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Cedar River Watershed Education CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 19901 Cedar Falls Road SE, North Bend, WA The Cedar River Watershed, managed by the Seattle Public Utilities, provides most of Seattle's drinking water. To keep this area pristine, its 90,000 acres are off-limits to unaccompanied visitors. Th...
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Marshall ViewpointParent rating: ![]() Location: 7th Avenue W & W Highland Drive, Seattle, WA Along with Kerry Park and |
Mercer Slough Nature ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 1625 118th Avenue SE, Bellevue, WA For muddy fun, explore the forests, marshes, swamps, and bogs of the 320-acre Mercer Slough Nature Park, the largest remaining wetland in the metro area. Set close to the rush and bustle...
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Kerry ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 211 W Highland Drive, Seattle, WA When the networks come to Seattle and want to film the definitive Seattle view, they come here. Kerry Park offers spectacular views - dominated by the Space Needle in the... |
Northwest TrekParent rating: ![]() Location: 11610 Trek Drive East, Eatonville, WA We're always on the lookout for interesting destination daytrips from Seattle on the days that we've been to in-city attractions one time too many. The 615-acre Northwest Trek, located w...
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Alki Beach ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 1702 Alki Avenue SW, Seattle, WA The scene here is more SoCal glitter than Northwest gloom. The roughly 2.5-mile-long waterfront in West Seattle teems with life on sunny days: volleyball players and sunbathers, rollerbladers, ...
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Pike Place MarketParent rating: ![]() Location: 85 Pike Street, Room 500, Seattle, WA It's a major tourist attraction, but locals (and local chefs) actually shop here, and the Market has avoided becoming a tourist trap in spite of the crush of visitors who come through in the su...
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Parsons GardenParent rating: ![]() Location: 7th Avenue W & W Highland Drive, Seattle, WA Enter this quiet garden through the iron gate and feel like you've discovered a secret part of the city. This park, once a family garden, was donated to the City of Seattle in 1956 by the Parso...
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Juanita Bay ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 2201 Market Street, Kirkland, WA This lovely Lake Washington park, with its trails and boardwalks, abundant birds and wildlife, fields, big sky, and big water views, is well worth the trip from Seattle. All of the park's paths...
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Cascade Bicycle ClubParent rating: ![]() Location: 7400 Sand Point Way Northeast, Building 138, Seattle, WA You've probably heard of the STP and Chilly Hilly. The Cascade Bicycle Club is the group behind those well-known rides. This education and advocacy group doesn't only produce biggies, though: i...
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Underground Seattle TourParent rating: ![]() Location: 608 First Avenue, Seattle, WA Under the streets of downtown's Pioneer Square lie the remains of the Seattle that existed before the Great Fire of 1889. When it came time to rebuild, city leaders decided to start at buildings' seco...
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Longfellow Creek Legacy TrailParent rating: ![]() Location: SW Yancy Street & 26th Avenue SW, Seattle, WA The Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail is a four-mile "ribbon of connection" that winds through public green spaces, along the creek, and through residential streets in the Westwood and Delridge nei...
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Metro Employees Historic Vehicle AssociationParent rating: ![]() Location: 201 S Jackson Street, CAB-TR-0350, Seattle, WA MEHVA was founded in December of 1981 by a group of King County Metro employees interested in preserving a bit of our region's history. Several 1940s vintage electric trolley buses had recently...
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Bremerton BoardwalkParent rating: ![]() Location: Second Street and Washington, Bremerton, WA The two-acre Bremerton Boardwalk extends a half-mile along the shoreline. |
Sea Star ToursParent rating: ![]() Location: 3919 18th Avenue W, Seattle, WA Sea Star Tours offers tours of the vessel used in the Discovery Channel documentary America's Deadliest Season, predecessor to the network's popular Deadliest Catch series. |











