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Orcas Island is the largest of the San Juan Islands in San Juan County, Washington. Orcas Island is the third stop on the four-stop Washington State Ferries ride that starts in Anacortes, Washington. The San Juan Islands are a part of the San Juan Archipelago in the northwest corner of the continental United States. ...
San Juan County is a county located in the state of Washington, comprised of the San Juan Islands. ...
Washington state maintains the largest fleet of passenger and auto ferries in the United States and the third largest in the world. ...
Anacortes (pronounced ) is a city located in Skagit County, Washington. ...
Orcas Island has several towns, none very large. Orcas is known as attracting the richest of the San Juan Islands residents, which has increased real estate prices and made it hard for the traditional residents of the island to continue living there.
Orcas Island is slightly larger but less populous than San Juan Island. Shaped like a pair of saddlebags, the island is almost bisected by fjord-like East Sound, at the northern end of which is located the village of Eastsound, the second largest town in the county. A forest on San Juan Island San Juan Island is the second-largest and most populous of the San Juan Islands in northwestern Washington, USA. Washington State Ferries serves Friday Harbor, which is San Juan Islands major population center, the San Juan County seat, and the only incorporated town...
Eastsound has a number of stores, inns, and restaurants in addition to gift and souvenir shops, gas stations and other businesses. There are sacred Native American burials throughout the town as well as Madrona Point Park, which has been reclaimed by the Lummi Native Tribe, and has a few miles of hiking trails and hundreds of twisting madrona trees sprouting from the rocky shoreline.
There are other, smaller settlements at Orcas (where the ferry lands), West Sound, Deer Harbor, Rosario, Olga and Doe Bay, each different and worth a leisurely sightsee, there are places to stay in the each of these areas. Olga, Obstruction Pass and Doe Bay area, on the SE side of Orcas Island is known as being the less populated, and quieter side of the island, at Olga there is an attractive and popular cafe, and art gallery (the rustic building is a former strawberry barreling plant) where local artists hang out and sell their work. There is also a pottery studio, a small general store and gift shop that has opened and closed over the years sits at the end of the road in Olga. As of summer 2005, it had once again closed, and just past the art center is a glass art studio and gallery.
 View eastwards from Mount Constitution over the Rosario Strait with Mount Baker visible Half mile (800 m) high Mount Constitution is a prime attraction. The easy drive to the top (except in the worst winter weather when park rangers close the road) provides a spectacular 360-degree marine view said to be one of the finest anywhere in the world. The mountain is part of Moran State Park the most popular attraction in the San Juan Islands and the largest public recreation area in the San Juan Islands. Moran State Park has a beautiful campground that includes lakeside camping. There are several lakes, great for swimming, fishing and non motorized boating, especialy kayaking. There are numerous waterfalls, miles of walking, hiking, and biking trails, including horseback riding trails. Moran State Park encompasses over 5,000 acres (20 km²) of woodland. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 626 KB) Summary Description: View eastward from Mount Constitution on Orcas Island Source: self-made (digital camera photograph) Date: taken 2005-08-06 Author: Shayborg Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 626 KB) Summary Description: View eastward from Mount Constitution on Orcas Island Source: self-made (digital camera photograph) Date: taken 2005-08-06 Author: Shayborg Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Mount Baker (elevation 10,778 feet, 3,285 m) is a glaciated andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascades of Washington State in the United States about 30 miles (50km) due east of the city of Bellingham, Whatcom County. ...
Moran State Park is a state park on the Orcas Island, Washington, encompassing over 5,000 acres (20 km²) of woodland. ...
Moran State Park was donated to the state in 1921 by Seattle shipbuilder and mayor Robert Moran. Due to poor health, Moran moved to Orcas Island and built his estate Rosario between 1906 and 1909. Today, Rosario Resort and Spa is the largest resort in the San Juan Islands and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Centerpiece of the resort is the original Moran Mansion housing the resort's restaurant, lounge and spa. The mansion features a museum honoring Robert Moran, complete with original furnishings including a Tiffany chandelier. The highlight of the arts and crafts period mansion is the music room, home to a 1913 26-rank Aeolian Pipe Organ containing 1,972 pipes and 1900 Steinway grand piano, which are still played for visitors today.
Moran State Park Rangers manage Obstruction Pass State Park, a marine park, great for hike in, boat in camping. Obstruction Pass State Park is located just 3 miles past Moran State Park. The Obstruction Pass Park has a half mile trail leading to the public beach and campground area. There are 11 campsites and 3 mooring bouys at the park and restrooms at the parking lot. The only public boat launch on Orcas Island, with a small loading/off-loading public dock and seasonal pit toilet is located 1 mile past the trailhead rd. on Obstruction Pass Road. Lieber Haven Resort and Marina next to the boat launch has a boat landing dock with a visitor information center, up the walkway at the grocery store there is a public phone, car and kayak rentals, their dock is the only landing dock on Orcas Island that has a regular scheduled sm. passenger ferry stop and water taxi stop to load and off load passengers. Their landing dock enables small passenger ferries, water taxi, boat charters, whale watching boats and private boaters coming from many places on the mainland and the San Juan Islands to visit Orcas Island at N/C, and they have a sandy beach with an area designated for kayakers to land, N/C.
Orcas Island is also home to three historic camps: Camp Orkila, Four Winds Westward Ho and Camp Indralaya. Camp Orkila is located on the island's northwest shoulder and has been in operation since 1906. It is operated by the Greater Seattle Area's YMCA. It caters to families, schools, and other organizations during the school year. During the summer it operates an overnight camp for boys and girls entering grades 3-12. Four Winds is a non-profit summer camp founded in 1927. Activities include sailing, canoeing, horseback riding, arts and crafts and landsports, and caters to 7-18 year olds. It is situated in the south-west corner of Orcas Island in Four Winds Bay. Camp Indralaya was founded, also in 1927, by the Theosophical Society as an experiment in theosophical living. Today it operates year-round with a program season from April to October. It is primarily oriented towards adults but families are welcome as well. It has cabins, a kitchen, showers and bathrooms, a dining room and lounge, hiking trails, a small bookstore and a large metaphysical library. YMCA Camp Orkila is on the northwest shoulder of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington. ...
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