Pier 57
Pier 57 is located in Seattle, Washington near the foot of University Street. Currently under private ownership, the pier is now a tourist attraction with gift shops and restaurants, and houses the Seattle Great Wheel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Pier
- Description: pier on Central Waterfront in Seattle
- Also known as: “McCormick Terminal”, “Milwaukee Pier”, “MIners‘ Landing”, and “Pier 6”
- Historically known as: “Arlington Dock Company Pier 6”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Seattle Great Wheel and Seattle Art Museum.
Seattle Great Wheel
Ferris 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.
Seattle Art Museum
Museum
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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 960 feet northeast of Pier 57.
Pike Place Market
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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 1,200 feet north of Pier 57.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Seattle and Belltown.
Downtown Seattle
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Packed between Elliott Bay and the hilly neighborhoods to the east, Downtown Seattle unsurprisingly contains the city's bustling financial and retail district.
Belltown
Suburb
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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.
Seattle
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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.
Pier 57
- Category: transportation
- Location: City of Seattle, King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Pier 57” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “57号码头”
- Chinese: “57號碼頭”
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