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Island in Puget Sound in Washington, United States
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Whidbey Island is the largest island in Puget Sound, Washington state.
By car
Whidbey Island is connected to the mainland via State Route 20 (WA-20) across the Deception Pass Bridge, on the northern end of the island.
By boat
Whidbey Island is a nice stopping point when traveling between Seattle and the San Juan Islands.
By plane
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is the closest large commercial airport to Whidbey Island.
By bus
Community Transit, Everett Transit, Jefferson Transit and Skagit Transit have buses connecting Whidbey Island to Seattle, Everett, Port Townsend, Anacortes and other nearby places.
By bus
By taxi
By boat
The section of Puget Sound east of Whidbey is known as the Whidbey Basin and usually provides calmer water than traveling on the open sound.
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A small town on the southern tip of Whidbey Island, with a ferry terminal to Mukilteo.
County seat of Island County, with a ferry terminal to Port Townsend.
Named after the original socialist colony.
Known for its community farm.
Small city overlooking Saratoga Passage. Known as The Village by the Sea.
Largest city on the island, with a popular marina. Home to Naval Air Station - Whidbey.
the fast-flowing waterway between Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands, with over of forest, beaches, campsites, trails, and scenic vistas. During low tides, the swift current can lead to standing waves, large whirlpools, and roiling eddies underneath the historic Deception Pass Bridge.
preserves and protects an unbroken historical record of Puget Sound exploration and settlement from the 19th century to the present. Historic farms, still under cultivation in the prairies of Whidbey Island, reveal land use patterns unchanged since settlers claimed the land in the 1850s.
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