Eastsound

Eastsound is the largest population center on Orcas Island, in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. This community is the commercial hub of the largest of the San Juan Islands.

Understand

view of the harbor from Eastsound's historic Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Orcas Island is shaped like a horseshoe: the East Sound is the long inlet at the center, and Eastsound is the community at the end of the inlet, at the top of the arch.

History

Steamboats of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet used to dock at East Sound. One such vessel was the Sioux, a steel steamship built in 1910 and running out of Bellingham under the ownership of the Black Ball Line.

Get in

By car

From the Orcas Village ferry terminal, take Orcas Road about 8 mi (13 km) north into town.

By shuttle

By seaplane

By boat

  • 🌍 Rosario Harbor, 1608 Rosario Rd (on Cascade Bay halfway up East Sound's eastern shore, at Moran Mansion), ☏ +1 360-472-4866, . The marina offers over 36 slips and eight mooring buoys. Has fuel dock, trash services, power and water. Use channel VHF 78A 

Get around

  • Orcas Island Rental Car (Car delivered at time and location you specify.), ☏ +1 360 376-7433, . Used but clean cars, mini-vans and convertibles. Delivered to you anywhere on Orcas Island. When you are done with the car, just lock the keys in it and leave; they come pick it up. Available year-round. 4-door midsize car $64.95, mini-van $84.95, convertible $104.95. 

By bike

Perhaps the most pleasant way to get around the island, especially if you aren't in a hurry, is by bicycle. You can bring your own bike on the ferry, or rent one at various outlets around the island.

See

Historic Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Do

Buy

  • 🌍 Darvill's Bookstore, 296 Main St, ☏ +1 360 376-2135. Classic island book store with lots of great books, cards, and gifts. A great place for a cup of afternoon tea or the perfect place to enjoy a double espresso while staring out at the bay. 
  • 🌍 Orcas Island Farmers Market, North Beach Rd (Village Green). Sa 10AM-2PM, May-Sep. (updated Jun 2025)

Eat

Drink

Sleep

The Moran Mansion at the Rosario Resort
  • 🌍 The Outlook Inn, 171 Main St, ☏ +1 360-376-2200, . This Inn is a perfect location for a relaxing retreat. The location places it in the middle of the island. All of your outdoor sights and sounds are easily accessible. Best of all, the setting is idyllic. 
  • 🌍 Rosario Village Resort (Moran Mansion), 1400 Rosario Rd, ☏ +1 360 376-2222, toll-free: +1-800-562-8820. Perhaps the most famous resort in the San Juan Islands, this grand hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has its own restaurants, spa, marina and sea plane launch. Built by the well known Seattle ship builder Thomas Moran in 1905, the Moran Mansion—surrounded at that time by 7,800 acres (32 km2) of land—that is now the centerpiece of Rosario Resort. 

Connect

Go next

  • Moran State Park
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