Wildlife· Spieden· Salish Sea — San Juans, Gulf Islands & Desolation Sound
Spieden Island (from the water)
48° 37.9′ N · 123° 8.6′ W · approximate
A long, bare-sided private island north of San Juan Island where exotic game animals were released in the 1970s and 1980s. Mouflon sheep and fallow and sika deer can still be seen on the grassy south slope from a boat in Spieden Channel. There is no public landing.
Practical
Position is the OSM Spieden Channel label, south of the island; view from the water only. The island is privately owned. Spieden Channel has heavy tide rips and eddies where the floods from Haro Strait and San Juan Channel meet; the Coast Pilot does not recommend it for sailing craft. Danger Shoal (6 ft, 1.8 m) lies in the west fairway with a lighted buoy; Center Reef, which bares, is south of Spieden Bluff.
Best for
Wildlife spotting on the way to Stuart or Roche Harbor
Season
Year-round
Nearby
- Roche Harbor Resort Marina (San Juan Island)1.4 NM away
- Roche Harbor Anchorage (San Juan Island)1.5 NM away
- Westcott Bay (San Juan Island)2 NM away
- Garrison Bay and English Camp (San Juan Island)2.8 NM away
- Reid Harbor (Stuart Island)3.1 NM away
- Prevost Harbor (Stuart Island)3.5 NM away
- Snug Harbor Resort, Mitchell Bay (San Juan Island)3.7 NM away
- Jones Island Marine State Park (Jones Island)3.9 NM away
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