Deming Homestead Eagle Park

Photography

Best light

Morning lightOvercast

Recommended focal length

500–800mm

• Eagles gather from December through March; numbers track the strength of each year's salmon run.
• Viewing is best in the early morning and on cloudy days, when eagles feed on carcasses washed onto the sandbars.
• Between feeds, eagles perch high in riverside trees to dry their feathers; frame them against the sky or the dark forest.

Access

Parking

Small parking lot at 5615 Truck Road, just off Mount Baker Highway (SR 542) east of the Highway 9 junction.

Trails

0.7 miles of flat gravel trail: an accessible 0.2-mile path east to the picnic areas, and a 0.1-mile path west across a footbridge to a 0.4-mile loop around a field.

Restrictions

• Day use only, 8am to dusk.
• Stay on trails and off the sandbars where eagles feed.

Before you go

• Lens: 500–800mm. Pack spare batteries; cold drains them fast.
• Review the access restrictions above and any posted closures.
• Check the weather and, on the shoreline, the tide forecast.
• Keep a respectful distance. If an animal changes its behavior, you're too close.