Agate Beach County Park and Iceberg Point Trail
in Washington · centroid 62 mi from Seattle
Agate Beach is a small but stunning public beach that is part of San Juan Island's County park system. On Agate Beach, visitors can launch kayaks, have a picnic, and watch for passing killer whales. At low tides, tidepools are revealed, enabling visitors to explore the normally hidden undersea world.
To access the Iceberg Point trail, continue down the gravel road that heads uphill at the Agate Beach parking lot. A sign will direct you to the two mile Iceberg Point Trail, which provides cliffside views of the Olympic Peninsula. Multiple breathtaking viewpoints are enabled by a trail network that leads to sea viewing spots and abundant wildflowers can be seen here in the spring time.
- States
- Washington
- Trail type
- National Historical Park trail
- Centroid nearest city
- Seattle, WA · 62 mi · ~1.8 hr drive
- Centroid coords
- 48.4278°, -122.8778°
About San Juan Island National Historical Park
This trail is inside San Juan Island National Historical Park, a national historical park managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Official NPS trail page: https://www.nps.gov/places/agate-beach-county-park-and-iceberg-point-trail.htm
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/index.htm
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Agate Beach County Park and Iceberg Point Trail and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
Stay nearby
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Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.