100 Foot Rock
Directions
From I-5
- Take exit 181B for Alderwood Mall Pkwy toward WA-524/196th St SW 0.4 miles
- Turn left at Poplar Way 0.1 miles
- Turn left at 196th St SW 2.7 miles
- Turn right at 76th Ave W 2.0 miles
- Continue on 75th Pl W 0.1 miles
- Turn left at 162nd St SW 125 feet
- 162nd St SW turns right and becomes 76th Pl W 200 feet
Description
There is an old dock that is starting to fall down at this site. To get down to the water you have to go over the train tracks and over some boulders, this can be a bit difficult. Around the docks there is just sandy bottom. However, if you swim out to the northwest part of the dock there are more fish around the piling. From that location, if you continue out in to deep water, around 45-50 feet there are some small tire reefs.
The reason that this site has the name "100 Foot Rock" is that if you swim south there is an area where it is deeper and at about 100 feet (really about 80-90 feet) there is a very large rock with lots of life on it.
