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Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor sea glass

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea glassSea glass
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: driftwood.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Site of the vanished 1890s harbor town of Ocosta; named for the glass that still litters the mudflats.

WhatcomTalk, Dec 2023: Bottle Beach named for abundant sea glass; best the day after a storm with westerly or southwesterly wind on a falling tide, late winter to early springView source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Soft mudFast incoming tide across flats

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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