Welcome to Deer Harbor ...

Deer Harbor is located on Orca Island.

Deer Harbor is located in San Juan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Deer Harbor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

A typical abbreviation for Deer Harbor: Deer Hbr. (or less commonly used: Deer Harb. or Deer Hrbr.)

Time Zone: Deer Harbor lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Deer Harbor: (360)

Communities near Deer Harbor ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Deer Harbor.

• Oak Bay
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bay
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Bay <3>
• Anacortes
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anacortes
  • Anacortes is located in Skagit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,715 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anacortes <3>
• Sidney
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidney came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <3>
• Friday Harbor
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday Harbor
  • Friday Harbor is located in San Juan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,544 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friday Harbor <3>
• Shaw Island
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
  • Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
• Waldron
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
  • Waldron is located in San Juan County
• Eastsound
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastsound
  • Eastsound is located in San Juan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastsound <3>
• Roche Harbor
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roche Harbor
  • Roche Harbor is located in San Juan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roche Harbor <3>
• Argyle
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
  • Argyle is located in San Juan County
• Olga
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
  • Olga is located in San Juan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olga <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Deer Harbor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Deer Harbor.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Deer Harbor. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deer Harbor.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Deer Harbor. See our Newspapers Page for Deer Harbor.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Deer Harbor ...

Looking for more information about Deer Harbor? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Deer Harbor, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Deer Harbor.

Adding Deer Harbor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Deer Harbor in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Deer Harbor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Deer Harbor post office opened in 1893.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Deer Harbor.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Deer Harbor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Juan County: www.co.san-juan.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/