Lake Hancock, Greenbank

#2 among attractions in Greenbank

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Lake Hancock is a 200-acre coastal lagoon and former lake on Whidbey Island in the U.S. state of Washington. The elevation reported by United States Geological Survey is 3 feet. According to some conservationists, it is "the most well preserved estuary on the island". It was a U.S. Navy bombing range between 1943 and 1971, and legally is part of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The lake is in Greenbank, Washington about halfway down the length of 55-mile long Whidbey Island and nearly bisects it; the lake has contacted Admiralty Inlet on the island's west side since 1934, and from the east shore of the lake to Saratoga Passage on the east shore of the island near Greenbank Farm is less than one mile. Washington State Route 525 runs about 500 feet from the lake's eastern shore, down the narrow strip between the two bodies of water. ()

Elevation: 7 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 48°6'44"N, 122°35'23"W

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Lake Hancock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Admiralty Head Light, Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens, Cama Beach State Park, Marrowstone Point Light.

5.4 miNW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Admiralty Head Light, Coupeville
138 min walk • The Admiralty Head Light is a deactivated aid to navigation located on Whidbey Island near Coupeville, Island County, Washington, on the grounds of Fort Casey State Park. The restored lighthouse overlooks Admiralty Inlet.
2.5 miSE
Garden, Park
Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens, Greenbank
65 min walk • Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens are nonprofit gardens located at 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank, Washington. They are open daily; admission is $5.00 The gardens were founded by Ann and Max Meerkerk in the early 1960s on 13 acres, and served as a site where they collected and hybridized rhododendrons.
4.5 miNE
Park
Cama Beach State Park, Camano Island
115 min walk • Cama Beach State Park is a public recreation area facing Saratoga Passage on the southwest shore of Camano Island in Island County, Washington. The state park preserves the site of a renovated, modernized 1930s-era auto court and fishing resort.
4.6 miW
Lighthouse
Marrowstone Point Light, Port Townsend
118 min walk • The Marrowstone Point Light is an active navigational aid overlooking Admiralty Inlet at the northern tip of Marrowstone Island, Jefferson County, Washington, in the United States.
5.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Fort Casey, Whidbey Island
139 min walk • Fort Casey State Park is located on Whidbey Island, in Island County, Washington state. It is a Washington state park and a historic district within the U.S. Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve.
7.7 miNW
Protected area
Admiralty Inlet Natural Area Preserve, Coupeville
198 min walk • Admiralty Inlet Natural Area Preserve in Island County, Washington is part of the Washington Natural Areas Program. It lies along Admiralty Inlet within Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve on land owned by the Whidbey Camano Land Trust with a conservation easement owned by the Washington Department of Natural Resources.
7.6 miNW
Vernacular architecture
Ferry House, Whidbey Island
195 min walk • One of the oldest residential buildings in Washington, the Ferry House was built in 1860 by Winfield Scott Ebey as an inn to provide financial stability for his brother’s children, who were orphaned when Isacc Neff Ebey was brutally murdered and beheaded by Canadian natives.
6.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Mystery Bay State Park
157 min walk • Mystery Bay State Park is an eighteen-acre Washington marine state park on Mystery Bay, a small inlet off Scow Bay/Kilisut Harbor on the western side of Marrowstone Island.
6.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Joseph Whidbey State Park
170 min walk • Joseph Whidbey State Park is a 112-acre Washington state park in Island County, Washington with 3,100 feet of shoreline on the Strait of Juan de Fuca in north Puget Sound.
5 miNW
Nature, Lake
Crockett Lake, Whidbey Island
129 min walk • Crockett Lake is a lake in Island County, Washington at an elevation of 0 feet. The Crockett family homesteaded the site in the 1850s, and gave the lake their name.
3.8 miS
National park
South Whidbey Island State Park
98 min walk • Hiking enthusiasts will be delighted by the park's network of scenic trails, which wind through old-growth forests and offer glimpses of wildlife such as deer, bald eagles, and otters. The park is also home to a variety of bird species, making it a prime spot for...