• Introduction
• 1. Aspen
• 2. Avalon
• 3. Fire Island
• 4. Little St. Simons Island
• 5. Lopez Island
• 6. Mackinac Island
• 7. Monhegan Island
• 8. Nags Head
• 9. Nantucket
• 10. South Padre Island

Lopez Island

Cars are rare on Lopez Island, the friendliest and, at 29.5 square miles, the third-largest of the U.S. San Juan Islands. Travelers make the 45-minute ferry ride from Seattle to escape to a simpler time of life in a place where a tight-knit community and beautiful surroundings regularly take center stage. Lopez Village – the main town – is only four miles from the ferry landing. Here, everything from art galleries and shops to restaurants and bakeries are within walking distance of one another. Venturing out of town to explore the island's pastoral vineyards, farmlands, and parks requires only the use of a bicycle. When they're not simply enjoying the change of pace, visitors and locals alike can be found whale-watching, fishing, hiking, clamming, and crabbing. (No wonder Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, bought an entire peninsula of the island!)

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