Moonstone Beach Motel

About Moonstone Beach Motel

Moonstone Beach Motel has occupied its position above Mocrocks Beach for more than fifty years, a two-story building on Pacific Avenue in Moclips where the road ends at the beach and views are unobstructed from every room. Owner Paul Barry responds personally to guest reviews and has built a team anchored by Kate, the front desk manager whose name surfaces independently across reviews from guests who stayed months apart and have been back multiple times. That kind of consistent staff recognition at a small motel on a remote stretch of the Washington coast is not accidental. Moclips sits on Washington's North Beach north of Ocean Shores. Mocrocks Beach, directly in front of the motel, is one of Washington's designated razor clam beaches.

What Moonstone Beach Motel Is Known For

What Moonstone Beach Motel does well is difficult to manufacture: guests come back for anniversaries, year after year, specifically to this property and not just to Moclips. The reviews from repeat visitors span a decade, and what keeps them returning is not a renovation. It is the combination of a position above one of the quietest, least-developed beaches on the Washington coast and a staff that treats guests as though their stay matters individually. Paul Barry and his team have built that into how the place operates. The attention extends to details: the sand-catching system in the shower, the wine fridge some rooms carry, the pet setup in every lower level room including a towel, blanket, and bowl at no extra charge. None of those things have to exist. They exist because somebody decided they should.

Amenities

• Pets Welcome
• EV Charging
• WiFi
• Unobstructed Pacific views from every room
• Private deck per unit
• Pet-friendly lower level rooms with no pet fee
• Pet amenities provided in-room
• Kitchenettes in most rooms
• EV charging station
• Outdoor games on grounds
• Adirondack chairs with ocean view
• Clam dig dates posted on-site

The Room

Most rooms have kitchenettes with a full-size refrigerator, a two-burner stovetop, microwave, dishwasher, coffee maker, and a full set of cookware and dishes. King suites on the upper level are the exception, outfitted with a coffee maker and mini refrigerator rather than a full kitchenette. Every room has a private deck, an unobstructed view of Mocrocks Beach and the Pacific, a TV and internet streaming, and a private bathroom. Lower level rooms run from queen studios to a two-bedroom, two-bath suite with spacious, and are all pet-friendly with no pet fee. Upper level rooms, which include one-bedroom configurations and a one-bedroom-with-den layout, are pet-free. Select rooms have wine fridges. A sand-catching drain system in the shower was noted approvingly in a review by a guest who found it the first detail they noticed. The building is two stories with exterior access throughout.

The Grounds

The motel sits at the edge of Pacific Avenue where the pavement meets Mocrocks Beach, in a two-story building whose every room faces the ocean. The beach is a short walk across the road; Pacific Avenue itself is car-free in front of the property during peak season, making the crossing irrelevant. Adirondack chairs and a corn hole setup are on the grounds. An EV charging station serves guests with electric vehicles. The grounds run close enough to the dunes that deer visit the property with some regularity; guests who stay in the fall or spring have described watching them from the deck in the morning. A doggy waste station is near the office for guests with pets.

The Experience

The rhythm of a stay at Moonstone Beach Motel follows the tide schedule, the clam dig calendar, and the sunset. The kitchenette in most rooms means a week here is a genuine self-contained trip: groceries from the corner store down the road, razor clams from the beach when the dig is open, coffee on the deck at dawn while the fog rolls back. Check-in is staffed through the afternoon; Paul Barry and the team are reachable for anything that comes up outside those hours. Kate has become the defining face of the guest experience, mentioned by name in reviews that span years and range from couples on a fourth anniversary trip to families of seven marking a moment they wanted to spend at the water. The motel has the quality of a place where the people running it genuinely like having guests.

Details

Frequently Asked Questions

Things to Do Near Washington's North Beach

Mocrocks Beach

0.1 miles, about a 5 minute drive, or you can walk.

Steps from the motel across Pacific Avenue, which runs car-free in front of the property during peak season. Mocrocks is one of Washington's designated razor clam beaches, with scheduled dig seasons several times a year that draw clammers from across the Pacific Northwest. Outside of clam season it is a quiet, wide stretch of driftwood and grey sand that can be walked for miles in either direction with few other people in view.

Pacific Beach State Park

3 miles, about a 5 minute drive, or you can bike there.

3 miles south via WA-109. A small Washington State Park with direct beach access, campground sites, and easy walking trails to the sand. The park sits at the edge of the town of Pacific Beach, where there are a few dining options, a grocery store, and the closest concentration of services to Moclips. The beach here connects to the same long stretch of North Beach shoreline that runs past the motel.

Seabrook

5 miles, about a 10 minute drive, or you can bike there.

5 miles south, a small planned coastal community with a handful of restaurants, a bakery, coffee, and a walkable town center that gives the North Beach area its best dining options. The design of Seabrook is intentional and a bit of a contrast to the quiet, unplanned character of Moclips. Most guests at Moonstone drive down once or twice during a stay. The beach access at Seabrook is the same continuous North Beach shoreline.