Loop 1 · 4 h window · 91 mi
3 h 51 loop · 1 stop · back by 7:51 PM. Incorporates Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90.
- Yao Garden · 45 min
Touches Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, Fauntleroy To Southworth, Fauntleroy To Vashon
Destinations · Washington
Seattle
WA · 47.6032, -122.3303
Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, Cascade Loop and Stevens Pass Greenway are signed byways within 30 miles of Seattle, Washington.
Understand
The first humans are believed to have entered the region nearly 4,000 years ago. Englishman George Vancouver mapped the area in the 1790s, but the first white settlers didn't arrive until 1851. Luther Collins led a party of settlers to the mouth of the Duwamish River (in what is today southern Seattle), followed shortly by a party led by the more notable Arthur A. Denny of Chicago, who settled at Alki Point in West Seattle. Confrontations between the original settlers initially flared, only to die out as the groups settled together on the Elliott Bay.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
3 scenic drives near Seattle
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Seattle. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90
National Scenic Byway · 1 mi out
Runs through Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
- 02
Cascade Loop
National Scenic Byway · 22 mi out
Runs through North Cascades National Park, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
- 03
Stevens Pass Greenway
National Scenic Byway · 24 mi out
Runs through Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
Day-trip loops
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 160 mi
7 h 53 loop · 7 stops · back by 11:53 PM. Incorporates Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90.
- Semi Wall · 10 min
- Amazonia · 10 min
- Tubing Park · 10 min
- Mount Margaret · 15 min
- Mount Margaret · 15 min
- Denny Mountain · 15 min
- Bagley Viewpoint · 15 min
Touches Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, Stevens Pass Greenway, Jct Sr 522 To Jct Sr 90 Vic North Bend
How long is a scenic day-trip loop from Seattle?
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Seattle: 4 h, 91 miles, 1 stop; and 8 h, 160 miles, 7 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
What is there to stop at on a day trip from Seattle?
The 8 h loop stops at Semi Wall, Amazonia, Tubing Park, Mount Margaret, Denny Mountain and Bagley Viewpoint. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 · 1 mi · national
- Cascade Loop · 22 mi · national
- Stevens Pass Greenway · 24 mi · national
Public land
- Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · 22 mi
- Olympic National Forest · 27 mi
Campgrounds
- Seal Rock Campground · 27 mi
Lookouts
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 1 mi
- East Portal View · 2 mi
- Viewing Platform · 5 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 8 mi
Named places
- Water Weaving Light Cycle · 0 mi
- Continuum · 0 mi
- Blue Glass Passage · 0 mi
- Return · 0 mi
- Evolving Wing and the Gravity of Presence · 0 mi
- illumine · 0 mi
- Hatch Covers · 0 mi
- Points of View · 0 mi
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