![]() The viewpoints reveal our great asset: the natural setting. Here’s a more complete list of the best views in Seattle. Seattle has plenty of high ground-get up on it. Other views that help: Discovery Park offers a great view of Puget Sound looking west Gas Works Park, on Lake Union, and Volunteer Park, on Capitol Hill, are excellent places to see the city itself. They’re better than Google maps at forming a picture in your mind. Such views can show you the relative positions of mountains, lakes and hills. The best way to get the lay of the land is to go up to the top of the Space Needle or Columbia Tower. Learn to love the bus, move into a walkable neighborhood or, if you’re brave and hearty, join Seattle’s throngs of bike riders. It’s made worse by a culture of driving whereby half the folks drive in a casual, laid-back way, and the other half as though they’re playing Grand Theft Auto.īottom line: Despite improvements (such as more light rail), we’re still in transition, and road geography will never make it easier. So, the landscape defies typical urban grids and easy navigation. In addition, the ice left lakes and an inland sea, Puget Sound, behind. Seattle’s ridges and valleys run north to south, so it’s tough to travel east and west in this town. Blame the glaciers that were retreating back then, gouging the land in the process. Don’t be discouraged if you have a tough time making friends. The sheer number of newcomers means people are creating more ways to connect, thawing the freeze a tad, offering fellow newbies mutual support. People here do their own thing, enjoy the outdoors, want some privacy. Hence the cold shoulders you might feel from locals. Locals are friendly, but not necessarily neighborly. Climate change is real, but here it may mean that our winters get warmer, and also wetter. Besides, fresh drinking water and greenery are the upsides of the moisture. Keep flannel handy year-round, dress in layers and don’t say you weren’t warned. Last year, the rains from October to May were epic-we got nearly 4 feet of precipitation! June is often jokingly, but not inaccurately, referred to as Juneuary-gray and cool. Don’t be fooled by sunny skies in late summer or early fall. ![]()
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