Anacortes homes for sale are ideal for those who enjoy the outdoors. The city is surrounded by the waters of the North Puget Sound and the Swinomish Channel, with Guemes Island and the other San Juan Islands scattered around it.
Within the city itself, just minutes away from Anacortes WA Real Estate, are almost 2,800 acres of forest, lakes, wetlands and meadows. These are the Anacortes Community Forest Lands (ACFL), a natural resource protected by the community itself and a favorite haunt of nature lovers. Aside from the ACFL and its 50 miles of trails, there are 18 parks of various sizes in and around the city, giving residents here an abundance of choices for outdoor recreation venues.
And then there’s the water. Anacortes’ saltwater shoreline extends for 12 and a half miles and it has five marinas. You’ll also find five freshwater lakes: Campbell, Cranberry, Erie, Heart and Whistle. Whether you’re into hiking, biking, rock climbing, kayaking, boating, angling, deepwater fishing, wildlife watching or all of the above, you’ll always have something to do in Anacortes.
What’s more, since Anacortes is in the Olympic Mountains’ rain shadow, it only averages 21 inches of rain every year. While this still sounds like a lot, bear in mind that this is almost half that of Seattle’s yearly 37.1 inches of precipitation. So not only are the great outdoors a convenient stone’s throw away from Anacortes homes for sale, you also get to enjoy them more often.
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