One boat service will continue until further notice. Check the Washington State Ferry "alert" page for the latest updates here Boat owners, get in on some island-hopping and make us your port of call with well-equipped service on each island.
Did you know you can reach Whidbey and Camano Islands by bus or shuttle? There is also a free weekday bus service on our two islands. Two airfields on Whidbey Island and one on Camano are here to serve private pilots. Commercial airports are at Sea-Tac and Bellingham. Amtrak and Sounder rail service can drop you at our doorstep, with bus and ferry connections to complete your trip. How to Get to Whidbey Island. Looking for Camano Island? Click below! Here are the best ways to get to Whidbey Island.
To Whidbey Island via the Clinton ferry. That will result in longer wait times in both directions. From Redmond, Bellevue and points east Take Interstate north. The easiest way to get to Whidbey is to drive to the Washington state town of Mukilteo, north of Seattle, and hop on board the ferry.
Cars are permitted, as are walk-ons, and the ride to the town of Clinton, on Whidbey's southern end, only takes about 20 minutes. Whidbey is long and thin. The two towns with the most to do are Langley, slightly northwest of Clinton, and Coupeville, on an inlet closer to the midpoint of the island. Out and about. If you wanted to just turn off your phone and Zen out, that would be a perfectly good use of your Whidbey time.
But it would be a shame to come all the way here and not take in a few of the natural landscapes for which the island is known. Most notably, that includes Deception Pass on the northern tip of the island.
The narrow strait that divides Whidbey from its neighbor, Fidalgo Island, got its name when a British navy expedition sailed through and became surprised that Whidbey was an island, not a peninsula.
Now, the area is a state park, managed by rangers, and there are options to camp there overnight. Even if you're just stopping by for a short visit, walk over the Deception Pass Bridge -- a National Historic Site -- for sweeping views of the water and the forest below.
If your legs get a little shaky at the mere thought of heights, there's also plenty to do without thinking you might fall. You can also catch the ferry from Mukilteo to Clinton on Whidbey Island. Follow WA and signs for the Mukilteo Ferry. Check out the Whidbey Island ferry schedule here. Drive time from SeaTac is about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Plan on arriving at least 30 minutes before departure times and allow more time in the summer season. One superlative remains: Whidbey Island is indeed the longest island on the Pacific coast of the contiguous United States.
This is mainly due to lack of competition from the almost island-free coasts of California and Oregon, though. Peak Lists. Log In. The "Longest" Islands in the United States Whidbey Island in Washington state is always calling itself the "longest island in the United States", or "the longest island in the continental United States", or, sometimes, "the longest saltwater-surrounded island in the continental United States".
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