The location of Deer Harbor
Welcome to Deer Harbor ...
Deer Harbor is located on Orca Island.
Deer Harbor is located in San Juan County.
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
Deer Harbor is within the boundaries of the (360) area code.
Communities near Deer Harbor ...
A sample of nearby communities can be found below.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Deer Harbor and not the distance if you drove.<1>.
| Community | 2017<2> Population | Dir | Distance |
| Oak Bay (BC) [Map] | --- | SW | 19 miles [30.6 km] |
| Sidney (BC) [Map] | --- | W | 19 miles [30.6 km] |
| Anacortes [Map] | 16,953 | SE | 19 miles [30.6 km] |
| Eastsound [Map] | --- | NE | 6 miles [9.7 km] |
| Friday Harbor [Map] | 2,407 | S | 6 miles [9.7 km] |
| Lopez [Map] | --- | SE | 8 miles [12.9 km] |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Deer Harbor.
See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
- We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Deer Harbor. If available, we provide a satellite view of the cemetery.
- 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 community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
- We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Deer Harbor.
These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper 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.
Other Roadside Stops ...
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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/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Deer Harbor) to Point B. If you need the driving distance, we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Deer Harbor. Since we usually use Google Maps, we've provided the following link for your convenience: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Deer Harbor Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deer Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6287, Longitude: -122.9986 [Map]. |
| <2> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Deer Harbor. |