Ballard
Ballard is a neighborhood in northwest Seattle. While mostly residential, the ship canal locks are a major tourist attraction. Nearby smaller neighborhoods sometimes falling under Ballard's umbrella include Phinney Ridge and Greenwood, extending to the northeast, and Crown Hill directly north.Photo: Dcoetzee, Public domain.
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
National Nordic Museum
Museum
Photo: ECTran71, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Nordic Museum is a museum in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States, dedicated to the Nordic history, art, culture, and the heritage of the area's Nordic immigrants.
Ballard Commons Park
Park
Photo: Seattle City Council, CC BY 2.0.
Ballard Commons Park is a public park in Ballard, Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Fire Station No. 18
Heritage site
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fire Station No. 18 was a fire station located in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Localities in the Area
Loyal Heights
Neighbourhood
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loyal Heights is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington.
Sunset Hill
Neighbourhood
Sunset Hill is an area located in the northwest corner of the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.
Ballard
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood of Seattle
- Categories: neighbourhood, city in the United States and locality
- Location: Seattle, King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.67651° or 47° 40' 35" northLongitude
-122.38622° or 122° 23' 10" westElevation
48 metres (157 feet)United Nations Location Code
US AFYOpen Location Code
84VVMJG7+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 150940157OpenStreetMap Feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
5786269Wikidata ID
Q3428047Ballard Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Catalan: Ballard
- Chinese: 巴拉德區
- Danish: Ballard
- Dutch: Ballard
- English: Ballard, Seattle
- Esperanto: Balardo
- Esperanto: Ballard
- French: Ballard
- Hebrew: סיאטל/באלארד
- Irish: Ballard
- Norwegian: Ballard
- Norwegian Bokmål: Ballard
- Persian: بالارد، سیاتل
- Russian: Баллард
- South Azerbaijani: بالارد، سیاتل
- Turkish: Ballard, Seattle
- Turkish: Ballard
- Salmon Bay City
Other Places Named Ballard
Localities in the Area
- SeaviewNeighbourhood
- Olympic ManorNeighbourhood
- North BeachNeighbourhood
- Crown HillNeighbourhood
- Phinney RidgeSuburb, 2½ km east
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Ballard. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.