City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Address: 950 Westlake Ave. North (Central)
77. Northwest Seaplanes
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (800) 690-0086
Address: 860 W. Perimeter Rd. (Renton)
Description: Northwest Seaplanes provides scheduled and charter seaplane service from South Lake Washington to various boating, fishing, and eco-tourism destinations such as the San Juan Islands, Vancouver Island, and British Columbia’s Inside Passage. Northwest’s fleet includes five Dehavilland Beavers, each of which accommodates six passengers. The family-owned business has been around for more than 37 years.
78. Seattle Seaplanes
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (800) 637-5553
Address: 1325 Fairview Ave. East (Central)
Description: Seattle Seaplanes offers 20-minute scenic flights, dinner flights to restaurants on neighboring islands, charter float-plane rides, and flight instruction. Take off from Lake Union and enjoy an eagle’s-eye view of the University of Washington, Bill Gates’s estate, Lake Washington, Bustling Elliott Bay, the Ballard Locks, and the spectacular Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges. Jim Chrysler has over 30 years of piloting experience and has owned and operated Seattle Seaplanes (formerly Chrysler Air) for more than 15 years.
79. Ballard Commons Park
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (206) 684-4075
Address: 5701 22nd Ave. NW (North)
Description: This public park in Ballard features a large skate bowl, in addition to seating areas, public art, and a water feature. Open from 4 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
80. Goods
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (206) 621-1307
Address: 1112 Pike St. (Central)
Description: Goods is a hip store in downtown Seattle that caters to the skateboarding crowd. The store also carries a large line of clothing, hats, and shoes—particularly a huge inventory of sneakers. It can have a lot of attitude and is heavy on the young crowd.
81. Inner Space Indoor Skatepark
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (206) 634-9090
Address: 3506 Stone Way North (North)
Description: Seattle’s only indoor skatepark, Inner Space has about 7,000 square feet of skateable indoor space, including a shop with skateboards, accessories, food, and sodas. Open daily, with $5 admission after 6:30 p.m. Everyone must sign a waiver, and those under 18 must have a parent sign. In-line skates are allowed as well as skateboards. It can be a little hard to find; the skatepark is underneath Hard Hat Tool & Supply, and the entrance is at the back of the building on 35th Street. There are very few parking spots.
82. Seattle Center Skatepark
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Address: 305 Harrison St. (Central)
Description: Completed in 2009, the skatepark at Seattle Center features a surface area of 10,000 square feet, with a flowing street plaza, ledges, stairs, transitions, and state-of-the-art skating elements for all skill levels and abilities. There are even skateable sculptures and structural glass riding surfaces. Sea Sk8, as it’s known to locals, is open daily during daylight hours.
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
84. Ymca Of Greater Seattle
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (206) 382-5003
Address: 909 4th Ave. (Central)
Description: The Seattle YMCA operates 12 branches in King and Snohomish Counties, which offer pools that often include lap lanes, heated water, and other features. The downtown YMCA is at this address, but others are located in the south and north parts of town. If you are a member of another YMCA outside Washington state, you will be recognized as a full member at Seattle YMCAs for up to 21 days in a calendar year, by presenting a current membership card. For additional visits, you will be expected to pay the daily membership rate. Nonmembers can still access the swimming pools and other facilities by providing valid photo identification, filling out an information card, and paying a day-use fee of $10 for adults 21 and over, and $5 for ages 13–20 (free for 12 and under).
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
86. 8 Limbs Yoga Centers
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (206) 325-8221
Address: 500 E. Pike St. (Central)
Description: 8 Limbs has been voted the best yoga by Seattle magazine, Seattle Weekly, and CitySearch. The studios offer group hatha yoga classes for all levels, pre- and postnatal yoga, kids’ yoga, workshops, and more in Capitol Hill, Wedgwood, and West Seattle. All 8 Limbs studios offer drop-in rates per class, as well as lower-priced community classes and free Yoga 101 classes on the first Sat of each month. You can also buy passes for five, 10, or 20 classes if you think you’ll be going often enough.
87. Center For Yoga Of Seattle
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (206) 526-9642
Address: 2261 NE 65th St. (North)
Description: This is a BKS Iyengar yoga study center that began in a church basement in 1975. Visitors to Seattle who are looking for a place to take a yoga class may drop in to the regular, reserved-space classes (fee is $20 per class). If you have not studied Iyengar yoga in the recent past, you should take only level 1 and 2 or slow-beginning classes. Please arrive 10–15 minutes early, let the instructor know that you are a visitor, and you will need to fill out a brief form.
88. Mind And Body Studio
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (206) 325-3328
Address: 2022 E. Union St. (Central)
Description: This wellness studio provides clients with Pilates, yoga, gravity training system (GTS), massage, physical therapy, and other body-work services. Centrally located in Seattle and with more than 2,000 square feet of space, the studio offers a large exercise room with 16-foot ceilings, a fully equipped Pilates studio, a private treatment room with a skylight for massage, physical therapy, yoga classes, and three GTS machines. Drop-ins are welcome at all classes. Previous experience is necessary for intermediate/advanced Pilates classes; all yoga classes are basic level and open to all experience levels.
89. Seattle Central Community College
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (206) 587-6315
Address: 1718 Broadway (Central)
Description: Seattle’s community college offers drop-in, noncredit yoga classes on Thurs at 5 p.m. The classes are held at the Charles H. Mitchell Activity Center, anyone is welcome to join any class, and they are appropriate for all levels of fitness.
90. Urban Yoga Spa
City: Seattle, WA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (206) 420-0222
Address: 1900 4th Ave. (Central)
Description: This place is so much more than a yoga studio. The space is incredibly beautiful, designed by the award-winning Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects team, with soothing interior design by Ted Tuttle. Numerous styles of yoga classes are offered, including donation-based classes. You can get one week of unlimited yoga for $25, a great opportunity for visitors. In addition to the yoga classes, there is also a full-service spa with wellness treatments including massage, facials, and manicures.