Family First – Spring Break Destination San Juan Island

Friendly, fun San Juan Island, with its deep commitment to sustainability, stewardship and responsible tourism, is the place to visit and feel good about this Spring Break.

Treat yourself to a stay at our retro motor inn in the heart of walkable Friday Harbor with onsite spa and indoor pool, just steps from our Friday Harbor hotel. Explore together as a family, make new memories and awaken all your senses.

Psst - We here at the Earthbox Inn & Spa offer designated dog-friendly accommodations, because everyone in your family deserves a break.

First Whale Watch Tour of the Season

In March our friends at San Juan Safaris offer the first whale watching tours just steps from our Friday Harbor hotel. Their comfy boat has a snack bar, bathroom and tons of indoor and outdoor spaces. They always have two naturalists on board, who point out the eagle’s nest and new Orca baby and explain the wonderous eco-system of the gorgeous Salish Sea and what we can do to help preserve it.

'90s Roller Skate Night

On the night of March 14 the fairground building in town gets transformed into a roller skating rink and it’s time to party like it’s 1999. Bring your skates and blades, scooters and strider bikes. All ages are welcome.

Picnic at the San Juan Island Sculpture Park

Open year-round, kids are free and pups are welcome. Find this 20-acre art garden along beautiful Westcott Bay, with trails winding through woods, abloom with Spring flowers. Explore the interactive displays, giant sculptures and poems lining the trails, make your own art, place a wish in the Tibetan wishing urns and find the best, hand-carved bench for your picnic.

Adopt a Whale at the Whale Museum

Adopt a Southern Resident Orca for a year as an individual, a family or a classroom. Orcas are as unique as each one of us and picking your whale is half the fun. Does the name speak to you? Will you go for a whale featured in a famous movie? You’ll receive a yearlong membership at the museum, an adoption certificate, the bio of your whale, bumper stickers and so much more.

Proceeds from Orca adoptions go to education, research and public outreach on behalf of the Southern Resident community of killer whales. What a way to instill a sense of environmental responsibility and a sense of environmental responsibility and joy in your child.

Volleyball at the Beach

Calm, crescent shaped Jackson Beach is just a mile from our Friday Harbor hotel. Go for an after dinner stroll and some sunset beach volleyball.

Family Art Days at the Islands Museum of Art

Hop over to the fantastic Museum of Art on Saturday mornings and make art together as a family. Sock puppets, pocket books and wire sculptures, anybody? Ages 5 and up. Free. Starting end of March.