Anacortes · WA
Navigator, Anacortes: A Small Neighborhood Above Ship Harbor
An Anacortes neighborhood DiAnn works regularly. Mariners Place is one of its streets.
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What is nearby, and the honest trade-off
The Guemes Channel Trail runs along the water below the hill from the Edwards Way cul-de-sac about a mile toward town, and the Ship Harbor Interpretive Preserve, 25 acres of wetland and a 2,000-foot sandy beach, sits between the ferry terminal and the homes. Clearidge Park, with tennis and pickleball, is in the 1900 block of Blakely. Washington Park, 220 acres, is out the end of Sunset Avenue. Downtown Anacortes and Commercial Avenue are east on Oakes Avenue and 12th Street.
The trade-off is the ferry itself. It is wonderful to live above it when you want a Saturday on Orcas, and it is busy on summer weekends when everyone else does. Compared with Skyline, Navigator is not a marina neighborhood; compared with Old Town, you drive rather than walk to dinner.
Selling here, my campaign is the same one I run everywhere in Anacortes, priced from the free EPIC™ Home-Selling Report: see selling your home. Buying, start with buying a home or relocation, and my current listings. The neighboring pages are Clearidge and Mariners Place. DiAnn Sager, RE/MAX Gateway. Ask me about Navigator.
Mariners Place, the street next door
Mariners Place is one of the streets of Navigator, not a separate neighborhood. Here is what the county record says about it.
This is recent construction on compact lots, with a plat name of its own. On the county's books Mariners Place is the Reserve at Channel Landing, Phase III, recorded May 5, 2014, the same plat as Navigator Lane next door, which is why you will see the pocket called Channel Landing. The assessor shows 16 parcels on Mariners Place, built between 2015 and 2024, on lots running 0.14 to 0.24 acre, noticeably tighter than Navigator Lane. Everything sits inside the city limits on city sewer, power, and piped water.
I have not closed a sale on Mariners Place. The association, its dues, and which specific homes look north over Guemes Channel are things I confirm for a particular address, on the ground and from the recorded plat, rather than repeat from a listing portal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where exactly is Navigator in Anacortes?
On the west side hill above Ship Harbor and the ferry terminal, centered on Navigator Lane, next to Mariners Place, on the 2014 Reserve at Channel Landing plat. Ship Harbor Boulevard connects it down to Oakes Avenue.
Is Navigator close to the ferry?
Yes. The Washington State Ferries terminal for the San Juan Islands is at the bottom of the hill at Ship Harbor. That is the draw and, on summer weekends, the trade-off.
Are Navigator and Mariners Place the same neighborhood?
Yes. Mariners Place is one of the streets inside Navigator; both sit on the 2014 Reserve at Channel Landing plat. Clearidge is the older 1979 plat farther up the hill, and it is its own neighborhood.
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