Location: Washington < USA
Nearest Airport
: SEA-TAC
at 15
Miles
Nearest Ferry
: Seattle Ferry Terminal
at 1.2
Miles
Nearest Train
: Seattle Amtrak Station
at 2.4
Miles
Nearest Motorway
: Interstate 5
at 0.25
Miles
Nearest Beach
: Madison Beach
at 2.5
Miles
Nearest Barpub
: Stumble home from about 20
at 0.1
Miles
Nearest Ski
: Summit at Snoqualmie
at 53
Miles
Nearest Golf
: Green Lake Golf Course
at 5
Miles
Nearest Restaurant
: Tons of resturnats within a few blocks
at 0.1
Miles
Car: not necessary
Draping over a hilly ridge just east of downtown, Capitol Hill is an eclectic enclave. Three colleges lie within blocks of each other (Seattle Central Community College, the Cornish College of the Arts, and Seattle University), providing plenty of customers for the area's museums, coffeehouses, and cool eclectic boutique shops.
The Seattle International Film Festival is based here, as is the city's annual Gay Pride Parade. In autumn, the Seattle Fringe Festival celebrates original plays coming out of the neighborhood's many small but notable theaters, including the Richard Hugo House and the Northwest Actors Studio. Galleries and cafés open their doors on the first Saturday of each month for Arts Orbit, Capitol Hill's art walk.
It's also home to the Frye Art Museum, where American and European paintings can be viewed for free, and the elegant Seattle Asian Art Museum, with its renowned collection of workshoused in a 1933 art modern structure in Volunteer Park.