Coupeville is a small town well known for its quaint historic waterfront district and wharf on Penn Cove. The Coupeville Wharf is the oldest standing wharf in Puget Sound. Coupeville is also home to the Island County Historic Museum and Store, at the foot of the Wharf in the historic district.

Appropriately, the entire town of Coupeville is situated at the heart of, and surrounded by, a unique unit of the National Park Services Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve. This area is preserved much as it appeared when settled, encompasses three state parks, prairie and farmland, and is laced with easy trails and clear vistas, uninterrupted by excessive signage. The area within the Ebey's Landing boundary tells a dramatic story of Northwest history, Native American culture, European settlement, historic forts and more.

Coupeville’s historic waterfront district has many small shops as well as a variety of restaurants and eateries from which to choose. There are approximately 30 Bed & Breakfasts, small inns and vacation rentals in the Coupeville area. Near the western shore of the island, about four miles from Coupeville’s historic waterfront, is the Keystone Ferry landing, which is the access point to Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula. The entry to Fort Casey State Park is adjacent to Keystone Landing. A well known structure, the Admiralty Head Lighthouse, is inside this park. Fort Casey State Park is actually most famous for the maze of bunkers, battery and gun-mounts, open fields and beautiful bluffs. In other words, this park is a great jungle gym, kite flying fields and walking trails all side-by-side.