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Ebey's prairie fields sweeping to the bluff edge above the strait at Ebey's Landing, a farmstead in the treeline and water beyond
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve · Photo: Kathleen Kitto (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Two islands, four ways in

Whidbey and Camano sit side by side in Puget Sound. One is reached by ferry or the Deception Pass Bridge, the other by a short bridge from Stanwood. How you arrive shapes your whole day, so start there.

Four ways in

By ferry Clinton Mukilteo to Clinton South Whidbey · Clinton · Langley · Freeland 42 things to do24 places to stay

Photo: Joe Mabel (CC BY-SA 3.0)

 By ferry Coupeville Port Townsend to Coupeville Central Whidbey · Coupeville 23 things to do9 places to stay

Photo: Joe Mabel (CC BY-SA 3.0)

 By bridge Deception Pass State Route 20 over Deception Pass North Whidbey · Oak Harbor · Deception Pass 23 things to do3 places to stay

Photo: King of Hearts (CC BY-SA 4.0)

 By bridge Camano Gateway I-5 exit 212 through Stanwood Camano Island · Stanwood 36 things to do4 places to stay

Photo: Cody Logan (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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Life on the islands

A gray whale surfacing in Saratoga Passage, its back and blowholes clear of the grey water
Gray whales feed off Whidbey each spring; Langley rings a bell when one surfaces.
Two paddlers in a green tandem kayak under the wooded bluffs of Camano Island
Sea kayaks put in from both islands, from Cornet Bay to the Camano bluffs.
Driftwood mobiles hanging at a Coupeville festival booth, browsers filling the street behind
Coupeville has run its Arts and Crafts Festival every August since 1964.

On the islands this week

  • Whidbey Plein Air Paint Out Pacific Northwest Art School · 15 NW Birch Street, Coupeville
  • Tuesday Concerts in the Park South Whidbey Community Park · 5495 Maxwelton Rd., Langley
  • Whidbey Plein Air Paint Out Pacific Northwest Art School · 15 NW Birch Street, Coupeville
  • Meerkerk Garden Tours Meerkerk Gardens · 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank
  • Sounds of Summer Concert Series Windjammer Park · 1600 S. Beeksma Drive, Oak Harbor
  • Bayview Corner Street Dances Bayview Cash Store · 5603 Bayview Rd, Langley

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Before you drive

Boats run from shortly after 5 a.m. until about 1 a.m. between Mukilteo and Clinton, and the crossing itself takes around 15 minutes. Fridays before long weekends back up early. Camano never waits on a boat.

Check today's boats on the Washington State Ferries schedule. Sailing times change with the season. Check the day you are traveling before you drive.

Plan your arrival

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