Living in Seattle gives you access to almost any outdoor recreation imaginable, including camping and hiking, kayaking, white water rafting, rock climbing, skiing, and snowboarding. In addition, the city of Seattle has much to offer from shopping at the historic Pike Place Market, to watching one of the city's eight professional sports teams in action.
Great alpine and cross-country skiing is easily accessible from Seattle. Crystal Mountain has over 3,000 vertical feet of skiing with amazing views of Mount Ranier. Whistler/ Blackcomb in British Columbia is only four hours from Seattle and offers some of the best skiing in North America.
Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades National Parks are a short distance from Seattle and provide beautiful hiking trails, breathtaking views, and serene camping experiences.
The City of Seattle's neighborhoods each have their own unique personality and offer endless options for dining, shopping, artistic, and cultural experiences. Seattle itself boasts more than 20 miles of continuous bike paths and 55 miles of public transportation light rail track in the greater Seattle area.
In downtown Seattle, the world famous Pike Place Market offers locally grown fruits and vegetables, seafood, crafts, and many other products. Along the waterfront, the Seattle Aquarium features over an amazing variety of fish, birds and mammals native to Puget Sound.
At the northern end of downtown is the Seattle Center, host of the 1962 World's Fair. Here you can take a trip up the glass elevators of the Space Needle to see some of the best views of the city. The Woodland Park Zoo is an award-winning zoo hailed for its focus on conservation and naturalistic habitats that house nearly 300 animal species. There are also over 200 museums, cultural centers, and art galleries in Seattle.
In addition the University of Washington Huskies, Seattle is home to eight professional sports teams, including the Seattle Reign, Seattle Kraken, Seattle Mariners, Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Seawolves, Seattle Sounders, Seattle Storm, and Seattle Torrent. Lumen Field, home to the Seahawks, Sounders, and Reign, and T-Mobile Park, home to the Mariners, are both located downtown and offer breathtaking views of downtown Seattle and the Puget Sound.
In Seattle, there is something for everyone, and you can learn more about our city at VisitSeattle.org.
To explore more of what the Northwest has to offer, please visit the websites below:
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UW's Graduate Medical Education website - A resource for all residents at the University of Washington. It has useful information about housing and other topics of interest to residents.
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City of Seattle Official Web Site - Seattle government, community, business, and visitor information.
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Seattle Attractions - What to do and see in Seattle.