August 2025 Monthly Destination

Fort Nuñez Gaona 

Hwy 112, Fort St., and Bayview Ave, Neah Bay, WA

Take it to the limit one more time! For the die-hard riders among us, as well as those who simply wish to explore more of what our great State has to offer, head out to Neah Bay.  Neah Bay is the furthest most Western point in the contiguous United States. 

Both established and abandoned in 1792 (a whopping four months from creation to abandonment), Fort Nuñez Gaona was the first European settlement built North of San Francisco.  83 sailors and soldiers, led by Spanish Naval Lieutenant Sálvador Fidalgo, built a fort with six mounted guns, a blacksmith’s shop, barracks, a bakery, and corrals.  The men had settled on land occupied by the Makah, and by the end of the summer, the colonists’ relations with the tribe turned unfriendly.  Spain relinquished its claim to this region in 1819 under the Adams Onis Treaty.

You’ll find this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it [only building remaining] fort located at the intersection of Hwy 112, Fort St., and Bayview Ave. 
(GPS coordinates: 48.36884,-124.62548)

Get a photo of yourself, your motorcycle, and the Diah Veterans Park.  Then, post it on our ES HOG Facebook page and/or send it to me at [email protected]  You’ve got from 26 July 2025 to 23 August 2025 to accomplish this task and be entered into a $40 gift card raffle. 
Ride Easy, Safe & Often!
Griff
Eastside HOG Head Road Captain / Assistant Director
Eastside HOG Chapter #5389 

The monthly challenge is a local (or not) place that you ride to every month. Everyone who makes the trek has their name put into a drawing. The drawing is pulled at the monthly chapter meeting and the winner gets an Eastside Harley Gift Card. While winning a giftcard is cool, having an excuse to get out and ride by yourself or with others to a place you've never been is priceless.

October 2022	November 2022	. December 2022.
August 2022	September 2022	Due to fires in Skykomish area, and RT 2 closing, This location was subsituted about mid-month. September 2022
May 2022	June 2022	July 2022
February 2022	March 2022	April 2022
November 2021	December 2021	January 2022
October 2021	September 2021	August 2021