Lopez Island

Spencer Spit

Spencer Spit State Park is a 200-acre marine and camping park on Lopez Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The park offers crabbing, clamming, saltwater fishing, swimming, diving, bird and wildlife viewing and 2 miles of hiking trails and 37 campsites. Families visiting this kid-friendly park between July 5 and Labor Day can enjoy a Junior Ranger interpretive program. The park, which is on the Cascadia Marine Trail, caters to boaters off all kinds. Amenities include kayak rentals and moorage for those who prefer to sleep in the comfort of their vessels, as well as large private campsites and primitive sites for hikers, bikers and kayakers.

BOATING FEATURES

Spencer Spit offers 11 moorage buoys on the Cascadia Marine Trail.

• 8 buoys on the north side of the spit

• 3 buoys on the south side of the spit.

  (This park offers phone in buoy registration) [Link to info on WA Parks]

Latitude: 48º 32' 23" N (48.5397) Longitude: 122º 51' 15.84" W (-122.8544)

No provisions or supplies available at this location 

Lopez Islander Marina

Lopez Islander Resort is located on the west side of Lopez Island in protected Fisherman Bay. The resort has a 64 slip marina. The marina offers water and power hookups. Guests have access to all resort amenities, including the restaurant, lounge, large pool, hot tub, showers and laundry facilities. 

Supplies:

• Hotel lobby gift shop in the hotel lobby stocks wine, souvenirs, ice cream bars and other goodies.

• Marina dock store

  • Fuel - Gas and Diesel

  • Fishing supplies

  • Maps and boating accessories

Call 360-468-2233 to reserve a boat slip.

VHF 78

Website: www.lopezfun.com/marina

[Add marina map and navigation information from their website]

A little about the Island

Lopez island is 29.81 square miles. This island is flatter and as a result more rural than many of the other San Juan Islands. You can reach Lopez by Washington State Ferry, by private vessel or by seaplane (Kenmore Air). Boat moorage is available at Spencer Spit State Park or at the

As of 2010 census there were 2,383 people living on the island.

During the Wilkes Expedition Lopez Island was initally named Chauncey Island, after the American naval commander Isaac Chauncey. When the British reorganized the official admiralty naval charts in 1847, Henry Kellet systematically removed many of Wilkes's names. He renamed the island Lopez, for Gonzalo Lopez de Haro, the Spanish naval officer who was the first European to discover the San Juan Islands archipelago.