Whidbey Island Loop: Oak Harbor to Clinton via Deception Pass

Whidbey Island makes a perfect riding loop the ferries gift-wrapped: cross the green spans of Deception Pass at the north end, then run the island’s length south — past Oak Harbor’s bay, the prairie-and-bluff landscape of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, Coupeville’s nineteenth-century waterfront and the mussel rafts of Penn Cove, the beach meadows below Useless Bay, and finally the Clinton dock where the Mukilteo ferry closes the circuit. Ninety-seven kilometres of sea-level curves, one iconic bridge, one famous prairie, and a ferry ride in the middle of it if you choose; the riding is gentle, the views are Salish Sea all day.