Cranberry Lake Dock – Let’s Catch Some Fish! One of the last projects completed during the 100-year Deception Pass State Park celebration was the complete demolition and installation of the new public access dock located on the east end of Cranberry …
Pass Lake
Pass Lake It has taken a long time, but Pass Lake is back open to recreational access. Pass Lake has had many interruptions in 2022 that impacted the ability to recreationally access the lake since mid-July 2022. As many know, the lake has a long history …
Southern Resident Orcas
by Meaghan Curren AmeriCorps Volunteer Who visits Deception Pass State Park? Who visits Deception Pass State Park: People from local communities, from across the country, even people from other countries! But our visitors are not only …
Welcome Meaghan!
My name is Meaghan Curren, and I just moved to Deception Pass State Park from Lexington, Kentucky to begin my role as an AmeriCorps member serving as an interpretive naturalist. I attended college at a small liberal arts school, Transylvania …
Gateway to the Forests
by Hayley Johnson Can you guess the area of the park this photo was taken in? If you guessed somewhere along the northern end of Whidbey Island, give yourself a pat on the back. If you recognize these towering trees as ones that belong specifically …
What’s In A Name?
Compiled by Terry Slotemaker, 2022 Would you like to know the origin of place names in Deception Pass State Park and area such as Ben Ure Island, Cougar Gap, Deception Pass, Hoypus Point, Kukutali Preserve, Rosario Beach and Salish Sea? If so, read …
Meet the Black-Bellied Plover
by Jeff Sinker Reprinted with permission from Skagit Audubon Society Our largest plover, at 11.5” tall with a wingspan of 29”, the Black-bellied Plover can be found worldwide on open mudflats, beaches, fields, and tundra. In typical plover behavior when …
Meet the Park Aides!
You might meet them while checking in for your campsite or buying a Discover Pass. You might spy them from a distance as they clear downed trees off the trails. Maybe you catch them at the end of a long day cleaning the bathrooms. Or you might not even notice …
100 YEAR CELEBRATION RECAP!
How do you celebrate the 100th birthday of anything, let alone one of Washington most visited state park? That was the monumental challenge the Deception Pass Park Foundation undertook over a year ago. Its solution - spread the celebration throughout the year …
East Cranberry Lake
Excerpt from Two Hands and a Shovel by Jack Hartt When Deception Pass first became a state park, the eastern shores of Cranberry Lake were already popular with local communities as a gathering place for swimming, picnicking, and neighborhood …
Park Interpretation
Park Interpretation by Nia Fitzhugh, AmeriCorps Interpretive Naturalist Memorial Day weekend is the official start of summer and the kickoff of summer programs at the park. From 2019- 2020 interpretive staff made over 30,000 interpretive …
Meet the Surf Scoter
Meet the Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) by Jeff Sinker A large black sea duck with a colorful bill, sometimes initially mistaken for a puffin, the Surf scoter is common in winter along the Pacific Coast in shallow water …
