Washington State Puget Sound Region
Washington State Puget Sound Region
The Puget Sound region is home to the majority of
Washington State citizens who live in the bustling cities and
suburbs which extend north to south from Stanwood to Olympia. Most
Puget Sound communities lie 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 are a favorite playground and weekend get-away
destination for residents of the region and their northern neighbors in
British Columbia, Canada.
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.
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.
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