The short Rosario Head Trail rises up from the lively tide pools of Rosario Beach to a loop around Rosario Head, with views spanning all around to encompass the wave-washed rocks below and out to Fidalgo Island, San Juan Islands, Canada’s Vancouver Island, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Olympic Mountains and Olympic Peninsula, Puget Sound, and Whidbey Island. The headland drops abruptly into the water below, which is ringed by the current-stretched leaves of bull kelp forests and dotted by the occasional exploring kayaker.

Rosario Head Trail Cliffs And Rocks Between Rosario Beach And Bowman Bay In Deception Pass State Park

Friends taking in views from the cliffs of Rosario Head Trail, spanning across the San Juan Islands, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, Deception Pass, Whidbey Island, and Olympic Mountains