This website is a resource for people wishing to visit Seattle for vacation, on business or simply for pleasure. Quite simply beautiful Seattle.
Seattle is uniquely located at the northern-most part of the USA's west coast, just below Canada. Washington's largest city is situated on a slim peninsular between Puget Sound to the west and Lake Washington to the east. Surrounded by coastal mountains, pretty islands, fingers of land, gorgeous lakes and the Pacific ocean, it really is "beautiful Seattle" with a setting that is the envy of most American cities.
Seattle city itself is safe, with some of the lowest crime rates in the USA. It also caters well for cyclists and pedestrians, along with relatively good public transport.
Known as the Emerald City by many, the green surroundings prosper through the usually mild winters and summers that are cooler than much of the west coast.
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The cascade mountain range to the south of Seattle includes Mt Adams (12,276ft), Mt St Helens (the National Volcanic Monument which last erupted in 1980) and Mt Rainier (14,410ft) National Park.
Venturing further into south-eastern & central Washington reveals large tracts of farmland, the numerous wineries of the Walla Walla valley, the state capitol of Olympia and the up & coming town of Tacoma. The nearby Olympic peninsular has a rugged, remote and wild beauty and is protected as the ever-popular Olympic National Park. The glaciated Olympic mountains rise to 8,000ft and are surrounded by wonderful waterfalls, alpine meadows, forests and lakes.
Northwest Washington includes the San Juan islands, accessible only by ferry & air. Whidbey Island is more accessible and its green, low lying geography stretches over 40 miles from northern Seattle to Deception Pass State Park, incorporating the quaint coastal village of Coupeville. The North Cascades National Park offers even more diversity with glacier-topped mountain ridges, twisting trails and the faux-German village of Leavenworth along the Wenatchee river. North-eastern Washington borders the far-western foothills of the Rockies and the terrain of the Columbia Basin, being the ideal location for the 1933 Grand Coulee Dam that provides irrigation and hydroelectricity to the area. Lastly, Spokane is the largest city between Seattle and Minneapolis, boasting a Riverfront Park, Spokane Falls and the renowned Merlots of the wineries.
All this adds up to an area with truly lots to do all year round. Its a paradise for skiing, whale-watching, camping, hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing and fishing.