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Oct 3, 2016 · Download one of these handy maps for exploring the trails and special features of the Reserve. You can pick up a paper copy at the Office of the Trust Board on Cemetery Rd, at the Coupeville Chamber of Commerceor or at the Island County Historical Museum in downtown Coupeville. Overview Map of Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve.
- EXPLORE: Ebey's Landing NHR
Even though we don't have a visitor center, you can your...
- EXPLORE: Ebey's Landing NHR
Nov 29, 2016 · Even though we don't have a visitor center, you can your Junior Ranger Badge at several places throughout the Reserve. Explore History and Culture The history of Ebey's Reserve stretches from the last ice age to the modern historic preservation movement.
- PO Box 774, Coupeville, 98239, WA
Dec 20, 2023 · This stunning landscape on the Salish Sea, with its rich farmland and promising seaport, lured the earliest American pioneers north of the Columbia River to Ebey’s Landing. Today Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve preserves the historical, agricultural and cultural traditions of both Native and Euro-American – while offering spectacular opportunities for recreation.
For questions about the Junior Ranger Program please call (360) 678-6084 or email ebeys4ever@gmail.com. Children are invited to discover Ebey’s Landing and earn their Junior Ranger badge by completing the Ebey’s Junior Ranger Book. You’ll discover Native American places and learn about history and agriculture’s importance in the Reserve.
- (360) 678-6084
- carol_castellano@partner.nps.gov
- The Sun Is Shining at Ebey’s
- Stories Within A Cultural Landscape
- A Unique Partnership
- Ebey’s Forever Annual Conference
Ebey’s Reserve, on Central Whidbey Island, receives only half the rain of nearby Seattle – sunny skies are often above while the rest of the region is covered in a layer of clouds. The reason lies to the west and the Olympic Mountains, whose peaks cause passing clouds to drop their water, creating a rain shadow. Ebey’s visitors and residents can co...
Some stories of the Reserve’s history include Isaac Ebey, the first European-American settler to claim land on Central Whidbey Island before Washington became a state. Isaac wrote to his wife, Rebecca, in 1851 saying, “My claim is acknowledged by all to be one of the best in Oregon (Territory). I think it is the best claim on the Pacific. If you co...
The reserve is a non-traditional unit of the National Park system. It is the first unit of its kind in the system, with most of the land under private ownership. A unit of local government, the Trust Board of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, is charged with management as called for in the legislation creating the Reserve. The Trust Board...
Every November we celebrate more than 30 years of protecting and sustaining Ebey’s Reserve. Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve tells important stories about our nation’s rural roots and the history of the Pacific Northwest. Experience Ebey’s through self-guided trips, discovering, exploring and celebrating an American cultural landscape. Ebey...
nps.gov/ebla. Ebey's Landing provides a vivid historical record including the first exploration of Puget Sound by Captain George Vancouver in 1792. Within the fast growing Puget Sound region, Ebey's Landing has quickly become the remaining area where a broad spectrum of Northwest history is still clearly visible in the landscape.
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The Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve is a rural historic district that preserves and protects the historical record of Puget Sound exploration and settlement from the 19th century to the present. Historic farms, still under cultivation in the prairies of Whidbey Island, reveal land use patterns unchanged since settlers claimed the ...
