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Saddlebag Island Marine State Park is a public recreation area made up of 24-acre (9.7 ha) Saddlebag Island, part of the San Juan Islands, in Skagit County, Washington. [3] [4] The island sits in Padilla Bay four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Anacortes, Washington. Dot Island [5] and Huckleberry Island [6] lie nearby. Saddlebag Island was held in ...
Anacortes (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ k ɔːr t ə s / AN-ə-KOR-təs) is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman. [5] Anacortes' population was 17,637 at the time of the 2020 census. [3]
Location of Skagit County in Washington. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Skagit County, Washington. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Skagit County, Washington, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Mount Erie is a mountain on Fidalgo Island in Skagit County, Washington, United States. It is on public park land owned and managed by the city of Anacortes and is located in the south of the Anacortes Community Forest Lands. Mount Erie was named in 1841 by the Wilkes Expedition for the Battle of Lake Erie. [3]
Cypress Island from Anacortes, WA Map of Cypress Island. Cypress Island is the westernmost part of Skagit County, Washington, and is about halfway between the mainland and offshore San Juan County. It is separated from Blakely Island to the west by Rosario Strait and from Guemes Island to the east by Bellingham Channel.
Little Cranberry Lake is located within Anacortes Community Forest Lands on Fidalgo Island in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington. The lake is deepened by a dam on the northern end which was constructed in the 1930s. The previous dam had broken in 1921 releasing a large amount of water which crashed down the hills to the ...
Whistle Lake is a small lake located within city limits in Anacortes Community Forest Lands southeast of central Anacortes, Washington.Though not directly accessible by vehicle, Whistle Lake attracts thousands of visitors each year.
It is located north of Fidalgo Island and the city of Anacortes, and is accessible by private boat and by the Guemes Island ferry operated by Skagit County. Guemes Island was named after the Viceroy of New Spain , Juan Vicente de Güemes , who commissioned an expedition that revealed the islands to Spain in 1794.