Pier 56

Pier 56 is a building in City of Seattle, King County, Washington which is located on Alaskan Way. Pier 56 is situated nearby to the Ferris wheel Seattle Great Wheel, as well as near Seattle Art Museum.

Type: Building
Historically known as: “Arlington Dock Company Pier 5”
Address: 1201 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98101

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Seattle Great Wheel and Seattle Art Museum.

Seattle Great Wheel

Ferris wheel

Photo: Thomson M, CC BY 3.0.

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. Seattle Great Wheel is situated 470 feet northwest of Pier 56.

Seattle Art Museum

Museum

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Seattle Art Museum is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Pier 56.

Pike Place Market

Photo: Wac, CC BY-SA 1.0.

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. Pike Place Market is situated 1,500 feet north of Pier 56.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Seattle and Seattle.

Downtown Seattle

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Packed between Elliott Bay and the hilly neighborhoods to the east, Downtown Seattle unsurprisingly contains the city's bustling financial and retail district.

Seattle

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Seattle, Washington sits at one of the most beautiful spots in the United States. Occupying a narrow isthmus between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, it is the biggest city in the Pacific Northwest, with 780,000 people in Seattle and over four million people in the metro area.

Belltown

Suburb

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Belltown is the most densely populated neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States, located on the city's downtown waterfront on land that was artificially flattened as part of a regrading project.

Pier 56

Location: City of Seattle, King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.60544° or 47° 36′ 20″ north

Longitude

-122.34091° or 122° 20′ 27″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Inception

1900

Open location code

84VVJM45+5J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 166910697

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

5806737

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