Day 42 · Planned
Kamilche
Mason County, WA
Kamilche and the working waters of the South Sound
This day on the route
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- Walking
- Planned walking
- 8.7 miles
Day 42: 8.7 planned walking miles to Kamilche. The following two walking stages total 20.9 planned miles; working tidelands are not public access points.
Route overview, not turn-by-turn directions.
The planned 8.7-mile stage reaches Kamilche, followed by two walking days to the Capitol. Little Skookum Inlet is part of the area’s working-waterfront context.
Kamilche is the named destination between Shelton and Madrona Beach in the founder’s itinerary. Day 42 carries 8.7 planned walking miles, with 20.9 walking miles remaining over the two stages to the Capitol. The final Olympia Awareness Day is separate from those walking stages.
The nearby inlet landscape includes commercial shellfish activity. Washington’s Department of Natural Resources lists aquatic transactions for aquaculture and commercial docks at Little Skookum Inlet. Aquaculture and docks are part of the working inlet landscape near this section of the walk.
The route’s final chapter moves among these smaller South Sound communities before reaching Olympia. Shelton’s public institutions, the inlet’s working shore and Madrona Beach’s place beside Eld Inlet form a distinct last section of the loop.
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Sources
Local history and background reading for this stop.
- Shoreline District aquatic transactions — checked Sep 5, 2026
- About Mason Health — checked Sep 5, 2026
- McLane Creek Basin study — checked Sep 5, 2026
