Deer Harbor
Deer Harbor is an unincorporated community on Orcas Island in San Juan County, Washington, United States. The population of the community was 340, according to a census that took place in 2023.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: J Brew, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community on Orcas Island, Washington, U.S.
- Also known as: “Deer Harbor, Washington” and “Deerharbor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Victim Island and Skull Island.
Victim Island
Islet
Victim Island is an island in San Juan County the U.S. state of Washington. The island lies just east of the Canadian maritime border between the City of Bellingham and Vancouver Island It is home to the Victim Island State Park.
Skull Island
Islet
Skull Island is the name of two small islands in the San Juan Archipelago in the U.S. state of Washington. The northernmost Skull Island is located off the coast of Orcas Island in Massacre Bay, the most northern extension of the island's West Sound.
Wasp Islands
Island
The Wasp Islands are a group of small islands in the San Juan Islands of the U.S. state of Washington. The name was given by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842, in honor of the sloop Wasp, a sloop of war commanded by Johnathan Blakeley during the War of 1812. Wasp Islands is situated 2 miles southwest of Deer Harbor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orcas Village and Shaw Island.
Orcas Village
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orcas Village is on the southern tip of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. The village is built around the island's only Washington State Ferries dock, making it the primary entrance to the largest of the San Juan Islands, as well as a pleasant place to wait for the outgoing ferry.
Shaw Island
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shaw Island is the smallest of the four San Juan Islands served by the Washington State Ferries, at just under 8 sq mi. It has a year-round population about 200 people, though summertime weekends swell with other residents and the occasional tourist.
Waldron Island
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Waldron Island is in San Juan Islands of Washington State. It is off the beaten path, even by San Juan Island standards. Although the dock and roads are public, islanders do not generally greet tourists with open arms and there are no facilities on the island.
Deer Harbor
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: San Juan, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.62012° or 48° 37′ 12″ northLongitude
-123.00091° or 123° 0′ 3″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)United Nations Location Code
US YUOOpen location code
84WRJXCX+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 157343826OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5792113Wikidata ID
Q3478194
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Volapük—“Deer Harbor” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Deer Harbor Bay”
- Chinese: “鹿港”
- Dutch: “Deer Harbor”
- French: “Deer Harbor”
- German: “Deer Harbor”
- Hungarian: “Deer Harbor”
- Irish: “Deer Harbor”
- Italian: “Deer Harbor”
- Persian: “دیر هاربور، واشینگتن”
- Persian: “دیر هاربور”
- South Azerbaijani: “دیر هاربور، واشینقتون”
- Spanish: “Deer Harbor (Washington)”
- Spanish: “Deer Harbor”
- Volapük: “Deer Harbor”
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