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Port Orchard [1] is located on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound region of Washington state.

[edit] Understand

Port Orchard's identity is anchored in its connections to the past, and its vision of the future. Originally a booming lumber town called Sidney, Port Orchard became Kitsap County’s first incorporated city in 1890. It wooed the county seat away from Port Madison on Bainbridge Island in 1893 and remains the center of county government. [2]

The city is located just south of Bremerton across the Sinclair Inlet. The passenger-only ferry, known as the "foot ferry," links the two cities.

Downtown Port Orchard offers a variety of shopping including antiques, gifts and crafts, and a variety of dining options, including seafood, Italian, gourmet hot dogs and hambergers and of course, pizza.

Arriving by water, you'll find a large, destination public marina making Port Orchard a favored boating venue. Marina Park, with its boardwalk and covered gazebo, offers beach access and is the site of the summer outdoor Farmer's Market.

Port Orchard is also the most business-friendly city on the Kitsap Peninsula, offering the fastest permitting times in Kitsap County, and a government the "Gets It" about what it takes to run a successful business.

The City is also very family-friendly, with child-friendly parks and neighborhoods, as well as a low - and continuing to decline - crime rate.

[edit] By car

[edit] Get around

Kitsap Transit, Walk, Car, or Bike

[edit][add listing] See

• Chris Craft Rendezvous - boaters paradise in mid-July
• Fathoms O'Fun Festival - PO's premier summer festival held last Saturday in June til Fourth of July
• Manchester State Park - located at the entrance to Sinclair Inlet, various turn-of-the-century military structures built to protect Puget Sound Navel Shipyard (camping)

[edit][add listing] Do

A lot of people go to Rock 'n' Bowl @ Hi-Joy Bowl on Friday and Saturday. Really not much else..

[edit][add listing] Buy

You can get overpriced computer equipment or pawn shop items. Or the formerly known "South Kitsap Mall" has some nice places.

[edit][add listing] Eat

Cosmo's

Amy's by the Bay

Blue Agave

China Sun Buffet

The Pizza Factory

El Sombrero

Puerto Vallerta

The Corner Deli

[edit][add listing] Drink

A couple bars Downtown

[edit][add listing] Sleep

Days Inn

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