain

I hope people who go there and camp are able to sleep better then I did with that train please

Adrian Popescu

Great spot to go explore some sealife at low tide

Huck Berry

Beautiful park with tons of camping options. Nestled within beautiful trees and right next to the water!

Adam Ninja

There is a super steep start to this hike. But it levels out a bit after about 1/5 mile. The trail leads to multiple things. Including 2 lakes about 2 miles in.

Russ Pickup

Great camp ground. Beach is a downhill hike which gets old fast. Great views of the islands.

Halen Hernandez

The park is gorgeous! But there are trains. It says you have to pay at the initial first building, but theres no staff in the winter that I saw. Very nice campsites!

Simon Bacaltos

A quiet retreat from the city of Bellingham

John Cronin

A magical place with grand trees. Buy a discover pass.

Deanna Perea

Beautiful view , huge park. Recommend it highly

Natasha Shaty

Great camping, beach day use and trails.

Jasmine Vinoya

Very pretty, a lot of beach areas and walking trails!

Katherine Ball

Beautiful views. Nice trail.

Carol Watterson

Too noisy trains run through the night and sound horns

Andy Radvany

Great Hike from cedar And pine lake trail to the lakes.and then to raptor ridge.view point. It's scary though feels like late June early July conditions in mid May.

Jake Johnson

Walk to the beach or up Chuckanut ridge to Fragrance Lake or Oyster Dome

Raul Ortiz

Brought the family for a hike and went rick climbing. The sights were amazing

Mark Butler

Nice camp site but the train noise is really noticeable

Jason Friend

This is a true gem. It has been a favorite for the entire time we have lived here. There are hiking trails, beaches, and trains. You can never go wrong with trains.

Dan Schei

Sweet trails for biking or hiking

Mike Roze

Such a nice park! For camping, be forewarned, trains come through the park at all hour of the night.

Michael Zurlo

Nice park, great picnic area and scenic.

Heidi Agun

Not too busy, beautiful park. Washington's first State Park

Plumeria Bodhisattva

Not one of the best state parks in Washington State but it is good enough for communing with nature or just to have a whiff of the salty, fresh air coming from the ocean. The public restrooms are very surprisingly clean though. We did not see any sealife but we did see seagulls and red robins. Such a delightful visit!

Debra Brown

Lakes, trails, saltwater beach, grassy areas and high viewpoints. What more could you ask for?!

Donald Poling

Love this place but you have to pay to go there now. It's sad.

Karen Spieldenner

Love the place always stop there on our way to Bellingham have the nicest stuff I've ever seen

QueenCJL

So beautiful! Very clean and a great place to take the family!

Denise Vriend

Great place, must come back!!

Casey Cook-Pruett

Inspirational views, epic sandstone formations. What's not to love?! Noctiluca loves to show off here late summer... bioluminescence!

Thea Maloy

A little park, a bit of trail, and a glorious stretch of beach accompanied by a lovely drive to reach the site. A great place for famiy gatherings, or just a day trip for no reason at all.

Dave Wolf

Great park with super views.

Dave

Very peaceful fall day with a gentle rain.

Justin Cykler

Really nice beach. Worth walking down, especially with low tide

Patricia Anderson

Train after train after train!!! We paid for two nights of tent camping and only stayed one night. The trains were SO loud! All night! One was so loud and lasted so LONG around MIDNIGHT that you could hear people's comments from nearby tents! We cut our two night camping trip short and went home after breakfast

josiah tanner

Beautiful old tree growth and great trails

Dee Sharp

Trains, lots if whistle blowing trains, all night and all day. In the other side of you on Chockonot drive, old ne. With fast cars and young motorcyclists speed down the windy road. Pretty but exhausting.

Michael Rundell

My family and I stopped by here on our way from Seattle to Vancouver and we had a nice, but brief time. The road in was scenic and fun, and the short walk to the beach was exactly what we were looking for. There were many locals using the playground and volleyball court We were glad to be visiting on a rare "Free Entry" day, because we would not have paid the $10 entry fee, not would we really recommend it for a tourist on the road

Kevin Heimsoth

Beautiful views in a great setting. Nice beach...

sarah Schmitt

Such a gorgeous view after a fun hike.

Courtney Violette

A single Park Ranger took it upon herself to affect our entire weekend. We were having a conversation by the fire at our campsite 15 minutes after quiet time and were very hostily told "I shouldn't hear you from the road, quiet time started at ten and that was a while ago". First, the road is very close. Second, it was only fifteen minutes after quiet time and this was our first warning. The next day we got in trouble for being in a camping spot we shouldn't have been able to reserve? No mention of this upon check in and nothing the night before from the same Ranger in the same campsite? They "allowed us" to keep our site for the second and final night. I literally felt harassed at a certain point. We had responsibly reserved our site, paid the additional parking fee and tolerated the train going by every hour. So much for camping here again.

Stephanie Nelson

Nice area for launching. Has public restrooms. Great view of the water!

Samuel Chen

Amazingly clean campsite with well maintained washrooms...campers were quiet and the camp grounds were great...there is firewood and ice on sale at the site The beach is within walking distance..only suggestion is to bring ear plugs for the train that runs through the park and audible throughout the night

Alysha Markley

The trail down is really easy, and lots of look outs, but at high tide the beach is pretty small. Very beautiful place!

Ben Stevens

Great place to hike. Check out scenic views.

Edward Halasz

Taking advantage a big snow storm here in Bellingham. Beautiful evening skiing on the interurban trail by moonlight!!

Gustav Erlank

Beautiful drive out from Fairhaven to the park and then a really spectacular trail network through the forest to the beach. Make it an outing and then continue to the Breadfarm for the most amazing pastries and baked goods! Don't miss out on the fresh oysters either, sold at a few locations further down the road from the park.

Sharon Fitch

Worth it. I hiked. I am not a hiking but I made itm

Matt Menenberg

Campsites are ridiculously close together. Also way too much road and train noise. Beautiful scenery, great location but not much of a camping experience, look elsewhere

Stephen Reisnour

Oysterdome and fragrance lake are my favorites.

Don O'Grady

Nice park with many hiking trails

G. Elaine Nash

Great place to launch the boat. BUT, Don't fail to HANG your Discover Pass. They don't seem to be able to look at the dash to ascertain that one does have a Pass when placing your ticket under the wipers. :/

Danny Higgins

A nice park with great views of the water. There's lots of parking and a campsite nearby.

Greg Schneider

From Colorado. Great little area. Fun to hop around on the rocks and look at the crabs. I was told years ago there were starfish, but that they've died off due to disease, climate change and other reasons. Beautiful area and a great drive to get here.

Ben Rogers

Gorgeous place. Really well kept and maintained.

Sandra Oldemeyer

Visited in the Evening. Not crowded. Easy little hike.

Jeff Biddy

Lots of trains, nice beach, good hiking

Eric Universe

Beautiful!!! Couldn't even hear the train as it passed by and felt totally at peace with nature

Jeffrey Smith

The perfect Pacific Northwest mini adventure. Ferns Sandstones for trees. Quiet beautiful hiking trails

crystal Schmalz

Such a beautiful park!! The water was super clear... There was a Blue Herring eating sushi

Jake Ramos

Absolutely Amazing place. Sunsets are breathtaking....

David Bowen

Larrabee state park is great because it has year round trails, easy access and though it requires a Discover pass generally, it is worth it. My special needs son loves walking on the trails or down to the water. One of our winter go-to spots.

Derek Wilson

Great park to visit and camp. Just be careful not to camp too close to the trains, because they will disturb sleep at night!

Carl Laitenberger

One of my favorite parks in washington state. Lots of cool trails and awesome beach to explore

Elena Luican

Amazon place. I highly recommend it.

Misty C

Larrabee State Park is truly a fantastic place to visit. The drive is just gorgeous, the grounds are well kept, the tide pools are perfect for people of ALL ages to enjoy, and the trails are beautiful. There’s a nice little playground, tons of hiking and beautiful views. Discovery pass required!

Benjamin Cerny

Great park to hike/free climb along the water!

Nick Makrakis

The go-to spot for most Bellingham residents. There is definitely no shortage of things to do in Larrabee whether that's kayaking, hiking, rock climbing, camping, or having a picnic. It's usually not to hard to find parking but I think you need a Discover Pass. I think the Discover pass is a yearly fee of like $35 so it's worth it as long as you go out a few times a year...

Heather Dauphiny

Great place for a short walk down a few trails. Great beach and place to just relax and enjoy nature.

Paul Boarder

You wouldn't like it. Stay up in BC instead.

Oleg Sh

It's a very good place

justin petersen

Awesome place for bouldering and sun bathing on the rocks.

Nick Wankowski

These reviews are skewed af and manipulated... the train runs through here MULTIPLE times a night and makes it impossible to sleep. Great during the day, horrible for camping.

Kyle Riffle

If you're a mountain biker, try taking the Ridge to the north and then south lost lake trails to ride a really fun loop that's slightly less technical than double diamond and double down!

Jennifer Farrell

It was great but if you dont like trains it's not the place to camp. Trains pass by every couple hours even throughout the night

Patrick Beebe-Sweet

Wonderful park! Train traffic is the only downside here.

Benjamin Coombs

Washington's first state park! Wonderful facilities and access to water and an ampithereter. Location has some nice climbing surfaces that locals have made access too and permanently attached clip ins.

Insiteand awareness

Very beautiful with lots of trails for hiking, a campground and picnic areas with public bathrooms. There is a $10 parking fee if you don't have a discover pass. Discover passes cost $30 for a year and you can use them at any Washington State Park.

Tony Evert

This was a beautiful place to visit, even at high tide. I understand it low tide you can see intertidal sea creatures which I'm sure is fun. Scrambling on the rocks was great!

Chris Ainsworth

Beautiful Place to hike and explore the beach. Stunning stretch of coast line to tide pool, and amazing sandtone cliffs. Not the best camping location as it is right next to the rail line, pretty steady flow of trains at all hours. It can also be pretty busy during the summer. But there is a big grassy area to have lunch if you come for a day trip.

Pete Silvester

Its a very good park. Is it a great park? Probably not. I would have liked a bit less rubbish, a few more informative signs to stare at. It has potential. Nice part of the world.

Auston Ošlapas YouTube

Showers are hot and free at the moment see you there! Calling this home for awhile

Sheryl Dunn

We loved Larrabee Park! It is a Beautiful Park.

Erik Fenner

Beautiful park with great sites. I really like tent site 24. It is on the side farthest from the train tracks and is next to a massive boulder that is very weathered. Beware that kids love to play on the boulder so you may have some camp neighbors near your site if you stay here.

Chris McConnaughay

Beautiful and tranquil place

Neil Hawks

Nice enough campground but loud trains close by.

Charlie Young

Freedom on the other side of the tracks. Painted trees and two separate beaches. Bioluminescence algee in the night.

Drago Norka

Nice views, some beach access.

Sairam M.

This is Washington's first state park. It has beautiful trails, grassy area, awesome views, access to beach, . IMO, not a good choice for camping as it is right next to the rail line. Very well maintained. You can do hiking as well. If you are coming from Seattle, make sure to take exit-231 from I-5 and come by WA-11. You would enjoy beautiful Chuckanut drive.

Daphne Brown

Some think different to see

Cody Jones

Great access to the sound, park, and great campsites. RV hookups and clean bathrooms and showers.

Ken Kauffman

Absolutely beautiful and well-kept. This is exactly the kind of wilderness I expect from Washington

Jonathan Carey

Fragrance Lake hike is 1100 feet of elevation gain through a gorgeous forest.

Lisa Danco

Beautiful park, but VERY noisy from the train. At least every hour (throughout the night, too) of loud screeching and horns. Do not expect to sleep much if you're camping.

Landon Parent

Been going here for years. Several accessible hiking trails. Up into the hills or down to the water, your choice!

Michael H

it's a very fun place to go lots of wildlife easy access to the beach for the most part and it's large area so that you don't feel you're on top of everyone when there's a lot of people there.the camping area can be a little bit more attrusive because the raccoons are not afraid of anybody and they will get into everything The squirrels are also the same way

Brendan Walsh

Great park, close to Bellingham, loud train, mediocre beach.

John Weber

While the Train noise may be annoying to some, the times we camped there those trains were like having a distant freight train go through one side of your dream and go right out the other side, hearing it's horn blowing in the far distance. We liked it. The highway noise can be heavier on weekends but tames down at night. Restrooms were always clean and the main restroom has showers with real toilets ... not the drop and plop ones.

Rick Holmes

First time on the Two Dollar trailer to Fragrance Lake. Loved it. Plenty of up hill along with plenty of views of Chuckanut Bay and a pretty waterfall. Continued up Double Diamond trail to Cyrus Gates overlook. One long, steep mile. All in all, a great 9 1/4 mile hike in the PNW drizzle.

Michael Bollinger

Glad to be here, can't wait to come back!

Clinton MacLeod

One of the best kept secrets of Washington state. Sorry for ruining it locals. I'm a local Google guide and I have a code I must live by. Even if they don't pay me and never mentioned a code. I do get digital points that keep going up and up.

Ashley Thompson

This is my favorite beach in Whatcom County! It's unbelievably beautiful! They have a very nice park for kids to play, and lots of room for them to run. Beautiful hiking trails around the water. Gorgeous place to watch the sunset!

Fatima Smith

Fairly quick moderate hike. Another piece of wonderful nature.

Michael Gallier

Not bad...but they could make it nicer! The trails need a little work

Sarah Hobden

The campground is great but the trains running through the park are very frequent and extremely loud. Even in the middle of the night

Korri Dahl

The views were amazing and we loved walking some of the trails. Points lost for living at an angle for a week - protip 'hard to level' means a 12% grade.

Leo Qiu

Very pretty and easy hike that gives a great view over a lake, don't think you can go in the lake though since the water didn't seem super clean.

The semi Rad Dad

This is such a fun place to shuttle. Lots of other trails on the mountain, but I haven't explored them yet.

Mary Grace Reed

Good for family bonding,friends picnic.

bill schillinger

Loved it nice and quiet and loads of photo opportunity

Daniel English

It was a nice camp with nice people and some cool spots but there is a lot of train noise and traffic

Cyrus Sarkosh

Beautiful trails and moderately trafficked

Melissa Prasad

Such a beautiful campground. The trains are close though.

Magdalyn Lowe

Nice park to walk your dogs on the beach and around!

Steve Austin

Crowed and awesome! Clean park and beaches. Lost to do and see.

Christian Lenoir

Nice quiet retreat for day use. Shore is somewhat limited yet the view is quiet and peaceful. the sandstone rocks present an interesting getaway for kids to climb around tidepools at low tide and there are good restrooms, an open meadow and kid playground close to the beach.

Bill Davis

Beautiful scenery. Interesting history. Old growth forest and water.

Kidslik65 Nunya

No boat dock. For what the state charges to boat or fish, there's no excuse for not having a dock here other than sheer greed and stupid liberals accepting getting screwed by the state. Absolutely no ramp etiquette from other people. Most rude,selfish and inconsiderate people I've ever encountered.

Mikaela Pearson

Always serene fantastic trails incredible hikes

Genee Gillis

One of my favorite places as a child - and still is- as a woman

Steven Hurley

Okay, so this review is based on a very limited stay, just a quick stopover to sleep while on a roadtrip. If you are trying to sleep in the campground be advised that there will be very loud trains blowing their horn coming through every few hours all night. Wish I had known, so just wanted to make others aware. Scenery is still great.

Gretchen Black

Absolutely beautiful!!! Quiet, peaceful, cathartic, clean, safe. Great little escape when you want to relax. The tower is awesome. My husband and I climbed to the top. What a view!! Don't miss this one.

Michael Kunitzky

Lovely park. Beautiful nature, nice hiking trails & lookouts, and a cute beach.

Jakrapong Poomsuwan

Well managed camping ground and area. Very nice restroom.

Kim Calloway

Really beautiful ❤️ A very quiet, secluded area to get your Zen back.

Mr Maxxx

Great views,great elements and a timeless view and feelings

Lori R.

I luv,luv this quaint little park. First off you must park up high in a lot...then you get to hike down a small mountain side into an area where a small part of the Pacific waters come in to form a half moon bay. You can walk the shore or swim even boat around the cove. It is one of Washington's best places to take sunset pics as well. It is very relaxing and usually a respected place.

Jeffery Hothorn

Larrabee State Park has beautiful views of the Puget Sound, Olympic Mountains and the surrounding scenery.

Noreen Cerbana

I was here for a visit and stopped to do some hiking. The park has some amazing trails! Can't wait to move to Bellingham so I can start enjoying the beautiful landscape!

Dirk Knudsen

It's not very well marked but this little baby you'll have a great spot to picnic and to have an adventure. Boy wish we would have had some kayaks cuz we would have gone out for sure! Will be back to try this spot because it's just way too pretty not to.

Christa Robertson

A Good Park. Bring water shoes and spend the day here!

Jon Paul Cooke

Awesome views and some of the best mountain bike trails in the area.

Shelley Knebel

Beach is awesome for wading and exploring. Fun tidepools and our little ones love the trains going by every once in awhile too.

Kirk Hanshaw

Awesome place to go and see the ocean and have a picnic

Kelly Hart

Beautiful, challenging hiking.

Peggy Resch

Great beach like it alot