Manchester State Park is located six miles east of Port Orchard, Washington, on Puget Sound. The park has 111 acres with 3,400 feet of saltwater shoreline on Puget Sound’s Rich Passage. The park is covered with fir and maple and includes both camping and day use areas.
Shown above is the beach area of Manchester State Park.
The ferry between Bremerton and Seattle as well as an occasional sail boat can be seen from the beach.
As we all know, beaches are really for woozles.
Shown above is Battery Mitchell, a reminder of the park’s past as a military fort. Built at the beginning of the twentieth century for two 2-inch guns, the guns were never actually installed. The fort was decommissioned in 1958 and sold to the State of Washington in 1960.
Another reminder of the park’s military past is the old Mining Casement. Mining here does not refer to extraction of minerals, but placing explosive devices designed to sink ships. The mines are long gone, but the old building may figure into the imaginations of the kids who play here.
While this building once housed torpedoes, today it is filled with picnic tables and bar-b-ques.
There are a number of walking trails in the park, including one interpretive trail. The photos above show some of the trails.
Shown above are campsite photos.