Laurinda,

Kingston itself is quite accessible by either boat or by car. It is at
the west end of State Hwy 104 in Kitsap County - about 10 miles west of
the Hood Canal Bridge, or about 1/2 hour north from Bremerton on Hwy 3,
then turn west just north of Poulsbo and take Bond Road into Hwy 104 and
in to Kingston. Check DeLorme guide, page 78, B-4.

Another excellent way to get there is to take the Edmonds-Kingston Ferry
from Edmonds (DeLorme Page 79, B-5), either drive-on or walk-on. If you
walk on, you can bird from the upper ferry deck, and get pretty good
views of gulls, terns and alcids (seals, porpoise, etc) while crossing
Puget Sound.

On Sept 8 and 13, I saw quite a few Common Terns just off the Edmonds
Marina breakwater. Yesterday (Sep 20), there were about 20 Common Terns
right at the Ferry Landing at Kingston. Terns should be pretty easy to
see for a while yet this month, and might be mixed with the Bonaparte's
Gulls that are also in abundance.

At Apple Cove Point (1-1/2 miles North of Kingston), There is county road
access right down to the point. I do not know about parking or access
across private property to the beach at that site, though. You might be
able to scan the beach at low tide with a spotting scope to get good
views of the terns and gulls (low tide was in the morning this week - the
birds were concentrated on the beach just south of the point until the
incoming tide dispersed them). Check your DeLorme or county road map and
it should be pretty easy to get there.

Sorry that I can't help more with road access to ACPt, but I only have
been there by boat... But, I can see the road from the boat! :-)

Good Luck.

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, WA
anderjda at dfw.wa.gov


On Thu, 21 Sep 1995, Anglin, Laurinda wrote:

>
> Could you give me some information on how this area near Kingston is
> accessible? Is it only by boat? Or can you get there in a car? Or is walk
> in? And how do you get there?
>
> I've never seen a Common Tern and would love to be able to observe some and
> add them to my life list.