Grayland, Washington
Grayland sits at the heart of the Cranberry Coast — a community that spreads from the shores of the Pacific, through the cranberry bogs to the hills that overlook it all.
Grayland Washington's residential streets and rural farm roads lead toward a central business district that served as a gathering place for the cranberry farmers who nurtured a native berry into a crop that today fuels the likes of Ocean Spray's drinks and snacks.
Life slows down a bit here in Grayland. And if you ask most locals, that means it moves at just about the right speed. There's time to think, time to take in the majesty of Pacific Ocean, time to listen to the waves, walk on the endless beach, enjoy the Washington sunset. Time, even, to watch cranberries grow.
Of course, aside from "Cranberry," two of the biggest words around Grayland are Beach Access. Just follow the signs and find yourself on an expanse of sandy beach that opens to a whole new and wonderful world where the coast meets the mighty Pacific. Here the beach never seems to end, and time, well, time is kept mostly by the leisurely roll of the tides.