Maxwelton is a mostly summer community located on the south end of Whidbey Island

Whidbey Island

Whidbey Island is one of nine islands located in Island County, Washington, in the United States. Whidbey is located about north of Seattle, and lies between the Olympic Peninsula and the I-5 corridor of western Washington...

, Washington.

It was first settled in 1905 by the Mackie family and named after a place in Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, made famous in the song "Annie Laurie

Annie Laurie

Annie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...

." The beach at Dave Mackie Park on Useless Bay is a favorite spot to watch the sunsets over the Olympic Mountains

Olympic Mountains

The Olympic Mountains is a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States. The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high - Mount Olympus is the highest at - but the western slopes of the Olympics rise directly out of the Pacific...

 and is near the outflow of Maxwelton Creek. The creek and its tributaries have formed Maxwelton Valley, an area that remains predominantly farm-like.

Whidbey Watersheds, formerly known as The Maxwelton Salmon Adventure, is a non-profit group that has been working to restore salmon runs on Maxwelton and Quade Creeks.

Maxwelton hosts a 4th of July

Independence Day (United States)

Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain...

parade with an old-fashioned hometown feeling.