This park is named after a Japanese family who cultivated berries here during their World War II internment. It's now a tranquil, almost 23-acre nature preserve, featuring a pond and even some small wetlands.
Once a naval radio station, this 90-acre park is now home to two ponds, walking/jogging trails, an equestrian area, a picnic shelter and kids' playground, lots of green space, and …
The main trails in Gazzam Lake Nature Preserve are well-signed and make for easy walking through the forest. The side trails tend to be narrower and brushier.
Big Beef Harbor and Little Beef Harbor are two small, sheltered inlets tucked along the western shore of the Kitsap Peninsula, not far from Lawters Beach and the Seabeck area. …
The lakebed was once an oligotrophic bog, meaning it was nutrient-poor, acidic, and oxygen-rich. This resulted in the creation of peat and the spread of a unique flora community typical of such environments.