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Delve into North Beach
The district North Beach of Loyal Heights in King County (Washington) is a district located in United States about 2,324 mi west of Washington DC, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 63 °F
Morning Temperature | 6°C / 44 °F |
Evening Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
Night Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 44% |
Air Pressure | 1023 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (2 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 99% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Tuesday, 21st of May 2024
10°C (49 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 22nd of May 2024
11°C (52 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 23rd of May 2024
17°C (62 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Maxwell Hotel
South Lake Union Condos by Domicile
Residence Inn Seattle University District
Hotel Ballard
Hampton Inn - Suites Seattle-Downtown
Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle Downtown
Mediterranean Inn
Comfort Inn & Suites
Holiday Inn Express & Suites NORTH SEATTLE - SHORELINE
Ginosi Queen Anne Apartel
Videos from this area
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Seattle Waves
Sports Techie finds some Seattle waves at low tide that offer surf and boogie board city exercise opportunities, lol.
Ballard Polar Bear Plunge 2014
Over 300 people jumping into the frigid waters of Puget Sound on New Years Day. The Plunge took place at Golden Gardens at 11AM. More information: ...
We Shall Meet as the Sun Sets - BNSF Scenic Sub at Carkeek Park, July 30th, 2013
Train #1, 7:58 PM, Main 2: westbound (southbound) manifest with C44-9W's #4503 and #764. Trains #2 and #3, 8:07 PM, Meet: Train #2, Main 1: eastbound (northbound) manifest with AC4400CW ...
Southern Resident killer whales Puget Sound: Dec 7, 2013
Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW) traveling southbound through Puget Sound. Clips from Richmond Beach in Shoreline, Golden Gardens (primarily) and Magnolia bluff, Seattle. K pod members...
What Happens When a Crab Feels Threatened?
This video gets you as close to a wild Dungeness Crab as you have always wanted to be, without the pain or the bleeding. Watch for changes in its movement that broadcast what it is about to...
Ride My Bike: Our Bicycling Greenwing Macaw Roxanne
Presented in High Definition and 3D! Our Greenwing macaw and Diva parrot Roxanne loves riding our mountain bike. Mountain bike handles are particularly well suited to be parrot perches. And...
Mercury 125hp Outboard flushing after saltwater run
Here we are flushing a 1996 Mercury 125 HP engine, 4 cylinder after a salt water crabbing trip. It is mounted on a 17 foot Boston Whaler Dauntless dual console boat. location is Seattle...
Carkeek to Golden Gardens beach walk
We took advantage of the nicest day of 2011 in Seattle with a low tide beach walk. The walk took us from Carkeek Park apple orchards down to the beach and all the way down to the jam packed...
Dam Beavers
We finally spotted the elusive family of beavers - pups included - while they were building a dam. Area residents would like the city to remove the beavers because they've been downing more...
SeatoSea Vlog - 10 - Gathering at the Beach
I'm cycling from the Pacific to the Atlantic during the summer of 2008. These video logs form a portion of my account of this journey, both the physical one and the bigger picture. The bike...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Ballard, Seattle
Ballard is a neighborhood located in the northwestern part of Seattle, Washington. To the north it is bounded by Crown Hill, (N.W. 85th Street); to the east by Greenwood, Phinney Ridge and Fremont (along 8th Avenue N.W. ); to the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal; and to the west by Puget Sound’s Shilshole Bay. The neighborhood’s landmarks include the Hiram M.
Shilshole Bay
Shilshole Bay is the part of Puget Sound east of a line drawn northeasterly from Seattle's West Point in the southwest to its Golden Gardens Park in the northeast. On its shores lie Discovery Park, the Lawtonwood section of the Magnolia neighborhood, the neighborhood of Ballard, and Golden Gardens Park. It is home to the Shilshole Bay Marina on Ballard's Seaview Avenue N.W. and communicates with the Lake Washington Ship Canal via Salmon Bay, the canal's westernmost section.
Pipers Creek
Pipers Creek is a 1.4-mile urban stream in the Broadview and Blue Ridge neighborhoods of Seattle, Washington, whose entire length is within the boundaries of Carkeek Park. Its tributaries are Venema Creek and Mohlendorph Creek. It empties into Puget Sound. The creek was renamed "Piper's" by early White settler A. W. Piper, but the name has largely become "Pipers". The Duwamish called the creek "Dropped Down". Daylighted Mohlendorph Creek is mostly within the boundaries of Carkeek Park.
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks is a complex of locks that sits at the west end of Salmon Bay, part of Seattle's Lake Washington Ship Canal. They are known locally as the Ballard Locks after the neighborhood to the north. (Magnolia lies to the south. ) The locks and associated facilities serve three purposes: To maintain the water level of the fresh water Lake Washington and Lake Union at 20–22 feet ( ) above sea level.
Salmon Bay Bridge
The Salmon Bay Bridge, also known as Bridge No. 4, is a single-leaf bascule bridge across Seattle, Washington's Salmon Bay from Magnolia/Interbay to Ballard, just west of Commodore Park. It carries the main line of the BNSF Railway on its way north to Everett and south to King Street Station and Seattle's Industrial District. Built in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway, it has an opening span of 61 meters (200 feet) and has two tracks.
Ballard Terminal Railroad
The Ballard Terminal Railroad, a short line terminal railroad in Seattle, Washington, USA's Ballard neighborhood, was formed in 1997 to operate trains on three miles of track on the north side of Salmon Bay. The spur had been abandoned earlier that year by the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. BNSF had only three customers when it decided to abandon service in early 1997: the Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel Co. , the Olsen Furniture Co.
Broadview, Seattle
Broadview is a neighborhood in northwestern Seattle, Washington, USA. Broadview is bounded on the west by Puget Sound; on the north by N.W. 145th Street, beyond which is the city of Shoreline; on the east by Greenwood Avenue N.
Carkeek Park
Carkeek Park is a 216-acre (87.1 ha) park located in the Broadview neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The park contains Piper Orchard, Pipers Creek (and its tributaries Venema Creek and Mohlendorph Creek), play and picnic areas, picnic shelters, and hiking trails. A pedestrian bridge across the main lines of the BNSF Railway connects to the Carkeek Park sand beach on Puget Sound. Park program activities are largely out of the Carkeek Park Environmental Education Center.
Golden Gardens Park
Golden Gardens Park is a public park in Ballard, a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. The park includes wetlands, beaches, hiking trails, and picnic and playground areas. The park is bisected by the BNSF Railway.
Nordic Heritage Museum
The Nordic Heritage Museum is a museum dedicated to the heritage of Seattle's Nordic immigrants, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish Americans. It was founded in 1980 and is in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The museum serves as a community gathering place and shares Nordic culture by exhibiting art and objects, preserving collections,and providing educational and cultural experiences.
Crown Hill, Seattle
Crown Hill is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, in the US state of Washington. The neighborhood is bounded on the south by N.W. 85th Street, beyond which is Loyal Heights & Whittier Heights, followed by Ballard; on the east by 8th Avenue N.W. , beyond which is Greenwood; on the north by Holman Road NW, beyond which are (from east to west) Broadview, Carkeek Park, and Blue Ridge,and on the west by 15th Avenue N.W.
Ballard High School (Seattle, Washington)
Ballard High School is a high school in Seattle, Washington, located in the Ballard neighborhood.
Kiwanis Ravine
Kiwanis Ravine is an 8.7-acre public park a block east of Discovery Park in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Purchased by the Kiwanis Club in the 1950s and donated to Seattle Parks Department, it is home to the largest nesting colony of great blue herons in the city.
Blue Ridge, Seattle
Blue Ridge is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, in the US state of Washington. The neighborhood is bounded on the south by Northwest 100th Street, beyond which lies Crown Hill; on the east by 12th Ave NW, beyond which lies Greenwood; on the north by Carkeek Park; and on the west by Puget Sound.
Carl S. English, Jr., Botanical Gardens
The Carl S. English, Jr. , Botanical Garden (7 acres) are botanical gardens located on the grounds of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks at 3015 NW 54th Street, Seattle, Washington. They are open daily 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. without charge. After the locks were built in 1911, landscape architect Carl English of the United States Army Corps of Engineers transformed the construction site into garden in an English landscape style. All told, he spent 43 years planting and tending the gardens.
Piper Orchard
Piper Orchard is a fruit orchard containing primarily heirloom apple trees, located within Seattle Washington's Carkeek Park.
Ballard Avenue Historic District
The Ballard Avenue Historic District is a section of downtown Ballard in Seattle, Washington, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 (ID #76001885). The district consists of Ballard Avenue N.W. between N.W. Market Street and N.W. Dock Place, and is located near to and along Salmon Bay.
Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle
Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle is a yacht club located in Seattle, Washington. The clubhouse is located in the Ballard neighborhood on Shilshole Bay. The club also hosts racing and events on Lake Washington in the Leschi neighborhood. The Shilshole clubhouse is a floating clubhouse moored at Shilshole Bay Marina and is the club's primary clubhouse. Its address is 7755 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117.
Commodore Park (Seattle)
Commodore Park is an 3.9-acre public park at the south end of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Conceived in 1966, it was dedicated in 1978. It was named after West Commodore Way, which forms its southern boundary.
Sunset Hill, Seattle
Sunset Hill is an area located in the northwest corner of the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It is home to the Sunset Hill Community Association. Founded in 1922 it was one of the first Seattle neighborhood associations. It is also home to the Sunset Hill Viewpoint Park, located at 7531 34th Ave NW. This park provides a scenic overlook onto the Shilshole and Elliott bays and provides a popular vantage point for photographs of the Olympic Range.
Norvell House
Designated a Seattle, Washington Landmark, the Norvell House was built in 1908 and is a late example of the Swiss chalet style of Architecture. Located in the community of Ballard, in the vicinity of Sunset Hill, it sits on its original-sized lot with impressive heritage trees and retains its flanking carriage house.
Taproot Theatre Company
Taproot Theatre Company (TTC) is a professional, non-profit theatre company in Seattle, Washington, with a multi-faceted production program. Founded in 1976, Taproot Theatre has mainstage productions, at its location in the Greenwood neighborhood, touring productions through the Pacific Northwest, and theatrical training through its acting studio. Taproot Theatre Company is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), Theatre Puget Sound (TPS), and the Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce.
North American Martyrs Catholic Church
North American Martyrs Catholic Church is a Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) parish in Seattle, Washington, celebrating Mass according to the Tridentine Rite. Although there are other churches celebrating the Latin Mass in the area, North American Martyrs is Seattle's first parish to do so directly supported by Archbishop Alexander Joseph Brunett under Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, in communion with Rome.
Grace Gospel Chapel
The Grace Gospel Chapel is an LGBT friendly Evangelical Christian church located in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The church was founded ca. 1977 by Vic Van Campen.
Homestead Book Company
Homestead Book Company is a publisher and wholesale distributor of books, magazines, videos, games, and novelty items. Founded in 1972, the organization is located in Seattle, Washington. They specialize in counter-cultural books and currently distribute over 3,000 titles to retailers as well as their own mail-order business.