Shoreline is a suburb just north of Seattle, in King County. This mostly-residential community of about 60,000 people features a variety of natural spaces close to the big city.
Understand
[edit]The name dates back to the 1940s when a school district was created in the unincorporated area north of Seattle, whose boundaries stretched from "Shore to Shore" (Puget Sound to Lake Washington) and "Line to Line" (the old Seattle city limit of 85th St. to the Snohomish County Line). Though the modern borders of the city do not stretch to Lake Washington, due to Lake Forest Park to the east, the area kept the "Shoreline" name.
Get in
[edit]By car
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Interstate 5 crosses north-south through Shoreline.
- N 145th St (Exit 175)
- NE 175th St (Exit 176)
NE 205th St/Ballinger Way (Exit 177)
State Route 99 (WA-99) crosses north-south as Aurora Ave.
By light rail
[edit]Shoreline has two stops on the Link 1 Line, which goes north to Mountlake Terrace and Lynnwood, and south to Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. A train runs every 10-20 minutes. $3.
Get around
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Shoreline's street grid is continuous with Seattle's, and is generally easy to navigate. There are a few common points of confusion: similarly-named 15th Ave NW and 15th Ave NE are both major north-south streets a few miles apart, and the street along the northern boundary straddles the county line, making it simultaneously 205th St (King County) and 244th St (Snohomish County).
By public transit
[edit]- King County Metro, ☏ +1 206-553-3000. Runs bus, streetcar and monorail routes within King County. Serves Auburn, Bellevue, Bothell, Burien, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kent, Kirkland, Mercer Island, North Bend, Redmond, Renton, SeaTac, Seattle, Shoreline, Tukwila, Vashon Island, White Center, and Woodinville. $3 for 2 hours ($1 seniors 65+, Free youth 0-18).
See
[edit]- 1 Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, 20312 15th Ave NW, ☏ +1 206 546-1281. F-Su only: 10AM–5PM summer, 10AM–3PM winter. A small, 4-acre garden and rare plant nursery, mixing native Pacific Northwest plants with a variety of foreign species, primarily East Asian.
Do
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- 1 Boeing Creek and Shoreview Park, 17229 3rd Ave NW (near Shoreline Community College). A 88-acre park system. Boeing Creek Park mainly consists of forested areas, while Shoreview Park contains recreational facilities including tennis courts, baseball and soccer fields and an off-leash dog area. The land was originally owned by the founder of the Boeing aerospace company.
- 2 Hamlin Park, 16006 15th Ave NE. The 80-acre park includes a wooded area with trails, a softball/baseball field with bleachers, two playgrounds, a picnic shelter, and an orienteering course with waypoint markers. Two historic 8-inch/30-caliber guns from USS Boston are mounted near the park's main playground.
- 3 Richmond Beach Saltwater Park, 2021 NW 190th St. Beach access and views of the Olympics. Picnic areas, playground, reservable picnic shelters and restrooms.
Buy
[edit]Aurora Ave (WA-99) is a major hub for supermarkets, big-box retailers, and other businesses that require a larger footprint than can be found readily within Seattle.
Eat
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[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Americas Inn and Suite Shoreline, 14817 Aurora Ave N.
- 2 Days Inn by Wyndham Seattle Aurora, 19527 Aurora Ave N.
Go next
[edit]| Routes through Shoreline |
| Vancouver ← Mountlake Terrace ← | N  S
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→ Seattle → Portland |
| Everett ← Edmonds ← | N  S
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→ Seattle → Tacoma |