Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Need to Know
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Area Code
360
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Location
San Juan Island is 104 miles (70 minutes) north of Seattle (Anacortes), Or-
cas Island is 112 miles (70 minutes) north of Seattle (from Anacortes) and Lopez Island
is 99 miles north of Seattle
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Tourist Office
Friday Harbor Tourist Information
(
360-378-6977; Friday Harbor;
10am-4pm)
SIGHTS & ACTIVITIES
San Juan Island
SAN JUAN ISLAND NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
HISTORIC SITE
(
www.nps.gov/sajh
;
8:30am-4pm, visitor center 8:30am-4:30pm Thu-Sun, daily Jun-Sep)
S
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San Juan Island hides one of the 19th century's oddest political confrontations,
the so-called 'Pig War' between the USA and Britain. This curious stand-off is show-
cased in two historical parks on either end of the island that once housed opposing
American and English military encampments. On the island's southern flank, the
Amer-
ican Camp
hosts a small
visitor center
with the remnants of a fort, desolate beaches
and a series of interpretive trails. At the opposite end of the island, the
English Camp
,
9 miles northwest of Friday Harbor, contains the remains of the 1860s-era British milit-
ary facilities.
LIME KILN POINT STATE PARK
PARK
( 8am-5pm mid-Oct-Mar, 6:30am-10pm Apr-mid-Oct)
S
Clinging to the island's rocky
west coast, this beautiful park overlooks the deep Haro Strait and is, reputedly, one of
the best places in the world to view whales from the shoreline.
SAN JUAN VINEYARDS
WINE TASTING
(
www.sanjuanvineyards.com
;
3136 Roche Harbor Rd; tastings per glass $1; 11am-5pm)
This
unlikely but award-winning winery has a tasting room in an old schoolhouse built in
1896. Open-minded tasters should try the Siegerrebe and Madeleine Angevine variet-
