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{{short description|Strait between Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands on Puget Sound}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox park | name = Deception Pass State Park | photo=Deception Pass Bridge 03.jpg | photo_caption = Aerial view of Deception Pass looking southeast | photo_width = 280 | map_image = DeceptionPass-nowords.png | map_width = 280 | map_caption = Located in the northern [[Puget Sound]] region, '''Deception Pass''' (circled in red) connects the [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]] (to the west) to [[Skagit Bay]] (to the east). [[Fidalgo Island]] is to the north and [[Whidbey Island]] is to the south. | type = State park | location = Anacortes and Oak Harbor, Washington, United States | coordinates = {{coord|48|24|23|N|122|38|40|W|display=inline,title}} <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|2608017|Deception Pass Bridge}}</ref> | area = {{convert|3854|acre}} | created = {{Start date|1922}} | operator = Washington State Parks | visitation_num = 2,000,000+ annually | status = | open = Year-round | website = [http://parks.state.wa.us/497/Deception-Pass Deception Pass State Park] }} '''Deception Pass''' ({{Langx|lut|sčudᶻ}};<ref>{{Cite web |title=Puget Sound Geographical names |url=https://tulaliplushootseed.com/places/ |publisher=Tulalip Tribes |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref> {{Langx|str|Xwchsónges|label=[[Samish dialect|Samish]]}})<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nation |first=Samish Indian |date=2023-01-24 |title=Coast Salish Place Names of the San Juan Islands |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9b0f86b51e054ba78b83ab39c4d0b1a6 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=ArcGIS StoryMaps |language=en}}</ref> is a [[strait]] separating [[Whidbey Island]] from [[Fidalgo Island]], in the northwest part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. It connects [[Skagit Bay]], part of [[Puget Sound]], with the [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]]. A pair of bridges known collectively as [[Deception Pass Bridge]] cross Deception Pass. The bridges were added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1982.
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