Whidbey Island
Whidbey Island is the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, in the United States, and the largest island in Washington state. Whidbey is about 30 miles north of Seattle, and is separated from the Olympic Peninsula in the southwest by Admiralty Inlet.Photo: J Brew, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Oak Harbor and Coupeville.
Oak Harbor
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Oak Harbor is a city located on Northern Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington, United States. The population was 24,622 at the 2020 census. Oak Harbor was incorporated on May 14, 1915.
Coupeville
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The Victorian seaport community of Coupeville, one of the oldest towns in Washington State, is on Whidbey Island. It is part of Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve which encompasses a mixture of federal, state, county and private property, all managed in a way that preserves its historic essence.
Langley
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Langley is a small waterfront town on Whidbey Island in the northern Puget Sound of Washington State. It's charming historic downtown, bustling with galleries, is a popular spot for whale sightings.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve and Clinton.
Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
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The past meets the present at Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve on Whidbey Island, in the Puget Sound of Washington State. Created in 1978 as the nation's first Historical Reserve, the 17,572 acres integrate working farms and historic land use…
Clinton
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Clinton is a small town on the southern tip of Whidbey Island, in the northern Puget Sound of Washington State. Its ferry dock makes it a popular gateway for exploring the rest of the island.
Freeland
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Freeland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington, United States. At the time of the 2020 census the population was 2,252.
Greenbank
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Greenbank is an unincorporated community on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington, United States. State Route 525 bisects the community.
Whidbey Island
- Type: Island with 56,000 residents
- Description: island in the Salish Sea in Washington, United States
- Also known as: “Tscha-kole-chy”, “Whidby Island”, “Whidby’s Island”, “Whitbey”, “Whitbey Island”, and “Whitbey’s Island”
- Historically known as: “Whidby”
- Location: Island, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Whidbey Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة ويدبي”
- Catalan: “Whidbey Island”
- Cebuano: “Whidbey Island”
- Chinese: “惠德比岛”
- Chinese: “惠德比島”
- Czech: “Whidbeyho ostrov”
- Dutch: “Whidbey Island”
- Esperanto: “Vidbejo”
- French: “île Whidbey”
- French: “Île Whidbey”
- German: “Whidbey Island”
- Hebrew: “אי וידבי”
- Italian: “Whidbey Island”
- Japanese: “ウィッビー島”
- Japanese: “ウィドビー島”
- Japanese: “ホイッドビー島”
- Korean: “윗비섬”
- Lithuanian: “Vidbio sala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Whidbey Island”
- Polish: “Whidbey”
- Russian: “Уидби-Айленд”
- Russian: “Уидби”
- Serbian: “Видби”
- Slovenian: “Whidbey Island”
- Slovenian: “Whidby Island”
- Spanish: “isla de Whidbey”
- Spanish: “isla Whidbey”
- Spanish: “Whidbey Island”
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