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  • Rent a kayak or dine on great Mexican food.

  • Fishing boat charters and reasonable seafood on offer.

  • Global warming has taken a toll on ice caves, but the attraction at the base of 6,153-ft (1,875-m) Big Four Mountain in the North Cascades is still vital. Hike the 1-mile (1.6-km) trail off the Mountain Loop Highway to the Ice Caves, the unusual result of alpine avalanches and climate conditions impacting the ice field at the mountain’s base.

  • The legacy of two of Seattle’s earliest railroad men, Judge Thomas Burke and Daniel Gilman, this disused railroad track is a paved trail (see Burke-Gilman Trail Features) that stretches for about 22 miles (35 km) from the western edge of Fremont to the north end of Lake Washington. Cyclists and pedestrians can enjoy the scenic beauty of key sights such as GasWorks Park and Magnuson Park at Sand Point.

  • The University of Washington established the CUH in 1980 in order to exert more control and achieve sounder management of the Arboretum. It includes a library, a herb garden, pleasant strolling meadows, and weekly master gardener meetings.

  • The most popular indoor location for rock climbers is Recreational Equipment IncorporatedREI), which maintains a huge practice wall in the atrium of their flagship store on Eastlake Avenue. Stone Gardens also offers classes and practice walls for members and walk-ins.

  • Rainier’s cloud cover often resembles a flying saucer hovering above the peak.

  • An alternative to cold, inhospitable Puget Sound is a dip in Colman Pool. It uses heated and filtered saltwater drawn from Puget Sound, which it overlooks from its convenient beach location within Lincoln Park.

  • Cycling Tolt-MacDonald Park & Campground

    Many of Seattle’s in-city parks have decent single tracks for casual-mountain biking. But for intermediate-level cyclists looking for small challenges in a great riverside setting, head east across Lake Washington for Carnation, in the Snoqualmie River valley, east of Redmond.

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