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Geography and Climate
The Puget Sound Lowlands, or the I-5 Corridor, is the most populated region of Washington. It holds most of the big cities and industries, including seaports, airports, and companies like Boeing and Microsoft. There are even some agricultural lands including the Skagit Valley and Chehalis and Cowlitz. It’s made up of the land between the Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains and Oregon is to the South and Canada to the North. The climate in the Puget Sound Lowlands varies all around, but it’s most the same thing. In the Puget Sound Lowlands, it pretty much rains all year round. Because of the climate here, activities like camping, fishing, and hiking are very popular. There’s a lot of tourism here in places like the capital city of Olympia, Seattle, and the San Juan Islands.
(Dakoda Rabieh,2017) Attractions in the Puget Sound |
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There are lots of exciting places to visit all around the Puget sound area The San Juan Islands such as Lopez Island, Orcas Island, and Friday Harbor Island and more. Whidbey Island is also a main attraction. Seattle Center is a main attraction. Chinatown is a main attraction in Seattle. Another main attraction is Bambridge Island in KItsap County. In Bainbridge Island you can go sailing, fishing, and see killer whales in the Puget Sound. Bainbridge Island is the second biggest city in Kitsap county with the first being Bremerton. In Bremerton you can go to the Bremerton Boardwalk and see the water. Another main attraction is Starbucks. It is a main attraction other places but especially in Seattle because it was originated there in 1971. Olympia is a main attraction because it is the capital of Washington state and it also located in the Puget sound lowlands. Another main attraction is Snow Goose in Mount Vernon Washington, they serve ice cream and sell a variety of different thing such as fish, vegetables, bread and other things.
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Seattle Attractions
Seattle Space Needle, one of the region's most popular landmarks standing at an astounding 605 feet tall, it is one of the tallest buildings in Seattle. The space needle was built and completed in December of 1962, but was announced merely four months later on April 21, 1962 during the world fair, which attracted nearly 2.3 million visitors when nearly 20,000 people used it's elevators. You can visit the space needle any time between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM at 400 Broad Street, Seattle, WA 98109.
Pike Place Market is one of Seattle's most famous attractions, it opened in 1907 with over 9 acres of stores and shops. The store stretches from mid-block south of pike street to the north of Virginia street. Pike place has an astounding 10 million visitors annually and 20,000 to 40,000 daily, that's a lot of people! There has been about 240 stores in Pike Place's history and it sells about 150 million products each year. There is many fun spots in Pike Place Like the fish toss, in Pike Place fish market, or Starbucks. Fun fact; the first Starbucks was originated here in Seattle. Seattle's Great Wheel is a fun attraction in Seattle standing or spinning at 175 feet it is a scary but awesome experience and if you have a fear of heights I recommend staying away from this ride. When it opened in June 29, 2012 it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the west coast of the United States. When it first opened, approximately 200 people were lined up to ride it. You can find the great wheel at pier 57 at Elliott Bay in Seattle, Washington. Puget Sound full of sightseeing, sailing, and a great fishing spots you can even see orcas in the Puget Sound, there are also fun places to visit like the San Juan Islands or the Deception Pass Bridge that is 177 feet tall or you can visit Orcas Island or you can also visit Lopez Island which is popular for cycling and kayaking. The Puget Sound was named after Peter Puget who was on the expedition that found the Puget Sound in 1792 and to this day is one of the Puget Sound Lowlands most popular features. (Bryson Lane,2017) |
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Why This is The Best Region
The Puget Sound Lowlands is a nice place with all of it’s beautiful landmarks, nice hikes, big cities and amazing islands. Some nice landmarks is like Seattle or Olympia(State Capital). Hikes you can find in this area is like Oyster Dome located in Burlington and Fragrance Lake which is Located in Bellingham. Some Islands that are popular and has nice beaches and amazing views. One island is San Juan Islands and another island is the Whidbey island with the big Deception Pass Bridge and you can find some Amazing wildlife like such as Orcas,Deer,Elk.Fish,Etc. Why visit the okanogan highlands, or the the Columbia Plataea when you can visit these amazing attractions in this region The Puget Sound LowLands.
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