The Northwestern-most point in the lower 48 United States
This cliff face was formed from river sediment being deposited over 70 million years ago, and uplifted by plate tectonic activity.
A distant view of the powerful Mount Baker (Koma Kulshan) strato-volcano
Taking a rest on one of the few sandy beaches in the San Juan Islands
The perfect view from the Tippy-Top
Spieden Island lit up by the late evening sunlight
In the 1970s and 1980s the island was used for big game hunting; non-native game animals such as Mouflon sheep from Corsica, fallow deer from Europe, and Sika deer from Asia – along with approximately 2,000 exotic birds such as african guinea fowl – were brought to the island.