The world is fun, and here’s a big fat list to prove it. Below, you’ll find our roundup of some of our favorite things to do in and around Seattle.
Is your favorite Pacific Northwest spot missing? Let us know! If you’re interested in hearing about any of the places on our list and would like to contribute to our cause, you may do so here. In fact, out of gratitude, we’ll take suggestions from donors on specific things to do while visiting someplace and give you recognition for helping us cover that area.
Without further adeiu, The List, presented in no logical order whatsoever:
1. Walk around Greenlake (Seattle, Washington)
2. Drive over the mountains to Leavenworth. (Washington)
3. See Roslyn, Washington aka Cecily, Alaska.
4. See Cape Flattery (Washington)
5. Go to Ocean Shores (Washington)
6. Spend a weekend exploring the Long Beach Peninsula. (Washington)
7. Go to the Olympic National Forest. (Washington)
8. Find Hot Springs. (Washington)
9. Drive up Paradise at Mt. Rainier. (Washington)
10. Drive up Sunrise at Mt. Rainier. (Washington)
11. Museum of Flight. (Seattle, Washington)
12. Boeing Tour. (Seattle, Washington)
13. Find the graves of Bruce and Brandon Lee at Lake View Cemetery. (Washington)
14. Find the grave of Jimi Hendrix at Greenwood Memorial Park in Renton. (Washington)
15. Naval Yard at Bremerton. (Washington)
16. Ferry to Bremerton. (from Seattle)
17. Ferry to Winslow. (from Seattle)
18. Underground Seattle Tour.
19. Space Needle (Seattle)
20. Ride the Monorail – Seattle
21. Eat at Dick’s Drive In
22. Pacific Science Center
23. Fully explore Pike Place Market
24. Seattle Aquarium
25. Eat at Ivar’s Captain’s Table (Waterfront)
26. Go to Discovery Park
27. Woodland Park
28. Golden Gardens Park
29. Puget Sound
30. Carkeek Park
31. Ravenna Park
32. Interlaken Park
33. Volunteer Park
34. Gas Works Park
35. Ballard Seafood Festival
36. Solstice Parade
37. Stay in a yurt
38. See Lake Chelan
39. Seafair Pirates Landing
40. Bainbridge Island
41. Mercer Island
42. Lake Sammamish
43. Experience Music Project
44. Mt. St. Helens
45. Science Fiction Museum
46. Seattle Art Museum
47. Olympic Sculpture Park
48. Smith Tower Observation Deck
49. Klondike Goldrush National Park
50. Waterfall Garden
51. Find the Fremont Troll
52. Ballard Locks
53. Ballard Fishladder
54. International District
55. Seattle Downtown Public Library
56. Ballard Sunday Farmer’s Market
57. Nordic Heritage Museum
58. Ballard Commons Park
59. Bergen Place Park
60. 2nd Saturday Art Walk
61. Marvin’s Garden
62. Cupcakes at Cupcake Royale
63. Frye Art Museum – Seattle, Washington
64. Asian Art Museum – Seattle, Washington
65. Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle
66. Ebey’s Landing
67. Deception Pass State Park
68. Fort Worden State Park
69. Fort Flagger State Park
70. Lime Kiln Point State Park
71. Bellevue Art Museum
72. Dinner Train from Tacoma (Sadly this no longer runs)
73. Find the bench behind St. Mark’s Cathedral
74. Woodland Park Zoo
75. Columbia Tower Observation Room
76. Pike Street Pocket Park (toward Capital Hill)
77. Cal Anderson Park
78. Kayak from Orcus Island around the San Juans
79. Ride the Ducks (cheesy, yes, I know)
80. Sunset Park
81. The Bread Dumpster
82. Kerry Park
83. Eat at the Pink Door
84. Fly Kenmore Air
85. Swedish Pancake Breakfast at the Swedish Cultural Center
86. Visit the Center for Wooden Boats
87. Eat breakfast at Beth’s Cafe
88. Richmond Beach
89. The Water Tower Observatory
90. Cocktails on the top floor of the downtown Hilton
91. Ride a Victoria Clipper
92. Tour Safeco Field
93. Go see the horse races at Emerald Downs
94. Find the Gum Wall in Post Alley
95. Fremont Sunday Market
96. Brouwer’s for Belgian Ales.
97. Hugo House or Cap Hill Art’s Center for a play.
98. Bimbo’s Bitchin’ Burrito Kitchen in Capital Hill
99. Find Kurt Cobain’s favorite park bench on Lake Washington.
100. The Greenhouse Conservatory within Volunteer Park
101. First Thursday Art Walk in Pioneer Square.
102. Joe Bar coffee house for crepes.
103. Archie McPhee’s photo booth.
104. Elliot Bay Books for a book reading.
105. Easy Street Records for a free in store show.
106. The Fremont Art Walk
107. Check out the distillery at Sound Spirits
108. The tasting menu at Purple.
109. Go to a winery.
110. Port Townsend
111. See the SS Catala (well, this will never happen…. it was removed a few years ago)
112. Visit Ruby Beach
113. Find One Square Inch of Silence
114. Marymere Falls
115. Stay in the Interrorem Cabin
116. Go to Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort (Kim! come visit!)
117. The Whale Museum
118. Visit the Ice Caves near Trout Lake
119. Visit the Vintage Motorcycle Museum
120. Sun Lakes State Park
121. Browse the art books at Uwajimaya Asian market
122. Go to the creepy doll museum in Bellevue (now closed)
123. Get a $3 weekday drink between 4-7 at The Hideout. Order the Andy Warhol.
124. Go to the Chapel Bar in Capital Hill (now closed)
125. The Alibi Room
126. White Horse Trading Co.
127. Flowers Restaurant & Bar
128. Drinks at the 5th Floor Terrace Garden at the Red Lion Hotel
129. Enjoy a warm afternoon drinking at Agua Verde
130. Dinner, drinks and sunset at Maximilien-in-the-Market
131. Spend a Wednesday at Portalis Wine Shop & Wine Bar
132. Get poutine and a pitcher of beer from Smith in Capital Hill
133. Walk across Tacoma Narrows Bridge
134. Outback Kangaroo Farm (Arlington, WA)
135. Eat at Paseo.
136. The Ice Cream Cruise!
137. See Victoria, BC
138. Visit the Georgetown Trailer Park
139. Ross Lake Resort
140. The Soundgarden
141. Go on a BiPlane Tour of Seattle
142. Decorate Interurban
143. Theo Chocolate Tour
144. Get a cupcake at Trophy Cupcakes (featured on Martha Stewart Living)
145. Staycation at the Ace Hotel
146. Stay at Hotel Max and order from their pillow menu
147. Visit Greenwood Space Travel Supply Company
148. I Heart Rummage
149. The Fremont Fair
150. Ride the Elliot Bay Water Taxi
151. Snoqualmie Falls
152. See The Flying Heritage Collection
153. Explore Ape Cave
154. Wallace Falls
155. Mount Si
156. Bhy Kracke Park
157. Savor Seattle Food Tour
158. See Dick & Jane’s Spot
159. Teapot Dome Service Station
160. Stonehenge Replica
161. Maryhill Winery
162. Steilacoom Park – Western State Sanitarium
163. The Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park
164. Granville Island (Vancouver)
165. The Police Museum
166. Multnomah & Latourell Falls (outside of Portland)
167. Astoria, Oregon
168. Take an Argosy Cruise
169. Find Troll Haven
170. See the Washington Hoh Rain Forest
171. Find the WHPPS Plant.
172. Fremont Peak Park
173. Oxbrow Park
174. Central Cinema
175. Take a 1 Day Relocation Cruise
176. See the Georgetown Hat & Boots
177. Visit Project 5 Distillery & Sausage Company
178. Check out an event at Fremont Studios
179. Bloedel Reserve
This page has the following sub pages.
- Cape Flattery #4
- Leavenworth, Washington #2
- Roslyn, Washington – aka Cicely, Alaska #3
- Ocean Shores #5
- Find Hot Springs #8
- Museum of Flight #11
- Olympic National Forest
- #6 – Long Beach Peninsula
- Fiori Floral Design
- Waterfall Gardens
- Fallen Firefighters Memorial
- Klondike Gold Rush National Park
- Pioneer Square Park & Pergola
- Calendar
- Green Lake (Seattle, Washington)
- Ocean Shores
- Weekend on Long Beach Peninsula
- The Olympic National Forest
- Find Hot Springs
- Museum of Flight
- The Space Needle (Seattle, Washington)
- Ride the Monorail (Seattle, Washington)
- Mt. St. Helens (Skamania County, Washington)
- Smith Tower Observation Deck (Seattle, Washington)
- Find the Fremont Troll (Seattle, Washington)
- Ballard Commons Park (Seattle, Washington)
- Cupcake Royale (Seattle, Washington)
- Seattle Asian Art Museum (Seattle, Washington)
- The Bench Behind St. Mark’s Cathedral (Seattle, Washington)
My little addition would be to kayak from Orcus Island around the San Juans. The scenery is breathtaking although as you are aware, the Pacific Northwest is GORGEOUS!
I appreciate the spirit you have to up and move across the states and applaud the way you are doing it. Hope all works out for you and you enjoy continually rewriting the chapters of your life. I understand the nomadic lifestyle as a child as I was an ARMY brat dragged around the world and looking at the wonders it has to offer! Take care and good luck to you!
~Rick~
Thanks Rick! I am going to add your suggestion right now.
Saturday. 1pm. Before Brett’s BBQ. You, me, anyone else, prior consumption of liqour and a motherfucking DUCK.
http://www.ridetheducksofseattle.com/
Stand by your word.
More stuff to do in Seattle:
Freemont and Ballard Sunday Markets
Brower’s for Belgian Ales.
Hugo House or Cap Hill Art’s Center for a play.
Bimbo’s Bitchin’ Burrito Kitchen in Capital Hill
Find Kurt Cobain’s favorite park bench on Lake Washington.
While you’re at Volunteer Park: Climb the staircase at the water tower. Greenhouse Conservatory.
First Thursday Art Walk in Pioneer Square.
Joe Bar coffee house for crepes.
Archie McPhee’s photo booth.
Downtown Seattle Public Library.
Elliot Bay Books for a book reading.
Easy Street Records for a free in store show.
Kerry Park for one of the best views of the city.
Seth! These are great! Thanks. Wanna go to any of these?
Isaac and I were thinking about doing a sweet ride and tackling a bunch of things on your list. I suggest we could do several of these in one day, and they’re all free and moped accessible.
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Also, why is Dean part of this?
Yes! Let’s do it! Saturday is supposed to be 63 degrees. Oh wait, I don’t have a moped…. let’s fix my moped then do this!
Dean does fun things… I want people to contribute.
brendan! put on your blogging boots and help out too!
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When you go to Sol Duc hot springs make time for a trip to Hurricane Ridge (just outside of Port Angeles), beautiful view of the Olympics from the top
You should go see the well whre The Ring was filmed up in Monroe….
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Brett’s art video showing thingie tomorrow Thursday (12/5) is part of the Pioneer Square First Thursday Art Walk. Come on let’s go. Free wine and cheese n’ crackers.
The Alibi Room is nearby as well, and has happy hour from 4-6.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxbow_Park_(Seattle)
Your number 11 is particularly interesting to me. I wonder why it made #11 on the list over say #84, or #91… but
…I’ve been a member of the Museum of Flight for several years and LOVE to take people there and give a personal tour of interesting things, like the space shuttle simulator that you can fly (kind of like a video game), an F18 Simulator that moves on all three axis and actually goes inverted (they do strap you in)… then there is the Concord, the original Jet Air Force One…
Hit me back if you would like to meet an aviation nut and get a free tour…
What about Skydiving in Snohomish?
Fantastic post! love your blog
This is great – I would add Salmon Days in Issaquah. It’s technically part of SeaFair and happens in October. There’s a parade, lots of craft/food booths, tours of the fish hatchery, and watching the salmon come back to spawn. http://www.salmondays.org/ Volunteers are needed at the hatchery to answer questions about the salmon so that might be a good way to get involved.
Thanks Tammy – that is a great tip!