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maps and other information,
such as animal feeding times.
Among the excellent
naturalistic habitats are the
Elephant Forest – with its
enormous elephant pool and
Thai logging camp replica –
and the Trail of Vines, which
includes the first open-forested
canopy for orangutans to be
created within a zoo. The
Family Farm includes a popular
petting zoo, and a Bug World
Richard Beyer’s aluminum sculpture in Fremont exhibit featuring many species
of arthropods. Indigenous
attractions. The focal point is parklike campus is home to North American animals can be
the Great Gallery, a dramatic more than 42,000 students and seen in their natural habitats
six-story steel and glass 218 buildings in a mix of along the Northern Trail.
structure that holds 39 full-size architectural styles. Just inside
aircraft. Highlights include an the main campus entrance is P Ballard
M-21 Blackbird – one of the the Burke Museum of Natural Bounded by Salmon Bay,
fastest aircraft ever built – and History and Culture, featuring Shilshole Bay, & Phinney Ridge.
a replica of the International dinosaur fossils and Northwest @ 10 lines serve this area. Hiram
Space Station. Native art. On the western edge M. Chittenden Locks: 3015 NW
Many more planes sit on the of the campus sits the Henry 54th St. Tel (206) 783-7059.
tarmac outside, and visitors can Art Gallery, the first public art Grounds: Open 7am–9pm daily.
walk through Air Force One, museum in the state. The Visitor Center: Open May–Sep:
the plane used by presidents university’s main avenue 10am– 6pm daily; Oct–Apr:
10am–4pm Thu–Mon. 7 8
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, University Way Northeast, just
and Nixon, as well as the west of the campus, is lined Located in northwest Seattle,
supersonic Concorde. with bookstores, pubs, Ballard’s distinct Scandinavian
Also popular are the and inexpensive restaurants. accent dates to its settlement
museum’s flight simulators. University Village, east of by Scandi navian fishermen
Visitors can experience what the campus, offers an and loggers in 1853.
flight is like in a World War II upscale shopping and At the turn of the 19th
fighter plane or on a hang-glider. dining experience. century, Ballard was a
Nearby is the Red Barn, with A must-see is the mill town, producing an
exhibits on the history of Washington Park impressive three million
human flight. A multitude of Arboretum, a 230-acre wooden shingles a
kid-friendly exhibits are (93-ha) garden and day. North of the
available, plus a full-size control living plant museum, shingle mills, Ballard
tower where visitors can listen with 4,600 species. Avenue was the
in on air traffic from the Its Japanese Garden commercial center of
adjacent Boeing Field. has carp-filled ponds this area and is now a
and a teahouse. Historic bell tower in historic district, which
E University District Ballard features a wide array
Bounded by NE 55th St, Portage O Woodland Park of ethnic cafés and
Bay, Montlake Blvd NE, & I-5. Zoo lively music clubs.
n 4014 University Way NE, 5500 Phinney Ave N. The area’s Scandinavian
(206) 543-9198. @ 18 lines serve Tel (206) 548-2500. @ 5. heritage is celebrated at the
this district. Open 8am–5pm Mon– Open summer: 9:30am–6pm daily; annual Norwegian Constitution
Fri. Washington Park Arboretum: winter: 9:30am–4pm daily. & - Day Parade on May 17, at
2300 Arboretum Dr E. Tel (206) 543- = ∑ zoo.org the excellent Nordic Heritage
8616. Visitor Center: Open 9am–5pm. Designed in 1899, this is one Museum on Northwest
Grounds: Closed dawn–dusk.
& to Japanese Garden. 7 = of the oldest zoos on the West 67th Street.
∑ depts.washington.edu/uwbg Coast and a major Seattle attrac- Located at the west end of
tion. The nearly 300 animal Ballard, the Hiram M. Chitten­
The hub of the energetic species residing at the 92-acre den Locks allow boats to
U-District is the University of (37-ha) zoo are grouped travel between saltwater Puget
Washington, the premier together in eco systems rather Sound and freshwater Lake
institute of higher learning in than by species, in habitats Union and Lake Washington.
the Northwest. Located on the designed to resemble their Its grounds include 7 acres
site of the 1909 World’s Fair, natural habitats. A visitor center (3 ha) of the Carl S. English, Jr.
the lovely 693-acre (280-ha) at the main entrance provides Botanical Gardens.

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