Seattle Great 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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Thursday: 11:00 AM—9:00 PM
Friday and Saturday: 10:00 AM—10:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM—9:00 PM - Email: greatwheel@pier57seattle.com
- Type: Ferris wheel
- Description: Ferris wheel in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
- Address: 1301 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98101
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Seattle Art Museum and Fisherman’s Restaurant and Bar.
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 1,100 feet northeast of Seattle Great Wheel.
Fisherman’s Restaurant and Bar
Restaurant
Fisherman's Restaurant and Bar is a seafood restaurant in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
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 1,200 feet north of Seattle Great Wheel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Seattle and Belltown.
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.
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.
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.
Seattle Great Wheel
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Seattle, King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.60617° or 47° 36′ 22″ northLongitude
-122.3425° or 122° 20′ 33″ westInception
June 29th, 2012Height
174 feet (53 metres)Operator
Miners LandingOpen location code
84VVJM44+FXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1809238334OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=big_wheelOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7442108
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Satellite Map
Discover Seattle Great Wheel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Central Kurdish to Turkish—“Seattle Great Wheel” goes by many names.
- Central Kurdish: “سیاتڵ گرەیت ویڵ”
- Chinese: “西雅图摩天轮”
- Czech: “Obří kolo v Seattlu”
- French: “Grande roue de Seattle”
- French: “Seattle Great Wheel”
- Italian: “Seattle Great Wheel”
- Japanese: “シアトルグレートホイール”
- Persian: “چرخ بزرگ سیاتل”
- Turkish: “Seattle Great Wheel”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wings over Washington and The Carousel.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Photo Booth and Fisherman’s Bistro.
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