My only complaint about this place is something that the parks department can't really do anything about.

It has potential to be a very peaceful and quiet place. However, when there are flight operations at NAS Whidbey, the planes go right over the island. The other issue is all of the boat traffic that goes by. During my visit out to Hope Island today, there were probably only about 30 seconds straight where you didn't hear any beyond what was natural.

It's a good place to go if you're looking to get away from people. There's boat mooring near the island but no dock. you need a landing craft of some sort be it a kayak or a runabout.

Even with the noise from the boat traffic and airplanes, it still provided a much needed respite.