Camano Island Inn

About Camano Island

For those in an island getaway mood, there is so much to do on Camano Island. Small county parks at Utsalady Bay and Cavalero Beach offer boaters convenient launch sites. At beautiful Camano Island State Park, Sunday afternoon strollers will find easy beach access. Also provided are picnic shelters, campsites, beach combing and boat launch…plus breathtaking views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains across yachtsmen’s popular waterway, Saratoga Passage.

The unique appeal of Camano Island is that it offers visitors a real-life island experience — without the hype. Don’t expect trendy tourist traps. There are a few restaurants, a handful of country-style grocery stores, bed and breakfast facilities, and intriguing fine art galleries to serve the elite few who have discovered Camano Island.

Camano Island has a colorful history, first with the Native Americans who fished, clammed, and picked berries on the hillsides. The island takes its name from an early Spanish explorer, and in the 1700s Europeans mapped and named many places in the area. The Douglas firs became very desirable for shipbuilding, and by the 1800′s Camano Island was a bustling community with mills, homes, and schools, and with tall ships taking cargo from the deep waters at the north end of the island.

Iverson Beach is one of the few places in Washington state where you can fish for Sturgeon year-round from shore! There is also a great trail that winds through the preserve. Looking for a sandy beach on Camano Island? Iverson Spit is where you need to go to feel the sand between your toes.

Camano Island has fishing available during every season: from Salmon in the Winter, Spring & Summer; to Lingcod, Dolly Vardens & Cutthroat in May/June; to year-round flounder, bottomfish and Sturgeon.

Places you will love to visit while you visit:

Canopy Tours NW

Cama Beach State Park

Camano Island State Park

Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park

Camano Island State ParkCamano Plaza

Camano Island Marketplace

Spare Room Vintage Flea Market

Utsalady Point Vista Park

Dan Kauffman Art Studio

Iverson Spit Waterfront Preserve

English Boom Historical Park and Waterfront Trail

Elger Bay Grocery & Gifts