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Top 10 places to picnic in the San Juan Islands

picnic

1748 (in Chesterfield's "Letters"), but rare before c.1800 as an Eng. institution, from Fr. piquenique (1692), perhaps a reduplication of piquer "to pick, peck," from O.Fr. (see pike (2)), or the second element may be nique "worthless thing," from a Gmc. source. Originally a fashionable pot-luck social affair, not necessarily out of doors. Figurative sense of "something easy" is from 1886.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

While there are certainly more than 10 places to have a picnic in the San Juan's what follows is a list of what we would consider the top 10. Enjoy and make sure to follow up your picnic with one of the top 10 places to hike in the San Juan Islands. Please do not confuse this list with the top 10 places in the San Juan Islands to have a barbecue. Note... this page is a work in progress and mostly covers. More places to picnic on Orcas Island are coming soon.

Dead Man's Cove, San Juan Island
South Beach, San Juan Island
Lime Kiln State Park aka Whale Watch Park, San Juan Island
Granny's Cove, San Juan Island
San Juan County Park, San Juan Island
The summit of Mount Constitution, Orcas Island
Cascade Lake, Moran State Park, Orcas Island
Doe Bay resort, Orcas Island
The summit of Mount Young, San Juan Island
Odlin State Park, Lopez Island
Obstruction Pass, Orcas Island
Spencer Spit, Lopez Island

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