What is it like to live in San Juan Islands?

Friendly people and spectacular scenery drew Susan Eyerly to San Juan in 1978. "It didn't even seem crazy," she says of her sudden decision. "It was just like coming home." Today she owns Griffin Bay Bookstore, a Friday Harbor mainstay where Duncan, her golden retriever, holds court. read more

Such is life on San Juan Island. Though only 24 miles long and 9 miles wide, San Juan is the second largest island in an archipelago between British Columbia's Vancouver Island and the Washington mainland. It's also highest in population, with about 6,400 year-round residents. read more

In Puerto Rico there is no such thing as the “San Juan Islands”. There is however a San Juan islet, which is what most people know as Old San Juan, and its eastern part, Puerta de Tierra. The islet is connected to the rest of the San Juan municipality by two bridges. read more

San Juan Islands (there about 450 of them, 4 have ferry service) are located in Puget Sound on the east coast of Vancouver Island and to the west of the state of Washington, north of Seattle. The climate is temperate; it rarely gets above 70 degrees in summer, it occasionally snows in winter. read more

In Puerto Rico there is no such thing as the “San Juan Islands”. There is however a San Juan islet, which is what most people know as Old San Juan, and its eastern part, Puerta de Tierra. read more