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Ballard

Ballard is a neighborhood in northwest . The trendy neighborhood for dining and nightlife is near the Ballard Locks connecting Lake Union to Puget Sound.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Also known as: “Ballard, Seattle” and “Salmon Bay City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Nordic Museum and Ballard Commons Park.

Museum
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The is a in the Ballard neighborhood of , Washington, United States, dedicated to the Nordic history, art, culture, and the heritage of the area's immigrants.

Park
Photo: Seattle City Council, CC BY 2.0.
is a public park in Ballard, Seattle, in the U.S. state of . Following the December 2021 clearing of a large encampment, the park reopened in March 2023.

Heritage site
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a fire station located in the Ballard neighborhood of , listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now used as a nightclub and music venue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Loyal Heights and Sunset Hill.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in , . It is considered part of greater Ballard. The neighborhood is bounded to the west by 28th Avenue NW, beyond which is ; to the north by NW 86th Street, beyond which are North Beach and ; to the east by 15th Avenue NW, beyond which is ; and to the south by NW 65th Street, beyond which is central Ballard.

Neighborhood
is an area located in the northwest corner of the Ballard neighborhood of , . It is home to the Community Association.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in , . It is considered part of greater Ballard. The neighborhood is bounded to the west by 15th Avenue NW, beyond which is ; to the north by NW 85th Street, beyond which is ; to the east by 8th Avenue NW, beyond which is and ; and to the south by NW 65th Street, beyond which is central Ballard.

Ballard

Latitude
47.67651° or 47° 40′ 35″ north
Longitude
-122.38622° or 122° 23′ 10″ west
Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US AFY
Open location code
84VVMJG7+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150940157
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
5786269
Wiki­data ID
Q3428047
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Ballard” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ballard”
  • Catalan: “Ballard”
  • Chinese: “巴拉德區”
  • Czech: “Ballard”
  • Danish: “Ballard”
  • Dutch: “Ballard”
  • Esperanto: “Balardo”
  • Esperanto: “Ballard”
  • French: “Ballard”
  • German: “Ballard”
  • Hebrew: “סיאטל/באלארד”
  • Irish: “Ballard”
  • Japanese: “バラード”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ballard”
  • Norwegian: “Ballard”
  • Persian: “بالارد، سیاتل”
  • Persian: “بالارد”
  • Russian: “Баллард”
  • Slovak: “Ballard”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بالارد، سیاتل”
  • Spanish: “Ballard (Seattle)”
  • Spanish: “Ballard”
  • Turkish: “Ballard, Seattle”
  • Turkish: “Ballard”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ballard”. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.