Kitsap Peninsula
The Kitsap Peninsula is in the Puget Sound of Washington State, between the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges. It is almost an island, connected to the mainland by only a 2 mi wide stretch of land near Belfair.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Bremerton and Bainbridge Island.
Bremerton
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Bremerton is the largest city on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. Bremerton is a safe, environmentally clean community within an hour's ferry ride from downtown Seattle where you can visit the Navy destroyer Turner Joy, stroll along a delightful block-long waterfront promenade and check out the Kitsap Conference Center Plaza with its fascinating fountains.
Bainbridge Island
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Bainbridge Island is an island city in the Puget Sound of Washington state, just across the Agate Pass Bridge from Kitsap Peninsula. It is a 35-minute ferry ride from downtown Seattle.
Port Orchard
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Port Orchard is on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. Its downtown core has kept its original small-town character and is accessible by foot from the harbor.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Gig Harbor and Poulsbo.
Gig Harbor
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Gig Harbor is a city on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington State. It lies just across the dramatic Tacoma Narrows Bridge from Tacoma, making it the southern gateway to the Kitsap Peninsula and the Olympic Peninsula.
Poulsbo
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Poulsbo is a city on Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. Known as "Little Norway," Poulsbo was settled in 1892 by Norwegian loggers, farmers and fishermen who likened the fjord-cut landscape to their homeland.
Silverdale
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Silverdale is on the Kitsap Peninsula in Western Washington. Home to the Kitsap Mall and many big box stores, Silverdale is where locals go for shopping.
Kingston
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Kingston is on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. Known as the "Little City by the Sea", Kingston is the northern gateway to the Kitsap Peninsula and Olympic National Park.
Fox Island
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Fox Island is a 5.2 square mile island off the south end of the Kitsap Peninsula, in the Puget Sound of Washington state, across from the Tacoma "Narrows". It is semi-rural, with bridge access from Gig Harbor.
Manchester
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Manchester is a charming waterfront village on the Kitsap Peninsula, with spectacular views of Puget Sound in Washington state. This subdistrict of Port Orchard is located between ferries to Bremerton, Vashon Island and West Seattle and is a convenient stop when exploring the area by boat.
Indianola
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Indianola is a community of 3,500 people on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound region of Washington state. It lies on the north shore of Port Madison, just east of Miller Bay.
Suquamish
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Suquamish is a community of 4,100 people on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. It is in the Port Madison Indian Reservation, the home of the Suquamish tribe and Chief Seattle.
Home
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Home was originally named Home City, this seaside community is on the Key Peninsula which is a subpeninsula of the Kitsap Peninsula. See also Returning home for getting back to your own place.
Keyport
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Keyport, known as "Torpedo Town USA," is on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. It is home to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center.
Burley
Burley is on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound region of Washington state. Burley is a community at the head of Burley Lagoon in Henderson Bay. Established in the 1890s by the Co-operative Brotherhood, it was named Circle City, with buildings laid out on the periphery of a circle.Blake Island
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Blake Island State Park is a 475-acre marine park in the Puget Sound of Washington state, off the coast of the Kitsap Peninsula. Its five miles of saltwater beach shoreline provide magnificent views of the Olympic Mountains and the Seattle skyline.
Belfair
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Belfair lies at the innermost waters of Hood Canal, at the far south end of the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. It is home to the internationally renowned Hood Canal Theler Wetlands, a center for environmental recreation and education.
Allyn
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Allyn is a quaint town on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state, overlooking the North Bay-Case Inlet.
Purdy
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Purdy is located on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound region of Washington state. Purdy is a small unincorporated community north of the city of Gig Harbor, on the northern boundary of Pierce County, Washington.
Lakebay
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Lakebay is an unincorporated community in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Lakebay is located at the head of Mayo Cove on the east side of the Key Peninsula, 1 mile south of Home.
Hansville
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Hansville is a town on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. This picturesque rural community affords sweeping views of Admiralty Inlet, Whidbey Island, and Puget Sound.
Chico
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Chico is located on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound region of Washington state. Chico, named in 1889 to honor Indian Chief Chico, who lived in the area, is a small residential area along the west side of Dyes Inlet between Silverdale and Bremerton.
Vaughn
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Vaughn is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Vaughn is located on Vaughn Bay in the northwestern Key Peninsula.
Longbranch
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Longbranch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is located on the Key Peninsula, along Filucy Bay between Pitt Passage and Balch Passage.
Key Center
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Key Center is the largest town on the Key Peninsula which is a sub peninsula of the Kitsap Peninsula.
Gorst
Gorst is a census-designated place at the head of Sinclair Inlet in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 605 at the 2020 census.Southworth
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Southworth is a town on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. It's ferry terminal to West Seattle and Vashon Island make it a gateway to Port Orchard and the rest of the Kitsap Peninsula.
Seabeck
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Seabeck is a historic mill community located on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. Seabeck, once a bustling seaport that dwarfed Seattle in population and size, has few traces remaining of its early logging years.
Olalla
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Olalla is on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. Olalla means "place of many berries" from the native Chinook word "olallie." This historic area is a combination of thick forests, small farms, streams and scenic country roads surrounded by Puget Sound.
Port Gamble
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Port Gamble is a community on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington state. The village streets haven't changed much since the 1800s. The original New England Victorian-style homes have been lovingly preserved, along with the several other historic buildings in the area.
Holly
Holly is on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound region of Washington state. Holly, at the end of the Seabeck-Holly Road has views of Hood Canal, the Olympic Mountains and sunsets.Kitsap Peninsula
- Type: peninsula
- Description: region of Washington state, US
- Location: Puget Sound, Kitsap, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
47.5667° or 47° 34′ 0″ northLongitude of center
-122.783° or 122° 46′ 59″ westWikidata ID
Q3047590
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kitsap Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة كيتساب”
- Chinese: “凱特薩普半島”
- Chinese: “基沙普半島”
- Chinese: “基萨普半岛”
- Czech: “Kitsapův poloostrov”
- Dutch: “Kitsap Peninsula”
- Esperanto: “Kicapa Duoninsulo”
- French: “péninsule de Kitsap”
- French: “Péninsule de Kitsap”
- French: “Péninsule Kitsap”
- Italian: “Penisola di Kitsap”
- Japanese: “キットサップ半島”
- Japanese: “キトサップ半島”
- Korean: “키챕반도”
- Lithuanian: “Kitsapo pusiasalis”
- Persian: “شبه جزیره کیتساپ”
- Persian: “شبهجزیره کیتساپ”
- Russian: “Китсап (полуостров)”
- Russian: “Китсап”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Kitsap”
- Spanish: “Península de Kitsap”
- Spanish: “Peninsula Kitsap”
- Spanish: “Península Kitsap”
- Ukrainian: “Кітсап”
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