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2. Orcas Island - Wikipedia

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   The name "Orcas" is a shortened form of Horcasitas, from Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, the Viceroy of New Spain who sent an exploration expedition under Francisco de Eliza to the Pacific Northwest in 1791. During the voyage, Eliza explored part of the San Juan Islands.

3. San Juan Islands - Wikipedia

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   San Juan Island's Lime Kiln Point State Park is a prime whale-watching site, with knowledgeable interpreters often on site. Politically, the San Juan Islands comprise by definition, San Juan County, Washington. Media based in and/or concerning the islands includes the Journal of the San Juan Islands and the Islands' Sounder

4. Lime Kiln Point State Park - Wikipedia

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   Lime Kiln Point State Park is a 42-acre Washington state park on the western shore of San Juan Island in the San Juan archipelago. The park is considered one of the best places in the world to view wild orcas from a land-based facility. [2] Due to the unique bathymetric properties of the site, visitors on the shore can be within 20 feet of ...

5. Moran State Park - Wikipedia

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   Moran State Park is a public recreation area on Orcas Island in Puget Sound 's San Juan Islands in the state of Washington, United States. [2] The state park encompasses over 5,000 acres of various terrain including forests, wetlands, bogs, hills, and lakes. It is the largest public recreation area in the San Juan Islands and the fourth largest ...

6. Mount Constitution - Wikipedia

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   Mount Constitution. /  48.677569028°N 122.831162383°W  / 48.677569028; -122.831162383. Mount Constitution is a mountain on Orcas Island, the highest point in the San Juan Islands and the second highest mountain on an ocean island in the contiguous 48 states. Only Devils Peak in the Channel Islands of California is higher.

7. Sucia Island - Wikipedia

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   Sucia Island ( / ˈsuːʃə /) is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands, San Juan County, Washington, United States. It is the largest of an archipelago of ten islands including Sucia Island, Little Sucia, Ewing, Justice, Herndon, the Cluster Islands islets, and several smaller, unnamed islands.