Deception Pass State Park Administration Offices — Attraction in Whidbey Island

This state park is awesome! Views of the bridge are amazing. Geological features are impressing! The current under the bridge during tide change is a must see. Mother nature showing off her engineering skills. Seals playing and eating off the beach shore are a sign there is fish to catch. Watched a few boats drop lines off the south west beach shore about 200 yards out. Worth a couple shore casts to see whats swimming around. There is a military base to the south which does make some noise. Hearing the jets fire up the afterburners as they rip through the sky. They fly low and you can totally check them out. We've been listening to the top gun soundtrack and sticking our thumbs up hoping to hitch a ride with one of the pilots. Cranberry lake is beautiful and has fresh water fishing as well. Making this state park a number 1 must see and experience. Plus everyone loves the...

Just got back today after staying for 6 days. We camped in sites 326 & 327, which must be reserved together. We had 14 people at the most and 10 on average, this site is perfect for a larger group of campers but smaller than the group minimum. We went hiking one day, trail head is located in the park which was awesome. We went to Fort Casey and it's lighthouse, which is a must see/do if you are visiting Whidbey Island. The caretakers were very kind, helpful and scarce, in a good way. There is a sports complex with a concrete pad and a grassy field we played football on. The pond is across the road from the field, which is also adjacent to a convenience store which is very highly priced, even for the island, but if you forget to pack syrup like I did, will gladly pay $5 for 12oz. We had the best time here and will recommend to our fellow...

When we arrived a few minutes past 9:00 AM Sunday, the parking lot was emptied. it had filled up by the time we bought a Discovery Pass. We had an easy hike down to North Beach and back, discovering a lower parking lot. We had a really pleasant morning enjoying the beach. there were a lot of people but it was not crowded. If we had done our homework, we could have doubled or tripled our exploration of the park. It's really big including a fresh water lake. Great place to picnic. If you like a thrill you can safely walk across the narrow pedestrian walkways across the bridge. How many hundred feet up in the air is it? Too high for us! We were scared to go out, though I'm sure it is perfectly safe. Deception Pass State Park...