Photo Blog
The Puget Sound town and road map will help you locate cities, towns and other attractions.
Puget Sound at a glance
ACCOMMODATIONS
Bed and Breakfast
Travel Articles
Kayaking Port Townsend and Indian Island
Kayaking Puget Sound - Best Kept Secret
Nisqually Earthquake
Seattle's Fireworks
See Also:
Wines and Wineries
Novels set in the Puget Sound
"Superspill" by Mary Kay Becker, 1974.
An hour-by-hour account of the havoc wrought by spreading oil after a
tanker goes aground.
"Mighty Mountain" by Archie Binns, 1940.
Historical novel about the Puget Sound country in the mid-1800s,
highlighting relations between the Indians and the White settlers.
"The Timber Beast" by Archie Binns, 1944.
Charlie Dow typifies the old style logging operator in this story of the
Sound's lumber industry.
"Mom Counted Six" by Mac Gardner, 1944.
Warm and humorous chronicle of a family who live in a Puget Sound mill
town. (Gardner was born and grew up in the Puget Sound area.)
More Washington
ACTIVITIES
Sea Kayaking
Snow Skiing
Tours
Tour Operators
Whale Watching
Whitewater Rafting
FOOD AND BEVERAGE
Wine Country
VISITOR INFORMATION
Cities and Towns
Map of Washington
Washington Travel Regions and Maps
Map
Cascade Mountains
Map
Northeast
Map
Northwest
Map
Olympic Peninsula
Map
Puget Sound
Map
San Juan Islands
Map
South Central
Map
Southeast
Map
Southwest
Puget Sound
The Puget Sound region is home to the majority of Washington State citizens who live in the bustling cities and suburbs that extend north to south from Stanwood to Olympia. Most Puget Sound communities lie on either side of the north-south Interstate Highway 5 corridor that serves as the major traffic thoroughfare of the state.
Puget Sound itself is a body of water lying east of Admiralty Inlet, through which ocean waters reach inland some 50 miles from the Pacific Coast to provide all-weather ports for ocean-going ships at Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia. The waterway is a complex and intricate system of channels, inlets, estuaries, embayments and islands.
Common usage has broadened the Sound's description to include the surrounding lowlands extending east to the Cascade Mountains and the various cities and towns lying therein. Such usage also includes Whidbey, Camano, and Fidalgo islands as well as the Kitsap Peninsula.
Outside Admiralty Inlet and beyond Whidbey Island to the north, lie the popular San Juan Islands between the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia. This small group of islands is a favorite playground and weekend get-away destination for residents of the region and their northern neighbors in British Columbia, Canada.
Puget Sound Cities
Seattle,
the state's largest city, lies in the center of the Puget Sound region
and sits between Elliot Bay and Lake Washington. Across the Sound is
Bainbridge Island, the
Kitsap Peninsula and
Olympic Peninsula. To the east, and across Lake Washington, is
Seattle's near neighbor
Bellevue.
Other major cities situated
on the Sound include
Everett,
Olympia
and
Tacoma.
On the west side of the Sound are the cities of
Bremerton,
Port Orchard
and
Shelton.
Vacationing in Puget Sound
The Puget Sound area offers a rich variety of vacation, recreational and holiday pursuits including big-city life, island retreats, cozy bed and breakfasts, romantic country inns and first-class resorts. There is plenty of sightseeing, hiking, kayaking, and boating activities to keep in shape and make one wish for a longer Puget Sound holiday.
See individual cities and towns for additional visitor information as well as information on accommodations, activities and attractions in specific cities. When looking for a city or town, you can choose from either an alphabetical list, or, a list by region.
Puget Sound Accommodations
Puget Sound Bed and Breakfast Guide
Local Food and Beverage
Natural Choice Directory
This online version of the Puget Sound directory includes a guide to
natural food markets and restaurants.
Puget Sound Attractions
Island Wood
A non-profit residential educational facility serving students, teachers
and families in the greater Seattle area. Located on 255-acres on
Bainbridge Island, the school offers a natural setting for field-based
education. The PSELC sponsors a walking tour of the facility twice each
month which explores a bog, cattail marsh, pond, forest and ravine.
Information: 206-855-4300.
Tillicum Village
Tillicum Village Restaurant and Northwest Coast Indian Cultural Center
on Blake Island. Salmon buffet, entertainment, schedule, prices,
direction and prices.
Go Northwest!
Bookstore
Best selection of books on the Northwest.
Click
here!
The
Natural History of Puget Sound Country by Arthur R. Kruckeberg. The
history of the Puget Sound begins with how ice ages and vulcanism shaped
the land plus information on the flora, fauna, climate and special habitats.
Order now...
On Puget Sound by Art Wolfe,
William Dietrich and Philip Kramer. Beautiful photographs of the Puget Sound.
Order now...
A Complete Guide To The Lighthouses on Puget Sound Including
Admiralty Inlet by Christopher Petrich. Companion guide to the Puget
Sound lighthouses featuring history, locations, maps, driving directions and photographs.
Order now...
Ghost Hunter's Guide to Seattle by Jeff Dwyer.
This book features encounters with apparitions from the unique history of Seattle and locations in the
Puget Sound. Included are detailed descriptions and historical
backgrounds of natural disasters, tragedies, ghostly legends and lore.
Order now...
Birds
of the Puget Sound Region by Bob Morse (Author), Tom Aversa (Author), Hal
Opperman (Author, Editor), map by Shawn Morse, Drawings by Eric Kraig
(Illustrator). This is a guide for birds of the Puget Sound region featuring
over 200 color photographs of local birds and a companion page with
specific information about each bird.
Order now...
Biking Puget Sound: 50 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans by Bill
Thorness. Fifty of the best outings are highlighted in this book to
enjoy the amazing scenery along with the Handy at a Glance chart
featuring the routes features, difficulty level, length, elevation gain, time and points of interest.
Order now...
Take
a Walk: 110 Walks Within 30 Minutes of Seattle and the Greater Puget
Sound by Sue Muller Hacking. Walk descriptions include complete
information about special attractions, length, difficulty, amenities
available, disabled access, connecting trails, dog restrictions, trail descriptions plus a map.
Order now...
A
Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands: Olympia to Port Angeles,
2nd Edition by Migael Scherer. This edition contains many color photographs,
nautical chart segments along with information on weather, tides, currents,
commercial traffic patterns, local history and attractions plus a larger size
book with a lay-flat binding for easy use.
Order now...
We appreciate your orders. They help keep
Go Northwest! online.
Northwest Books
from . . .
Shopping at
Go Northwest!
Go Northwest!® gonorthwest.com (tm)
Go Northwest!®
gonorthwest.com (tm) and GoNorthwest.com (tm) are trademarks of Go
Northwest, LLC
All original text, maps, photographs, and other images on this web site, as
well as the compilation and design thereof, are
Copyright © 1997-2013 Go Northwest, LLC. All rights reserved.