San Juan Islands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in the Salish Sea in the state of Washington. The monument protects archaeological sites of the Coast Salish peoples, lighthouses and relics of early European American settlers in the Pacific Northwest, and biodiversity of the island life in the region. The monument was created from existing federal land by President Barack Obama on March 25, 2013 under the Antiquities Act.
Geography The national monument consists of approximately 75 separate sites totaling roughly in area. They are managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.
Name Major island vicinity CountyLocation/GPS CoordinatesNotes Leo Reef Lopez Island San Juan Fauntleroy Rock Decatur Island San Juan Dot Rock Decatur Island San Juan Reeds Bay Island Decatur Island San Juan Cape St. Mary Lopez Island San Juan Chadwick Hill Lopez Island San Juan Watmough Bay Lopez Island San Juan Point Colville Lopez Island San Juan Iceberg Point Lopez Island San Juan Iceberg Point Rocks Lopez Island San Juan Outer Bay Rocks Lopez Island San Juan Mackaye Harbor Rocks Lopez Island San Juan Jones Bay Rock Lopez Island San Juan Richardson Island Lopez Island San Juan Richardson Rocks Lopez Island San Juan Davis Bay Island Lopez Island San Juan Davis Bay Rocks Lopez Island San Juan Danger Rocks San Juan Island San Juan Pear Point Rocks San Juan Island San Juan Dinner Island Rocks San Juan Island San Juan Cattle Point San Juan Island San Juan Includes Cattle Point Light Unnamed Rocks (Grandmas Cove) San Juan Island San Juan Unnamed Rocks (False Bay) San Juan Island San Juan Kanaka Bay Islands San Juan Island San Juan King Islands San Juan Island San Juan Unnamed Rocks off Lime Kiln Point San Juan Island San Juan Turn Point Stuart Island San Juan Includes Turn Point Light Prevost Harbor Rock Stuart Island San Juan Pudding Island Stuart Island San Juan Satellite Island Rocks Stuart Island San Juan Rock Island and Johns Pass Rocks Stuart Island San Juan Unnamed Parcel (Johns Island) Stuart Island San Juan Johns Island Rock Stuart Island San Juan Posey Island San Juan Island San Juan Unnamed Island (Westcott Bay) San Juan Island San Juan Kellett Bluff Henry Island San Juan Mitchell Bay Rocks (AKA Mud Rocks) San Juan Island San Juan Mud Island San Juan Island San Juan Little Patos Island Patos Island San Juan Patos Island Patos Island San Juan Includes Patos Island LightPresidential Proclamation -- San Juan Islands National Monument, The White House (Office of the Press Secretary), March 25, 2013 Shallow Bay Rocks Sucia Island San Juan Rolfe Cove Island Matia Island San Juan Barnes Rocks Clark Island San Juan Clark Rocks Clark Island San Juan Indian Island Orcas Island San Juan Point Doughty Rock Orcas Island San Juan Beach Haven Rocks Orcas Island San Juan Freeman Island Orcas Island San Juan Blind Islands Orcas Island San Juan Twin Rocks Orcas Island San Juan Unnamed Island (Guthrie Cove) Orcas Island San Juan Foster Point Rocks Orcas Island San Juan Elwha Rock Orcas Island San Juan Picnic Point Rocks Shaw Island San Juan Does not include privately owned Picnic Point Island Cotton Point Island Orcas Island San Juan One of the smallest BLM holdings in Washington, . Blind Island Shaw Island San Juan Unnamed Island and Rocks (Blind Bay) Shaw Island San Juan Broken Point Island Shaw Island San Juan Oak Island and Rock Orcas Island San Juan Trinka Rock Orcas Island San Juan Skull Island Orcas Island San Juan Massacre Bay Rocks Orcas Island San Juan Harbor Rocks Orcas Island San Juan Victim Island Orcas Island San Juan Lovers' Cove Rocks Orcas Island San Juan North Pass Rock Orcas Island San Juan McConnell Rocks Orcas Island San Juan Parks Bay Island Shaw Island San Juan Reservation Bay Rocks - Coffin Rocks Fidalgo Island Skagit Reservation Bay Rocks - Urchin Rocks Fidalgo Island Skagit Reservation Bay Rocks - Gull Rocks (Bird Rocks) Fidalgo Island Skagit Chuckanut Rock Whatcom Unnamed Rocks (Carter Point) Lummi Island Whatcom Bakers Reef Lummi Island Whatcom Lummi Rocks Lummi Island Whatcom Eliza Rocks Eliza Island Whatcom
Tip of Eliza Island Eliza Island Whatcom Unsurveyed section 5
See also List of national monuments of the United States
References
External links San Juan Islander - daily news site BLM−Bureau of Land Management.gov: official San Juan Islands National Monument website BLM.gov: Factsheet of San Juan Islands National Monument — including map. Islanders for the San Juan Islands National Monument Presidential Proclamation -- San Juan Islands National Monument, The White House (Office of the Press Secretary), March 25, 2013