Whidbey and Camano Islands
FreePuget Sound islands north of Seattle with beaches, state parks, small towns and coastal scenery.

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Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve is an outdoor activity in Coupeville, WA, part of the Seattle guide. Cost: free.
Central Whidbey Island, around Coupeville · Coupeville, WA
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve protects a working rural landscape on Whidbey Island, created in 1978 and run by a local trust board in partnership with the National Park Service. You can walk the Bluff Trail for views over the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Farm patterns here date to the 1850s land claims of settlers like Isaac Ebey. The reserve also takes in historic Coupeville, Fort Casey and Fort Ebey state parks.
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Puget Sound islands north of Seattle with beaches, state parks, small towns and coastal scenery.
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The Island County Historical Society's museum in Coupeville on Whidbey Island, with exhibits on island history.
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Historic waterfront downtown on Whidbey Island revitalized through Washington's Main Street program.
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A 72-acre nature reserve and sculpture garden on Whidbey Island with trails past ponds, stone circles and a stupa.
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