Around the San Juans
I [Chuck] recently set a lifetime goal to kayak around all the islands in the San Juans! Now, there’s a lot of them so it’s going to take several years. This page documents my progress.
The rules:
- Have to go all the way around!
- Has to be on the same trip/journey
(multiple days ok) - Just stopping there doesn’t count
- That’s it!
Completed So Far:
- 27 of 96 (28%)
The List:
(according to USGS)
| # | Check? | Island name | Image | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alegria Island | ||||
| 2 | Armitage Island | ||||
| 3 | Barnes Island | ||||
| 4 | Bare Island | ||||
| 5 |  |
Barren Island |  |
7/7/13 | Solo |
| 6 | |
Battleship Island |  |
7/17/12 | DSK multi-day (Brooke), with Brandi |
| 7 | Bell Island | ||||
| 8 | Blakely Island | ||||
| 9 | Blind Island (Shaw) | ||||
| 10 | Blind Island (Lopez) | ||||
| 11 | Boulder Island | ||||
| 12 | |
Brown Island |  |
1/9/2016 | w/ Chadwick |
| 13 | |
Buck Island |  |
11/11/18 | w/ Jason, Kelly, Chad |
| 14 | Cactus Islands | ||||
| 15 | |
Canoe Island |  |
6/12/09 | Camping w/ Don Summers |
| 16 | Castle Island | ||||
| 17 | Cayou Island | ||||
| 18 | Cemetery Island | ||||
| 19 | Center Island | ||||
| 20 | |
Charles Island |  |
11/11/18 | w/ Jason, Kelly, Chad |
| 21 | Clark Island | ||||
| 22 | Cliff Island | ||||
| 23 | Cluster Islands (Sucia) | ||||
| 24 | Colville Island | ||||
| 25 | |
Coon Island |  |
7/14/15 | w/ Rick Kitts |
| 26 | Crab Island | ||||
| 27 | Crane Island | ||||
| 28 | |
Deadman Island | 11/11/18 | w/ Jason, Kelly, Chad | |
| 29 | Decatur Island | ||||
| 30 | |
Dinner Island |  |
7/13/13 | DSK w/ Chad (bioluminescence) |
| 31 | Doe Island | ||||
| 32 | Double Island | ||||
| 33 | Ewing Island | ||||
| 34 | |
Fawn Island | |
7/14/15 | w/ Rick Kitts |
| 35 | Flattop Island | ||||
| 36 | Flower Island | ||||
| 37 | Fortress Island | ||||
| 38 | |
Freeman Island |  |
6/16/13 | w/ Scott & Lynn Vesey |
| 39 | Frost Island | ||||
| 40 | Goose Island | ||||
| 41 | Gordon Island | ||||
| 42 | Gossip Island | ||||
| 43 | |
Guss Island |  |
5/16/14 | w/ Brandi |
| 44 | |
Hall Island |  |
11/11/18 | w/ Jason, Kelly, Chad |
| 45 | Henry Island | ||||
| 46 | |
Iceberg Island |  |
11/11/18 | w/ Jason, Kelly, Chad |
| 47 | James Island | ||||
| 48 | Johns Island | ||||
| 49 | |
Jones Island | (no GPS) | 10/2/16 | w/ Brandi, Kelly, Jason, and Chad |
| 50 | Justice Island | ||||
| 51 | Little Patos Island | ||||
| 52 | Little Sister Island | ||||
| 53 | Little Sucia Island | ||||
| 54 | Lone Tree Island | ||||
| 55 | |
Long Island | |
11/11/18 | w/ Jason, Kelly, Chad |
| 56 | Lopez Island | ||||
| 57 | |
Low Island (San Juan) | (no GPS) | 7/10/13 | DSK w/ Alex C. |
| 58 | Low Island (Wasps) | ||||
| 59 | Matia Island | ||||
| 60 | |
McConnell Island | |
7/14/15 | w/ Rick Kitts |
| 61 | Nob Island | ||||
| 62 | North Finger Island | ||||
| 63 | Oak Island | ||||
| 64 | |
Obstruction Island |  |
6/11/12 | BBB class (Leon/Matt) |
| 65 | |
O’Neal Island | (no GPS) | 10/2/16 | w/ Brandi, Kelly, Jason, and Chad |
| 66 | Orcas Island | ||||
| 67 | Patos Island | ||||
| 68 | |
Pearl Island |  |
7/7/13 | Solo |
| 69 | |
Picnic Island |  |
7/11/13 | Open Canoe w/ Seth |
| 70 | Pointer Island | ||||
| 71 | Pole Island | ||||
| 72 | |
Posey Island |  |
7/7/13 | Solo |
| 73 | Puffin Island | ||||
| 74 | Ram Island | ||||
| 75 | |
Reef Island | |
7/14/15 | w/ Rick Kitts |
| 76 | Rim Island | ||||
| 77 | Ripple Island | ||||
| 78 | San Juan Island | ||||
| 79 | |
Satellite Island |  |
7/17/12 | DSK multi-day (Brooke), with Brandi |
| 80 | Sentinel Island | ||||
| 81 | Shaw Island | ||||
| 82 | Skipjack Island | ||||
| 83 | Skull Island (Lopez) | ||||
| 84 | |
Skull Island (Westsound) |  |
5/22/2014 | Solo |
| 85 | Small Island | ||||
| 86 | South Finger Island | ||||
| 87 | Spieden Island | ||||
| 88 | Stuart Island | ||||
| 89 | Sucia Island | ||||
| 90 | Swirl Island | ||||
| 91 | Trump Island | ||||
| 92 | |
Turn Island |  |
1/9/2016 | w/ Chadwick |
| 93 | Victim Island | ||||
| 94 | Waldron Island | ||||
| 95 | Willow Island | ||||
| 96 | Yellow Island |
I like this Chuck! Too bad you have the “almost” by Jones Island. We should have planned this better! I will watch your progress!! Maybe Bob and I should have kayaking around all the Gulf Islands as a retirement goal…
Hi Liz! I know, it’s funny. I’ve camped overnight three separate times on Jones and in the course of which have probably been around 80%, just the little section in Spring Passage remains. But the rules say you gotta go all the way around 😉 say hi to Bob.
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