Harbor Island, Seattle
Harbor Island is an artificial island in the mouth of the Duwamish River in Seattle, Washington, United States, where it empties into Elliott Bay.
Harbor Island is an artificial island in the mouth of the Duwamish River in Seattle, Washington, United States, where it empties into Elliott Bay. Built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, it was completed in 1909 and was then the largest artificial island in the world, at 350 acres (1.4 km2). Since 1912, the island has been used for commercial and industrial activities including secondary lead smelting, shipbuilding and repair, bulk petroleum storage, metal fabrication and containerized cargo shipping. Warehouses, laboratories and other buildings are located on the island.
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Worth seeing in and around Harbor Island, 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.
2.3 km · multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, USA · Wikipedia - 02Columbia 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.
3.2 km · skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, United States · Wikipedia - 03T-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 km · baseball stadium in Seattle, Washington, USA, home venue of the Seattle Mariners · Wikipedia - 041201 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.
3.3 km · skyscraper in Seattle, USA · Wikipedia - 05Smith 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.
2.9 km · skyscraper in Seattle, Washington · Wikipedia - 06Seattle 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.
3.3 km · main branch library in downtown Seattle · Wikipedia - 07Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market is a public market in Seattle, Washington, United States. It opened on August 17, 1907, and is one of the older continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States.
3.4 km · public market and tourist attraction in Seattle, Washington · Wikipedia - 08Seattle Art Museum
The Seattle Art Museum is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, United States. The museum operates three major facilities: its main museum in downtown Seattle; the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, Capitol Hill; and Olympic Sculpture Park on the central Seattle waterfront, which opened in 2007.
3.3 km · art museum in Seattle, Washington · Wikipedia - 09Seattle Public Library
The Seattle Public Library is the public library system serving the city of Seattle, Washington. Efforts to start a Seattle library had commenced as early as 1868, with the system eventually being established by the city in 1890.
3.4 km · public library system serving Seattle, Washington · Wikipedia - 10Seattle Great Wheel
The Seattle Great Wheel is a 53-meter Ferris wheel at Pier 57 on Elliott Bay in Seattle, Washington, United States. At an overall height of 175 feet, it was the tallest Ferris wheel on the West Coast of the United States when it opened in June 2012.
3.1 km · Ferris wheel in Seattle, Washington, U.S. · Wikipedia
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Getting to Harbor Island, Seattle
- Airports
- Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 15 km · Victoria (YYJ), 143 km · Vancouver (YVR), 190 km
- Stations
- King Street Station, 2.7 km · Port of Seattle, 3.9 km · Beacon Hill, 3 km · SODO, 1.8 km
- Portland → Harbor Island, Seattle230 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · $22–30
- Spokane → Harbor Island, Seattle369 km · quickest by air, 4h 25m · $160–240
- Boise → Harbor Island, Seattle650 km · quickest by air, 6h 37m · $180–260
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- 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 Harbor Island, Seattle
Harbor Island, Seattle is 3 km from Seattle, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pioneer Squareneighborhood in the southwest corner of downtown Seattle, Washington, USA2.9 km
- West Seattleneighborhood in Seattle3.3 km
- Belltownneighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States3.8 km
- First Hillneighborhood in Seattle, Washington, USA3.9 km
- Central Districtneighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S.3.7 km
- Industrial DistrictHuman settlement in Seattle, Washington, United States2.2 km