Friday Harbor Laboratories Travel Information (Friday Harbor, WA)

Horseshoe Highway on Orcas Island This 20-mile Orcas Island drive visits a few exciting rural communities, winds around the shoreline of a deep fjord, and summits the highest point in the San Juan Islands—Mount Constitution. Special a... Eastsound, WA

Lopez Farm Cottages and Tent Camping Lopez Farm Cottages and Tent Camping easily qualifies as a worthwhile destination for creatively blending this island’s most-needed services (thoughtful tent camping and private cottages) tastefully a... Lopez, WA

San Juan Islands Campgrounds Long the domain of fisherman, the San Juan Islands in recent years have become an ocean playground for sea kayakers, campers, and anyone else seeking the kind of beauty and solitude the short boat rid... Friday Harbor, WA

Spencer Spit State Park Campground Far from the seasonal rat race and the city-like atmosphere of the much larger but filled-to-overflowing facilities on Orcas and San Juan Islands, Spencer Spit is an excellent base camp for enjoying L... Lopez, WA

Other Activities

• Puget Sound Area Scenic Drives and Road Trips
• Western Washington Campgrounds and Camping Trips

San Juan Island: Cattle Point (Distance: 0.7 mi) This shorter, less hilly tour of southeast San Juan Island offers a mellower form of entertainment. Although fewer points of interest are found along its 25-mile route and there is no glittering marin...

Friday Harbor, WA - Road Biking - length:27.5 mi

San Juan Island: Lime Kiln and Roche Harbor (Distance: 0.7 mi) Ah, for a bike and the island life . . . you don’t need much more motivation than that for an enjoyable trip to San Juan Island. Although the riding is more challenging than it is on Lopez, it’s less ...

Friday Harbor, WA - Road Biking - length:32.6 mi

The San Juan Islands (Distance: 0.7 mi) The Inland Route through Washington heads east from Sidney, British Columbia, by ferry through the San Juan Islands to Anacortes. During the summer there are two departures each day. One is a nonstop ...

Friday Harbor, WA - Road Biking - length:57.9 mi

American Camp Interpretive Loop - San Juan Island (Distance: 5.0 mi) An easy interpretive loop sharing the rich history of American Camp and the Pig War. The trail winds its way past the old parade ground, the Laundress’ Quarters, and the site of the Bellevue Sheep Far...

Friday Harbor, WA - Hiking - length:1.25 mi

South Beach - San Juan Island (Distance: 5.0 mi) Wander along open bluffs overlooking Haro Strait to the longest beach in the San Juan Islands. American Camp’s 1,200 acres of shoreline, prairie grassland, and forest form a wonderful mosaic of landsc...

Friday Harbor, WA - Hiking - length:3 mi

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San Juan San Juan Golf & Country Club Public, 9 holes 3314 yards, par 35 2.0 miles from center of Friday Harbor Laboratories

Lopez Island Lopez Island Golf Course Public, 9 holes 2711 yards, par 35 5.5 miles from center of Friday Harbor Laboratories

Orcas Island Orcas Island Golf Club Public, 9 holes 3006 yards, par 36 10.9 miles from center of Friday Harbor Laboratories

Henderson G.C. Henderson Golf Club Public Access, 9 holes 13.7 miles from center of Friday Harbor Laboratories

Uplands G.C. Uplands Golf Club Semi-Private, 18 holes 13.9 miles from center of Friday Harbor Laboratories

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