Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
This stunning landscape on the Salish Sea, with its rich farmland and promising seaport, lured the earliest American pioneers north of the Columbia River to Ebey’s Landing. Today Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve preserves the historical, agricultural and cultural traditions of both Native and Euro-American – while offering spectacular opportunities for recreation.
About 1.5 hours from Seattle by car.
Fees & passes
Free. No entrance fee here.
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve is for the most part, fee-free. However, within the boundaries of the Reserve, there are three Washington State parks. Washington State Parks requires a daily ($10.00) or annual ($30.00) Discover Pass. Passes may be obtained on-line, or at Fort Casey State Park Administrative Office.
Hours
| Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve | Daily · All Day |
| Jacob and Sarah Ebey House | Varies by day ▾
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| Administrative Office | Varies by day ▾
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Campgrounds
| Fort Ebey State Park | · |
| Fort Casey State Park | · |
Every campground here has its own page on Campsite Atlas, with site counts, hookups, rig limits and booking windows. How park camping works
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Things to do
- Ebey's Reserve - Junior Ranger1-3 Hours
Become and Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve Junior Ranger! Discover the people who first called this place home. Discover how glaciers shaped the land. Discover the Salish Sea. Discover how settlers came to land and build their homes here.
Opens on the Park Service site - Ebey's Reserve - Fort Casey & Admiralty Head Lighthouse
A visit to Fort Casey State Park offers the visitor a glimpse into early military life as well as spectacular views of Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains. Camping is also available year-round.
Opens on the Park Service site - Ebey's Reserve - Historic Coupeville
Pay a visit to one of the oldest towns in Washington State - located in the Central Whidbey Island Historic District and part of Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve.
Opens on the Park Service site - Ebey's Reserve - The Jacob & Sarah Ebey House2-4 Hours
The Jacob and Sarah Ebey House is open to the public from Memorial Day through Labor Day, and staffed by volunteer docents. Interpretive information is available along the trail and at the house.
Opens on the Park Service site
Films
National Park Service productions, public domain.
Map
Interactive map by the National Park Service
Historic landmarks nearby
Public land nearby
Distances are approximate. Wilderness Atlas publishes a center point and an acreage for each area rather than a boundary, so each area is treated here as a circle of the same size and the figure is the gap to that circle.
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Reference
Wildlife
Seen this monthBelted Kingfisher 11× · Greater Yellowlegs 8× · Common Loon 8× · Bald Eagle 7× · Harbor Seal 6× · North American River Otter 5× · Barred Owl 3× · Common Minke Whale 3×Research-grade observations within 25 km, last 30 days, via iNaturalist
Full checklist: 216 birds, 28 mammalsHide
Raptors & owlsAmerican Kestrel · Barn Owl · Barred owl · Cooper's Hawk · Golden Eagle · Great Horned Owl · Hen Harrier · Merlin · Northern Saw-whet Owl · Osprey · Peregrine Falcon · Red-tailed Hawk · Sharp-shinned Hawk · Turkey Vulture · bald eagle
Waterfowl & wadersAmerican Bittern · American Coot · American Wigeon · Barrow's Goldeneye · Black-necked Grebe · Blue-winged Teal · Brandt's Cormorant · Bufflehead · Canada Goose · Cinnamon Teal · Clark's grebe · Common Goldeneye · Common Loon · Common Merganser · Common Teal · Double-crested Cormorant · Eurasian Wigeon · Great Egret · Greater Scaup · Greater White-fronted Goose · Green Heron · Harlequin Duck · Hooded Merganser · Horned Grebe · Lesser Sandhill Crane · Lesser Scaup · Little Blue Heron · Northern Pintail · Pelagic Cormorant · Red-breasted Merganser · Red-necked Grebe · Ring-necked Duck · Ruddy Duck · Trumpeter Swan · Tundra Swan · Virginia Rail · Western grebe · Wood Duck · Yellow-billed Loon · great blue heron · long-tailed duck · pied-billed grebe
Shorebirds & seabirdsAmerican Avocet · American Black Oystercatcher · American Golden Plover · American herring gull · Arctic Tern · Baird's Sandpiper · Bar-tailed Godwit · Black Tern · Black Turnstone · Black-bellied Plover · Bonaparte's Gull · Buff-breasted Sandpiper · California Gull · Caspian Tern · Common Gull · Common Tern · Common murre · Dunlin · Forster's Tern · Franklin's Gull · Glaucous-winged Gull · Greater Yellowlegs · Heermann's Gull · Hudsonian Godwit · Killdeer · Least Sandpiper · Lesser Yellowlegs · Long-billed Curlew · Long-billed Dowitcher · Marbled Godwit · Pacific golden-plover · Pectoral Sandpiper · Red Phalarope · Red-necked Phalarope · Rhinoceros Auklet · Ring-billed Gull · Rock Sandpiper · Ruddy Turnstone · Sanderling · Semipalmated Plover · Semipalmated Sandpiper · Sharp-tailed Sandpiper · Short-billed Dowitcher · Solitary Sandpiper · Spotted Sandpiper · Stilt Sandpiper · Thayer's Gull · Tufted Puffin · Western Gull · Western Sandpiper · Willet · Wilson's Phalarope · Wilson's snipe · glaucous-winged gull X western gull (hybrid)
Gamebirds & dovesBand-tailed Pigeon · California Quail · Common Pheasant · Common Pigeon · Mourning Dove · pigeon guillemot
WoodpeckersDowny woodpecker · Hairy woodpecker · Northern 'Red-shafted' Flicker · Pileated woodpecker · Red-breasted Sapsucker
Hummingbirds & swiftsAmerican Black Swift · Rufous Hummingbird · Vaux's Swift
Also on the checklistAmerican Crow · American Goldfinch · American Pipit · American robin · Arctic Skua · Audubon's warbler · Barn swallow · Belted kingfisher · Bewick's Wren · Black Scoter · Black-headed Grosbeak · Black-throated Gray Warbler · Bohemian Waxwing · Brant · Brewer's Blackbird · Brown Creeper · Brown-headed cowbird · Bushtit · Canvasback · Cassin's vireo · Cedar Waxwing · Chipping Sparrow · Cliff swallow · Common Raven · Common Yellowthroat · Dark-eyed Junco · Eurasian Whimbrel · European starling · Evening Grosbeak · Fox Sparrow · Gadwall · Golden-crowned Sparrow · Golden-crowned kinglet · Great Grey Shrike · Hammond's Flycatcher · Hermit Thrush · House Sparrow · House Wren · House finch · Hutton's vireo · Lapland Longspur · Lincoln's Sparrow · MacGillivray's warbler · Mallard · Marbled Murrelet · Marsh Wren · Mountain Bluebird · Myrtle warbler · Northern Rough-winged swallow · Northern Shoveler · Olive-sided flycatcher · Orange-crowned warbler · Pacific Diver · Pacific wren · Pacific-slope Flycatcher · Pine Siskin · Red Crossbill · Red Knot · Red-breasted Nuthatch · Red-throated Diver · Red-winged Blackbird · Redhead · Roughleg · Ruff · Sand Martin · Savannah Sparrow · Snow Bunting · Song Sparrow · Sora · Spotted towhee · Steller's Jay · Surf Scoter · Surfbird · Swainson's Thrush · Townsend's Warbler · Tree Swallow · Varied thrush · Velvet Scoter · Violet-green Swallow · Warbling vireo · Western Kingbird · Western Tanager · Western Wood-pewee · Western meadowlark · White-crowned sparrow · White-throated Sparrow · Willow flycatcher · Wilson's warbler · Yellow Warbler · Yellow-headed Blackbird · purple finch
Small mammalsAmerican Beaver · Brown Rat · Common Muskrat · Creeping vole Oregon vole · Deer Mouse · Douglas's Squirrel · Eastern Cottontail · Eastern Gray Squirrel · Townsend's Chipmunk · Townsend's vole · Vagrant Shrew
Marine mammalsSteller's sea lion
PredatorsAmerican Mink · Common Otter · Coyote · Cross Fox · common raccoon
Hoofed mammalsMule Deer
BatsBig Brown Bat · Black Bat · California Myotis · Hoary Bat · Keen's Myotis · Little Brown Bat · Long-eared Myotis · Townsend's big-eared bat
Also on the checklistferal cat · orca
Activities
Activity guides for this park Birdwatching in the national parks · Camping in the national parks · Canoeing and kayaking in the national parks · Diving and snorkeling in the national parks · Fishing in the national parks · Hiking in the national parks · Horseback riding in the national parks · Stargazing in the national parks · Wildlife watching in the national parks
Weather & climate
Fall and Winter often bring blustery and rainy weather, and while winter storm watching might be fun from the many beaches within the Reserve, it's important to watch for high waves and logs coming ashore. Always dress appropriately for the weather, which can change suddenly from warm to chilly very quickly.
Questions people ask
Does Ebey's Landing charge an entrance fee?
No. Ebey's Landing is free to enter.
Source: National Park Service
Is Ebey's Landing open year-round?
Yes. The grounds are open 24 hours a day, year-round.
Source: National Park Service
Can I camp in Ebey's Landing?
Yes. The Park Service lists 2 campgrounds in Ebey's Landing: Fort Ebey State Park and Fort Casey State Park.
Source: Campgrounds
Is there cell service at Ebey's Landing?
At the park's reference point, FCC coverage maps show Verizon 5G, AT&T 5G, and T-Mobile 4G LTE. Coverage inside the park varies by location.
Source: FCC Broadband Map
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- Every active Park Service alert for this unit, one item each, rebuilt with the nightly data refresh.
- Add dates to your calendar (.ics file)
- Fee-free entrance days that apply here and each published hours exception, as all-day events.
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