Mt. Erie

The highest point on Fidalgo Island, near Anacortes, Washington, offers fantastic views, especially when the sky is clear.

To get there, follow Highway 20 westbound from I-5 toward Anacortes. After about 12 miles, veer left toward Whidbey Island. Go 2.75 miles farther, turn right on Campbell Lake Rd. Drive 1.5 miles to an intersection and turn right on Heart Lake Rd. After 1.25 miles, look for the sign to Mt. Erie.

RV’s should not attempt this 1.8 mile climb up the narrow, twisting Erie Mountain Drive. After 1.6 miles, look for a gravel pullout to the right, with a concrete path and green railing. This is the western view, over Burrows Bay and to the San Juans.

Continue up the road .2 mile to its end. Be sure to look from all viewpoints, east across Fidalgo Bay and south to Whidbey Island. Don’t miss it!

Three Arch Rocks

They don't look like much, but those rocks rising from the ocean out there are as much home to birds and wildlife as your family room is to you. Because they like it so much out there, that same wildlife inspired naturalists in the early 20th century to fight for protection of the rocks as a wildlife sanctuary.

Now, Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge provides Oregon's only north-coast pupping site for Steller sea lions and the largest breeding colony of common murres south of Alaska. If you are looking for tufted puffins, search the rocks in spring and summer when they breed here.
To get to Oceanside Beach, where you can see out to the Rocks, drive the Three Capes Tour Route from Tillamook or Pacific City and follow the signs for Oceanside.
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