San Juan Islands

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Orcas Island

"A happy family is but an earlier heaven."
-- John Bowring

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Maggie's Manor, one of the quintessential San Juan Islands vacation rentals, on Orcas Island is a sunny, gracious four bedroom waterfront family vacation home surrounded by spectacular views of Deer Harbor. Step out onto the welcoming front porch or into the command view outdoor Spa, where you can relax and look at your own picture postcard vistas of the smaller San Juan Islands and the snow-capped Olympic Mountains in the distance or at night gaze at myriad of stars in the sky and the twinkling anchor lights of the boats at rest in Deer Harbor.     May-June Specials            Video Tour

View of spa and front porch

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View from Spa and front porch

Maggie's Manor sits high above our private 300' wide deep water Deer Harbor shoreline on 3 ½ acres with ample manicured lawns. Soak in the sun, clean air, and sweeping views from the bird-filled gardensfeed us on the fence belowswallows nest in those houses.  Keep toasty around the outdoor campfire while watching for Northern Lights under the star-filled sky at night. Hike through our private 110 acre wildlife preserve and wild natural organic farm at the heart of Deer Harbor and look for Great Blue Heron, Bald and Golden Eagles, Red Tailed Hawks, Osprey,  River Otters, Raccoons,  Black Tailed Deer, and a host of other San Juan Islands wildlife. San Juan Islands bird watching.
      

Grand piano with Deer Harbor View

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East Deck with Deer Harbor View

The Deer Harbor area of Orcas Island enjoys some of the nicest weather these "banana belt" San Juan Islands offer---lots of sun and little rainfall! Sunny Deer Harbor is a hub of San Juan Islands marine activity, with fishing, whale-watching for Orca and Minke whales, sea kayaking, boat rentals and sailing charters available, as well as moorage facilities for your own boat. Maggie's Manor, a true family vacation home that has been perfect for family reunions, wedding guests, multiple family, vacation rentals, with a romantic getaway feeling.  Reserve your dates now!

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East Deck Entrance

 Kitchen Looking East

Dining Room View of Kitchen

 

With this Orcas Island accommodation you may actually want to prepare your own meals.Whether you like to cook your own crab, barbeque your own salmon, steaks or like to cook hot dogs over the open fire you will like the west side of Maggie's outdoor cooking area and campfire pit. Perhaps you are preparing an anniversary dinner or hosting a small party or wedding reception or rehearsal dinner.    There is enough room in our kitchen for many cooks and helpers. 

With four sinks spread over three separate areas there is plenty room to prepare a festive gourmet meal. Serve on the east deck, the west yard picnic area, or the dining room all with spectacular water views.

 

Garcon

Maggie's Barbeque Area

Gourmet Kitchen

Kitchen Looking North

Orcas Island accommodations with romantic getaway features out both kitchen doors, off either east or west deck and up the trail to our 140 acre farm and wildlife preserve to see a twenty acre dedicated wild foul reserve founded by the Connor family and named the

Frank Richardson Wildlife Marsh

 

There have been over 85 species of birds sighted. We are pretty sure that is more wild fowl than on any other Orcas Island Lodging or any other San Juan Islands Lodging or any other vacation rental.

 

Or hike through our fruit orchards or wild Christmas tree farm and pick fruit and berries [in season] to

eat along the way. Or just hike around any part of our Deer Harbor Lagoon Wildlife Preserve. The

most diverse private wildlife preserve on Orcas Island. 

 

It may be the most diverse wildlife preserve in all the San Juan Islands. If you explore the rest of this

web site you will find many more photos of our vacation rentals, our farm and our wildlife preserves but

here are a few

From North Lawn

Master Bedroom

Kitchen Looking North

Open Dining Room

Romantic getaways, weddings, honeymoon, anniversary, retreats, on Orcas Island

Lodging Orcas Island at its best with views to the West [see below], Deer Harbor cove, 

bluffs of Spring Point with heron and eagle nests, rocky knolls, large upper yard, 

friendly campfire pit, scenic hill side vistas, forests of conifers

and our famous ever changing Madronas

West Lawn with Great Water Views

Mmmm..S'Mores...

Campfire and Picnic Areas

Gnomes wear bird track shoes

Her name is Gretel.

We are in Deer Harbor!

Nice view for the play set!

Whale-Watching is Great.

     Video Tour

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and make your reservations!     May-June Specials

Make reservations or ask questions by email.

 

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