University District, Seattle
The University District is a neighborhood and a major district in central northeastern Seattle, Washington, comprising several distinct neighborhoods.
The University District is a neighborhood and a major district in central northeastern Seattle, Washington, comprising several distinct neighborhoods. The main campus of the University of Washington (UW) is located in the district, lending its name to both the district as well as University Way NE. The neighborhood lies north of Portage Bay and the Lake Washington Ship Canal and generally east of Interstate 5.
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Worth seeing in and around University District, 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.
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The University of Washington is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, it is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the United States.
400 m · public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States · Wikipedia - 02Statue of Lenin, Seattle
The Statue of Lenin is a 16-foot bronze statue of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. It was created by Bulgarian-born Slovak sculptor Emil Venkov and initially put on display in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in 1988, the year before the Velvet Revolution.
3.6 km · sculpture · Wikipedia - 03Husky Stadium
Husky Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, United States. It has been home to the Washington Huskies of the Big Ten Conference since 1920, hosting their football games.
500 m · stadium in Seattle, Washington · Wikipedia - 04Henry Art Gallery
The Henry Art Gallery is the contemporary art museum of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. It is administered by the Arts Division of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Washington.
700 m · university art museum in Seattle, Washington · Wikipedia - 05Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is the natural history museum of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. It is administered by the Arts Division of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Washington.
800 m · natural history museum in Washington, United States · Wikipedia - 06Seattle Asian Art Museum
The Seattle Asian Art Museum is a museum of Asian art at Volunteer Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Part of the Seattle Art Museum, the SAAM exhibits historic and contemporary artworks from China, Korea, Japan, India, the Himalayas, and other Southeast Asian countries.
2.9 km · art museum in Seattle, Washington · Wikipedia - 07Fremont Troll
The Fremont Troll is a public sculpture in Fremont, Seattle, Washington, United States.
3.3 km · sculpture by Steve Badanes · Wikipedia - 08Portage Bay
Portage Bay is a body of water, often thought of as the eastern arm of Lake Union, that forms a part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle, Washington. To the east, Portage Bay is connected with Union Bay—a part of Lake Washington—by the Montlake Cut, over which spans the Montlake Bridge carrying State Route 513.
1.2 km · bay of Lake Union in Seattle, Washington, U.S. · Wikipedia - 09Woodland Park Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo is a wildlife conservation organization and zoological garden located in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. The zoo is the recipient of over 65 awards across multiple categories.
3.8 km · zoo in Seattle, Washington, United States · Wikipedia - 10Suzzallo Library
Suzzallo Library is the central library of the University of Washington in Seattle, and perhaps the most recognizable building on campus. It is named for Henry Suzzallo, who was president of the University of Washington until he stepped down in 1926, the same year the first phase of the library's construction was completed.
400 m · main library of the University of Washington · Wikipedia
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Getting to University District, Seattle
- Airports
- Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 23 km · Victoria (YYJ), 138 km · Vancouver (YVR), 183 km
- Stations
- Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base, 3.9 km · University of Washington, 600 m · U District, 1 km · Roosevelt, 2.6 km
- Portland → University District, Seattle239 km · quickest by road, 4h 24m · $23–31
- Spokane → University District, Seattle366 km · quickest by air, 4h 49m · $180–270
- Boise → University District, Seattle654 km · quickest by air, 7h 1m · $200–290
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No local-transport research exists yet for University District, Seattle
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 University District, Seattle. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAll downtown ferries and water taxis operate from Pier 52, the , or Pier 50 that adjoins it to the south.
- Get inWashington State Ferries (WSF) operates the Seattle / Bainbridge Island route and the Seattle / Bremerton route from Pier 52 (Colman Dock), for both drive on and walk on traffic.
- Get inoffers passenger-only ferry service from Pier 50 to Bremerton, Southworth and Kingston where passengers connect to Kitsap Transit buses on the other side.
- Get inFor going to Port Orchard or Annapolis passengers would transfer to Kitsap Transit's other foot ferry in Bremerton.
- Get inWashington State Ferries is the only option for going to Bainbridge Island.
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Next door to University District, Seattle
University District, Seattle is 6 km from Seattle, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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