West Seattle
West Seattle is the large portion of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. Separated from the remainder of the city by topography, it has a decidedly less urban character, making it a surprisingly close getaway from the activity of the downtown area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood in Seattle
- Also known as: “Freeport”, “Milltown”, and “Milton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Schmitz Park and Admiral Theatre.
Schmitz Park
Nature reserve
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Schmitz Park, also known as Schmitz Preserve Park, is a 53.1-acre park around 15 blocks east of Alki Point in West Seattle, Washington. It features Schmitz Park Creek and one of the last stands of old-growth forest in the city.
Admiral Theatre
Movie theater
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The Admiral Theatre is a movie theater and historic landmark in the North Admiral neighborhood of West Seattle, Washington, United States. It was originally a second-run theater, but has since switched to showing new releases.
West Seattle High School
School
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West Seattle High School is a comprehensive public high school in Seattle's West Seattle neighborhood that serves grades nine through twelve as part of the Seattle Public Schools.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alki Point and North Admiral.
Alki Point
Neighborhood
Alki Point is a neighborhood in western Seattle, Washington. It is a point jutting into Puget Sound, the westernmost landform in the city's West Seattle district.
North Admiral
Neighborhood
North Admiral is the oldest neighborhood in West Seattle, Washington. In the early 1900s, it was connected to Seattle by ferries and a cable car. These ferries included the paddle steamers City of Seattle and West Seattle.
West Seattle
- Categories: neighborhood, civil township, and locality
- Location: Seattle, King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.57093° or 47° 34′ 15″ northLongitude
-122.38652° or 122° 23′ 12″ westElevation
384 feet (117 metres)Open location code
84VVHJC7+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 150970845OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“West Seattle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غرب سياتل”
- Chinese: “西西雅图”
- Chinese: “西西雅圖”
- Chinese: “西雅圖西部”
- Dutch: “West Seattle”
- Esperanto: “West Seattle”
- French: “West Seattle”
- Hebrew: “סיאטל/מערב העיר”
- Ukrainian: “Західний Сіетл”
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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 “West Seattle”. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.