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*HOOD CANAL'S WATERFRONT Shoofly Creek Retreat*

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A spacious living area with a large island, a sofa, and a view of the outdoors.
A modern living room with a sectional sofa, a glass coffee table, and a patterned rug. There is a staircase leading to an upper level, and a kitchen area is visible in the background.
A building with a green exterior, a fire pit with burning wood, and a basketball hoop.
A wooden deck leading to a glass door entrance of a building with a view of a lake and distant hills.
A spacious bedroom with a large bed, a hammock, and a stone fireplace.

Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Family fun awaits
    Top-rated for families.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.

Popular amenities

  • Balcony or patio
  • On beach
  • Dog-friendly
  • Toys
  • Barbecue
  • Internet access

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Belfair, WA

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 14)

Captain's Quarters

1 Single Bunk Bed

Lavender Waves

1 Double Bed

Master's

1 King Bed and 1 Crib

Sun & Moon

1 Queen Bed

Turquoise Tortoise

1 Queen Bed

4 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

captain's quarters

Toilet · Shower only

downstairs

Toilet · Shower only

master's bathroom

Toilet · Shower only

powder room/common area

Toilet

sun/moon bathroom

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Balcony
Separate dining area
Garden
Dining area

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About the area

Belfair

Located in Belfair, this holiday home is on the beach. LakeLand Village Golf Course and Fair Harbor Marina are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Belfair State Park and Union River Wildlife Area. Jet skiing, kayaking and windsurfing offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking nearby.
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Belfair, WA

Getting around

  • Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) - 85 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Sunset Beach Grocery - ‬23 min drive
  • ‪Hook & Fork - ‬43 min drive
  • ‪2 Margaritas - ‬43 min drive
  • ‪The Posh Pescatarian - ‬32 min drive
  • ‪Christeen’s Coffee Cabin - ‬10 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is *HOOD CANAL'S WATERFRONT Shoofly Creek Retreat* pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 3 total) with a maximum weight of up to 23 kg per pet. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much is parking at *HOOD CANAL'S WATERFRONT Shoofly Creek Retreat*?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at *HOOD CANAL'S WATERFRONT Shoofly Creek Retreat*?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at *HOOD CANAL'S WATERFRONT Shoofly Creek Retreat*?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is *HOOD CANAL'S WATERFRONT Shoofly Creek Retreat* located?

This Belfair holiday home is on the beach, 2.4 mi (3.9 km) from Belfair Beaches, and within 9 mi (15 km) of Belfair State Park and Union River Wildlife Area. Bill Hunter Park and Larson Lake are also within 12 miles (20 km).

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 36 out of 44 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 44 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 44 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 44 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 44 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great property

Really enjoyed our stay the place is amazing and the owner was easy to work with
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 16 October 2021
Thank you, Jeff! Please come back :) we would love to have you again. Also, check out our other vacation homes by lake Cle Elum and Grapeview!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location. Probably the best stocked house we have stayed in. Issue with water heater, but was resolved quickly.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great property with lots of privacy and water access.

Wonderful place for our large family
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
As a bonus, four orcas swam past the property.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful Thanksgiving getaway

We came here for our 1st annual Thanksgiving getaway and it was just what we all needed. Perfect location, great amenities and space for a big family. Had so much fun kayaking, playing games, sitting around the fire pit and spending time with family. Would love to come back and will recommend this place to everybody.
Response from VrboOwner on 17 March 2020
Love that your family enjoyed your time. You are definitely welcome back any time! Thank you for being great guests :)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent facility for a larger group or family

We totally enjoyed the beach and water. The house is large enough for 4 or 5 couples or multiple small families. It is quiet and nicely remote from the road for safety and noise.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Shoofly week

Great House & Location!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 16 October 2021
Thank you, Sam! Please come back :) we would love to have you again. Also, check out our other vacation homes!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

So amazing

Loved this property so much. The views were amazing. Sleeping accommodations were perfect and so much to see and do. They were so great to work with and helped with anything at any moment. We truly enjoyed this trip and hope to make it back in the years to come!!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 19 August 2021
Thank you for staying with us. Come back any time! :)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family reunion on hood canal

Property was fun for all ages. Owners were very easy to work with. This is someplace that we would consider again in the future.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 16 October 2021
Thank you, Dave! Please come back :) we would love to have you again. Also, check out our other vacation homes!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

on the beach

Great for a large group, our family was very comfortable. The beach access was awesome. Could have used some shade on the hot days, but otherwise a lovely spot. Excellent communication with property managers - almost immediate replies with our questions - and they gave us complete privacy.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 8 August 2021
Great to have you! Thanks for staying and hope you'll return :)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Shoofly Trip

Tuyen and Tom have everything you can possibly need at the house. There's plenty of activities to do around the house to keep everyone entertained and we had a great time out on the kayaks. Highly recommend if you're looking for a place to host and entertain a larger group!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 17 March 2020
Thank you for being great guests. The warmer months are even more amazing here. We hope you guys come back.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great multi-family getaway

We had 4 couples and 4 2-year-olds and there was still plenty of space for us all in this place! The owners were very communicative to work with and the house worked very well for our group. I will say it might be a bit more comfortable as a late-spring to early-fall rental rather than winter, as the cabin has unheated stone floors through the ground floor and not much carpet. The space heaters had to work pretty hard to keep up in the 35-45 degree weather we had. Overall, really wonderful place. We may return next year, it was so easy to be here with the kiddos.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 17 March 2020
Dear Tom, We are glad you enjoyed your time at our beach house. The stone floor is a beachy accent feature that our guests love but we do understand it can be colder in Winter. To accomodate, we do have a fireplace, space heaters, and ductless ac/heating system downstair along with the upstairs central air and 2nd fireplace. We sincerely hope if your family gets a chance to come back we would be happy to walk through all the amenities to make your stay comfortable in person. Thank you, again, for staying with us. Tuyen
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect getaway for our needs

Shoofly Creek Retreat was absolutely fantastic, and absolutely perfect for our needs. The grandparents occupied the bottom floor bedrooms and had easy access to the living area and outdoor patio. The view and property were beautiful, and so peaceful with the sound of the ocean tides. We enjoyed kayaking, harvesting oysters (bought some licenses for ourselves), took a hike in the nearby Olympic National Park, PS4, and generally hanging out and enjoying each others' company at your property. The property was clean, spacious, and very well-equipped. We were all so grateful that we found your place online through VRBO, and hope that we will have an opportunity to perhaps rent it again in the future!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 17 March 2020
Thank you for being our guests. We enjoyed your thoughtfulness. We are honored to have your family here and would love to have you back! Best regards, Tuyen and Tom :)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Incredible stay in Belfair

Our family of 9 had a wonderful stay in Belfair. The home was the perfect size for our family and had all amenities we could have asked for. The location is perfect - just 10 minutes from the gas station, coffee shops and the grocery store. There is a great taco truck next to the winery and a wonderful tattoo parlor in this area too. Tuyen was very responsive to all our questions; we did have some issues with getting the doors to open but was no fault to the owners, however she was very helpful. We rented the kayaks and paddle board which our family enjoyed. We saw the seals with their pups, otters and lots of crabs along the beach. Thank you for the wonderful memories! We will come back again one day!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice Hood Canal Getaway

The property is large and as-described. There is, especially at low tide, a lot of tidepool and waterfront shoreline - many other properties are right against the water. The house was large and fairly well equipped. The game room was nice too. Some of the equipment is older and worn - there are bikes and toys provided but all were flat and the pump was broken. One thing to note is that there is no cell reception at the property - when you're arriving be sure to have your details saved from your email so you know the door codes, etc.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 14 November 2020
Thank you, Ari for your feedback. We have not ever received these from other guests and will be sure to look into them.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing Beach Home for Family Gathering

This beach home of 3800+ sq footage was perfect for our 6 adults and 4 kids (ages 4-7) for our first family gathering. Loved the flooring on the main floor, the large couch accommodations couldn’t be better for all ten of us to view shows on the large TV, kitchen was a great size for 4 people to prepare meals at the same time. The upstairs was the kids own bonus room with the air hockey and hoop ball activities as well as their own comfy couch for their shows. However, with the fantastic weather we had, they were outside on the beach or riding with their parents on the kayaks, playing hide and seek outside and completing their Gramma’s infamous scavenger hunt around the property. I couldn’t have picked a better place for both children and adults to enjoy on our weekend. We all wished it could have been longer. I can’t express our enjoying this “piece of heaven on earth” enough. Thank you Hung Family for our amazing weekend!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We enjoyed our stay at the Shoofly retreat. Everything was as described in the listing. Our boys, ages 3 and 6, enjoyed the waterfront location and the openness of the house. The kitchen layout made it great to cook and we utilized the grill outside also. The house was large enough to accommodate our family of 8 and everyone had ample space. We enjoyed seeing the wildlife (crabs, starfish, sea cucumbers, and harbor seals). It was far enough away from town to enjoy the peacefulness at night, but close enough that if we needed to pick up something from the grocery store it was only a quick 15 minute drive. The only minor, if any, suggestion would be for the cleaning staff to use less pine sol. There was a strong smell of cleaner when we arrived, but to some that might be a positive knowing the house had been recently sanitized. The host was very easy to contact and the check in/out process was straightforward. Thank you to Tuyen and her family for sharing their home with my family and we will be back to the belfair area soon. I would recommend this property to anyone looking to have a family get away.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful House!!!

We had a fantastic stay with our family mini get away trip. The house was great and felt like your own home. You have everything you need to settle and enjoy the whole stay. Convenient stores or market stores are just in distance away if you need to get anything. However, the house had everything you need already. The rooms were spacious. My kids loved the play area. You can enjoy the ocean view during day time along with outside fire pit at night time. And oysters...plenty of them for you to catch (license and limit required though :) Kayaks and bikes were available to use...we love those but only found out on our last day to leave. For sure we'll be back soon. Thanks to the owner with fast and quick replies when we had any questions. Again thank you for letting us renting this property. We enjoyed it very much. Thuy H.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 17 March 2020
Thanks for staying with us. We hope your family comes back!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely stay

This spacious yet cozy house was perfect for our family with three teenagers. The master has a spectacular view and deck, and plenty of rooms for everyone to have their own space, while still having plenty of spaces for family time. We enjoyed the indoor bonus room, basketball hoop, kayaks, excellent TVs. The lot is huge so there is relative privacy and the house has an unusually large amount of tideland. Tuyen was so incredibly responsive- it makes such a difference! The prior guests had left a bit of a disaster on the morning of our arrival and Tuyen was so great communicating with us about it, even arranged for a new kayak and fans to arrive during our visit and waived our cleaning fee. The kitchen is layed out perfectly for cooking for a large group and watching the canal. It wasn’t as well stocked as other places we’ve stayed but all the essentials were there and there was a nice welcome gift of wine and snacks. Kids didn’t want to leave and we’re already planning when to go back. Success!!
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Essence of the Hood Canal

One of the best rentals my friends and I have stayed at to date. This home is just as beautiful as the pictures, if not more so. The backyard and its access to the water is the best feature of this property. We were able to kayak and fish which was relaxing and wonderful after spending a long day visiting Seattle. A lot of other rentals in the area were smaller, more expensive, or didn't have any features that made them worth staying at. The home is stocked with several kayaks, a paddle board and an abundance of life jackets. We hadn't thought parking was going to be a plus, but this property has a large private parking area down a fairly private road. We brought five cars and it was still very spacious parking. Tuyen - the property manager/owner was extremely attentive to our needs and requests. She catered our welcome package with snacks and wine and prepped the house prior to our arrival. Her husband Thomas was also very accommodating. He answered a house call to address a small issue with the house and he even brought us cinnamon rolls and oysters. When we inquired about recreational fishing, he left rods and information about the chum count and tide times. This home itself was able to fit several adults comfortably and had additional air mattresses as well, with most rooms giving adequate privacy. Part of the cute charm of the home is that it is an older wood renovated home, updated with more recent comforts of technology. We were very impressed the internet was ab
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family time

Comfortable
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family reunion

We had 12 people from 4-75 for a family reunion. Kids room was good but really only works for 3 kids, although we also had an air mattress in that room. Adults all had nice beds, although one of the bedrooms didn’t have a closet. Master bedroom is Hugh and we slept the 4 year old in there with her parents. We had a wonderful time, the grounds, beach, tidal area were great. Using the kayaks and the paddle boards was the kids favorite activity. Kitchen was large, even with several people working in it. With all of us we could have used more sitting in living area. My biggest concerns were that kids bathroom had barn door on bathroom, and teenage girls want total privacy. Also the master bedroom doesn’t have blinds on doors, and gets light very early in June. House was clean, had lots of kid activities, and we had a good time.
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

What a great place and location!

I want to just open this review up by saying that we couldn't be happier with our stay at Shoofly Creek. Tuyen was great to work with and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Now the details: We wanted to rent a place where our spread out family could all get together for the holidays. There were 12 of us this year. Throughout the process of booking and preparing for the stay, Tuyen was incredibly communicative and accommodating. She even decorated the house with a tree and Christmas decorations for us! The instructions for entering the house were clear and well laid out as well as the description of amenities. Upon arrival, we were greeted with a welcome gift basket of snacks, wine, and even a couple of toys for any kids we would have brought. We felt this was incredibly thoughtful. The house was beautiful and had plenty of room for everyone. We all commented that it was one of the best stocked vacation rentals we have seen with regards to appliances and a well supplied kitchen. We arrived in the evening so we didn't get to enjoy the view until the morning but we definitely weren't disappointed. There is an awesome creek that runs alongside the property with Kingfishers that were great to watch. The canal was therapeutic to look at through the wide open windows and there is a family of seals that hangs out front as well as otters and eagles. The amount of shoreline that gets exposed at low tide is impressive. The house worked really well for us and would be even better if we were a family that had younger children as they have set it up to cater to them with a large rec room upstairs with all kinds of games as well as plenty of room outside for them to run and explore. In the end, this place was exactly what we needed and think it would be even better to stay in the summer to enjoy the water on a different level. Thank you Tuyen and Tom for allowing us into your beautiful home. You have a special place there.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Quit location

Great property and great view
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect family getaway!

We had such a lovely time at this place in hood canal! Perfect amount of space for our large family. Really appreciated the highchairs, baby bath and and toys that were readily available for use. We had 3 babies under 2 and it was so nice to take advantage of that. Would recommend as family friendly and to anyone looking to be by the water.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 16 October 2021
Thank you, Samantha! Please come back :) we would love to have you again. Also, check out our other vacation homes!
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