First Hill, Seattle
First Hill is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States.
First Hill is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is named for the hill on which it is located, which in turn is so named for being the first hill encountered while traveling east from downtown Seattle toward Lake Washington.
First Hill is bounded on the west by Interstate 5, beyond which is Downtown, on the north by E. Pike and E. Madison Streets, beyond which is Capitol Hill, and on the south by Yesler Way, beyond which is the International District. The City of Seattle provides conflicting information about its eastern limit, beyond which are Cherry Hill and the Central District. Some describe it as being bounded by Broadway and Boren Avenues, while others describe it as being bounded by 12th Avenue.
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Worth seeing in and around First Hill, Seattle
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Lumen Field
Lumen Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. Located in the city's SoDo neighborhood, it is the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League, Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer, and Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
1.6 km · multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, USA · Wikipedia - 02Space Needle
The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States. Considered to be an icon of the city, it has been designated a Seattle landmark.
2.2 km · observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States · Wikipedia - 03Columbia Center
The Columbia Center or Columbia Tower, formerly named the Bank of America Tower and Columbia Seafirst Center, is a skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. The 76-story structure is the tallest building in the state of Washington, reaching a height of 933 ft.
700 m · skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, United States · Wikipedia - 04Climate Pledge Arena
Climate Pledge Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is located north of downtown Seattle on the campus of the Seattle Center, a 74-acre civic and entertainment center first built for the Century 21 Exposition otherwise known as the 1962 World's Fair.
2.6 km · sports arena in Seattle, Washington, USA · Wikipedia - 05T-Mobile Park
T-Mobile Park is a retractable roof ballpark in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the home stadium of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball and has a seating capacity of 47,368.
2.1 km · baseball stadium in Seattle, Washington, USA, home venue of the Seattle Mariners · Wikipedia - 06Seattle University
Seattle University is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the largest independent university in the Northwestern United States, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within seven schools.
500 m · Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington, USA · Wikipedia - 07Museum of Pop Culture
The Museum of Pop Culture is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, United States, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as the Experience Music Project.
2.2 km · museum in Seattle, Washington, USA · Wikipedia - 081201 Third Avenue
Tower 1201 is a 235.31-meter, 55-story skyscraper in Downtown Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the third-tallest building in the city, the eighth-tallest on the West Coast of the United States, and the 97th-tallest in the United States.
900 m · skyscraper in Seattle, USA · Wikipedia - 09Smith Tower
Smith Tower is a skyscraper in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Completed in 1914, the 38-story, 462 ft tower was among the tallest skyscrapers outside New York City at the time of its completion.
1 km · skyscraper in Seattle, Washington · Wikipedia - 10Seattle Central Library
The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story glass and steel building in the downtown core of Seattle, Washington was opened to the public on May 23, 2004.
700 m · main branch library in downtown Seattle · Wikipedia
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Getting to First Hill, Seattle
- Airports
- Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 18 km · Victoria (YYJ), 141 km · Vancouver (YVR), 187 km
- Stations
- King Street Station, 1.3 km · Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base, 2.4 km
- Portland → First Hill, Seattle233 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · $22–31
- Spokane → First Hill, Seattle367 km · quickest by air, 4h 33m · $170–250
- Boise → First Hill, Seattle651 km · quickest by air, 6h 45m · $180–270
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for First Hill, Seattle. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSeaplane service is available between Seattle and various island destinations throughout Washington state and British Columbia.
- Get inRenton Municipal Airport (), farther from downtown than Boeing Field but still closer than Sea-Tac Airport, is another option for general aviation, with a sea plane dock at the north end of the airport on Lake Washington known as Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base.
- Get inAir charter companies fly a variety of private charter aircraft and jets for small groups and individuals.
- Get inThey serve the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal (18) and Paine Field Airport (8) from both Seaview Transit Center and Everett Station.
- Get inThe nearest Island Transit stop towards Seattle from Whidbey Island is at the Clinton Ferry Terminal (1, 58, 60).
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Next door to First Hill, Seattle
- Capitol Hill Autonomous Zoneself-proclaimed autonomous neighborhood in Seattle900 m
- Capitol Hillneighborhood in Seattle, Washington, USA1.7 km
- Queen Annehuman settlement in Seattle, Washington, United States of America3.9 km
- Pioneer Squareneighborhood in the southwest corner of downtown Seattle, Washington, USA1 km