Space Needle

The Space Needle is an observation tower in , Washington, United States. Considered to be an icon of the city, it has been designated a Seattle landmark.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday–Thursday: 9:00 AM–10:00 PM
    Friday–Sunday: 8:00 AM–midnight
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States
  • Also known as: “Aguja del Espacio”, “Spaca Nadlo”, “космическая игла”, “إبرة الفضاء”, and “سبيس نيدل”
  • Address: 400 Broad Street, WA 98109

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Museum of Pop Culture and Seattle Center Monorail.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a nonprofit museum… is situated 450 feet northeast of Space Needle.

Railway station
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The is an elevated…

Museum
Photo: BrandieBreezy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an exhibit in the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uptown and Queen Anne-South Lake Union.

Neighborhood
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Lower Queen Anne is a neighborhood in northwestern…

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Northwest of , Queen Anne is a hilly…

Suburb
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the most densely populated neighborhood…

Space Needle

Latitude
47.62051° or 47° 37′ 14″ north
Longitude
-122.3493° or 122° 20′ 58″ west
Elevation
538 feet (164 metres)
Established
1962
Height
604 feet (184 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
The Space Needle is privately owned by the Wright family
Open location code
84VVJMC2+67
Open­Street­Map ID
way 12903132
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
5811572
Wiki­data ID
Q5317
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Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Space Needle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الإبرة الفضائية”
  • Armenian: “Սփեյս Նիդլ”
  • Basque: “Space Needle”
  • Catalan: “Space Needle”
  • Central Kurdish: “دەرزیی بۆشایی”
  • Chinese: “太空針塔”
  • Chinese: “太空针塔”
  • Cornish: “Space Needle”
  • Czech: “Space Needle”
  • Danish: “Space Needle”
  • Dutch: “Space Needle”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ابره الفضاء”
  • Esperanto: “Space Needle”
  • Estonian: “Space Needle”
  • Finnish: “Space Needle”
  • French: “Space Needle”
  • Galician: “Space Needle”
  • Georgian: “სპეის ნიდლი”
  • German: “Space Needle”
  • Hebrew: “מחט החלל”
  • Hindi: “स्पेस नीडल”
  • Indonesian: “Space Needle”
  • Italian: “Space Needle”
  • Japanese: “スペースニードル”
  • Kazakh: “Спейс Нидл”
  • Korean: “스페이스 니들”
  • Latin: “Acus Spatialis”
  • Latvian: “Space Needle”
  • Lithuanian: “Space Needle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Space Needle”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Space Needle”
  • Norwegian: “Space Needle”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Space Needle”
  • Persian: “برج سوزن فضایی”
  • Polish: “Space Needle”
  • Portuguese: “Obelisco Espacial”
  • Portuguese: “Space Needle”
  • Romanian: “Space Needle”
  • Russian: “Спейс Нидл”
  • Russian: “Спейс-Нидл”
  • Slovak: “Space Needle”
  • Slovenian: “Space Needle”
  • Spanish: “Space Needle”
  • Swedish: “Space Needle”
  • Turkish: “Space Needle”
  • Uzbek: “Space Needle”
  • Vietnamese: “Space Needle”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Space Needle”
  • Welsh: “Y Nodwydd Ofod, Seattle”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: South Lake Union and Cascade.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: The Loupe Lounge and Moses.

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