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Double Bluff Beach
Double Bluff Beach is a beach and headland on Whidbey Island in the U.S. state of Washington (U.S. state), Washington. The beach tidelands themselves comprise Double Bluff State Park. The uplands and access areas are operated by Island County, Washington as Double Bluff County Park and Beach Access. Geography Double Bluff is an approximately two-mile-long public beach located on southern Whidbey Island along the shores of Admiralty Inlet, north of Puget Sound. The beach access parking lot is roughly two miles from the retail core of Freeland, Washington, Freeland. From the northern portions of the beach, the Olympic Mountains can be seen to the West. The southern portions face to the South, where in the distance one can see the highrises of Seattle, Washington, Seattle roughly 30 miles away, dwarfed over by Mount Rainier which is roughly 100 miles away. The Southern end of the shore faces South, toward Useless Bay and, further to the South, towards Puget Sound and Seattle, Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island County, Washington
Island County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 86,857. Its county seat is Coupeville, while its largest city is Oak Harbor. The county's name reflects the fact that it is composed entirely of islands. It contains two large islands, Whidbey and Camano, and seven smaller islands (Baby, Ben Ure, Deception, Kalamut, Minor, Smith, and Strawberry). Island County was created out of Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory, and is the eighth-oldest county in Washington. It originally encompassed what are now Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, and San Juan Counties. Island County comprises the Oak Harbor, Washington Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Seattle– Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (60%) is water. It is the second smallest county in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
