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城市概覽

Key Center is not large by most people's standards, however it is the largest town on the Key Peninsula. If you are heading south on your adventure this will be your last chance to visit a real grocery store. Vaughn was named for W.D. Vaughn, who settled in the area around 1851. It was once an important port for the Key Peninsula. From the 1870s to the 1920s, transportation needs for Vaughn and other communities along Case Inlet were once served by a small flotilla of steamboats. The local community based monthly newspaper called the North Bay Review, services Allyn.

Seeing the quiet seaside community of Home today, it is difficult to imagine it as the area's hotbed for radical anarchists and nudists, but that is nonetheless the area's history from 1895, when after the failure of the industrial cooperative colony Glennis, east of Eatonville, three former Glennisites — George H. Allen, Oliver A. Verity, and B. F. O'Dell — set out in the summer into Puget Sound on a rowboat they built themselves to find an isolated location for a new community. They decided upon Von Geldern Cove (also known as Joe's Bay) as the site for their new Home Colony, which would be an intentional community based on anarchist philosophy. Land was apportioned to those who became members of the Mutual Home Association, agreeing to its anarchist ideals and to pay for their lot. The title to each member's land would stay with the Association. The Association also held title to a meeting hall and a trading post. When Home was plotted in 1901 it had increased in size to 217 acres (0.88 km2) and had become home to anarchists, communists, food faddists, freethinkers, nudists, and others who did not fit in with mainstream society. Following the assassination of President McKinley by an anarchist in 1901, the community came under scrutiny. Inflammatory articles in Tacoma newspapers led to threats by a vigilante committee formed by members of the Grand Army of the Republic, who planned to invade the

如何抵達

By car The main way in is the Key Peninsula Highway, which starts from a junction with WA-302 west of Purdy and extends almost to the south tip of the peninsula.

Key Center is 8 mi (13 km) south of Purdy. Vaughn is 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Key Center, off the main highway Home is 13 mi (21 km) south of Purdy. Lakebay is 16 mi (26 km) south of Purdy. Longbranch is 18 mi (29 km) south of Purdy, near the southern end of the peninsula.

By boat

1 Longbranch Improvement Club Marina, 5213 Key Peninsula Hwy S, Longbranch (near the southern end of Key Peninsula on Filucy Bay), ☏ +1 253 884-5137. The marina offers 760 feet of public moorage with basic amenities: fresh water, electrical hookups, toilets and garbage disposal and A covered area with gas barbecue. Guest moorage is first-come, first-served, advance notification for groups is requested. Lakebay Marina & Resort is closed for restoration and redevelopment. There is no announced opening date. 2 Home public boat launch. For both motorized and non-motorized boats. 3 Vaughn public boat launch. A small boat ramp on Vaughn Bay. (updated May 2026) Joemma Beach State Park provides a boat launch and water trail campsites, 5 buoys and 500 feet dock footage. Penrose Point State Park has 8 state buoys and 304 feet of dock that is available for visiting boaters. Taylor Bay Park offers access for non-motorized boats.

當地交通

The small communities are walkable by foot. You will need a vehicle or vessel to get from one community to the other.

By boat This is an excellent area to explore by boat. Vaughn Bay's gentle waters are protected by a spit, inlets at Home and Lakebay are interesting to explore, and there are several islands nearby. Many of the nearby homes either have their own docks, and some of them are even built on piers directly over the water.

必看景點

1 Key Peninsula Historical Society and Museum, 17010 S Vaughn Rd, Vaughn. 1-4PM Th and Sa. Dedicated to learning about and preserving the local history of the Key Peninsula and its maritime and farming past. They also offer an auto tour of the area. Free. 2 Home Park, Key Pen Hwy S. at 8th Ave, Home. This park has a small historical marker in front discussing Homes anarchist past. It has generous play equipment and swings and the picnic shelter, which was sponsored by the Key Peninsula Lions Club, was constructed mostly by lumber that was milled from trees harvested from the local Volunteer Park.

體驗活動

1 Key Peninsula Civic Center, 17010 S Vaughn Rd N, Vaughn, ☏ +1 253 884-3456. The Key Peninsula Civic Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the welfare of the Key Peninsula community and citizens, and encouraging civic consciousness through active participation in constructive projects that will improve the community. 2 Sound View Camp, 8515 Key Peninsula Hwy S, Longbranch, ☏ +1 253 884-9202. Kids summer camp offers everything from archery to arts and crafts

Parks 3 Joemma Beach State Park, 20001 Bay Rd SW (SW of Home), ☏ +1 253-884-1944, [email protected]. 8AM-dusk. A 122-acre marine camping park with 3,000 feet of saltwater frontage on southeast Kitsap Peninsula. Aside from the natural beauty of park and surroundings, the area is an excellent place for fishing, boating and crabbing. Provides a boat launch and water trail campsites, 5 buoys and 500 feet of dock footage. Discover Pass required ($10/day, $45/year). (updated May 2026) 4 Penrose Point State Park, 321 158th Ave SW (East of Lakebay), ☏ +1 253-884-2514, [email protected]. 8AM-dusk. This 152-acre marine and camping park is a small peninsula that sets on the shores of Mayo Cove and Carr Inlet and offers a wide variety of water activities. Impressive stands of fir and cedar share space with ferns, rhododendrons, wildlife and birds. The name honors Dr. Stephen Penrose, a Pennsylvania native who served as president of Whitman College in Walla Walla from 1884 to 1934. For many years, Dr. Penrose and his family spent their summers vacationing on what is now park property. A prominent church and educational leader in the Northwest, Dr. Penrose was a firm believer in outdoor recreation for children. A self-guided interpretive trail called "A Touch of Nature" was built by Eagle Scouts in 1982 and renovated by a second group of Eagle Scouts in 1991. The trail is located in the day-use area, and extends for 1/5 mile. Discover Pass required ($10/day, $45/year). (updated May 2

購物

1 Key IGA, 9021 Key Peninsula Hwy NW, Key Center, ☏ +1 253-884-3325. 8AM-9PM. This grocery store is a busy hub of Key Center. 2 Home Country Store, 1309 Key Peninsula Hwy N, Home, ☏ +1 253 884-2106. Restock and resupply your basic needs here, not huge but there are not a lot of choices on this end of the peninsula.

住宿

1 Olde Glencove Hotel, 9418 Glencove Road Kp N, ☏ +1 253 884-2835. Built as a resort, this turn of the century facility offers Victorian ambiance throughout overlooking a quiet bay. 2 Frog Creek Lodge, 15003 64th St Kp N, ☏ +1 253 884-3188. This 5,000 ft² (4