Hat Island, Washington

About Hat Island

Hat Island, WA is a small unincorporated community located in northern Washington.

Hat Island holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.69 square miles.

📰 Hat Island News Today

• Hat Island Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 27
• Hat Island: The Pacific Northwest's best kept secret king5.com · Jun 8
• Hat Island: The somewhat secret, other-worldy Northwest gem HeraldNet.com · Jul 29
• Hat Island, WA Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Jul 24
• The waves meet the land on tiny Hat Island The Seattle Times · Aug 8

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Hat Island Unique

• The only place in America named Hat Island — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Positioned in northern Washington, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Everett (7 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Hat Island

• Waterman Shoreline Preserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Hat Island

🏘️ Nearby Communities