Details
Laminated and waterproof map for visitors to Seattle and the western part of the Washington State, combining a plan of the central part of the city with regional maps, including coverage of the Mount Rainer, Olympic, and North Cascades National Parks. Coverage of downtown Seattle at 1:10,000 extends from the southern part of the Lake Union to the Safeco Field Baseball Stadium and the motorway junction providing access from the city from the south and the west. Coverage westward extends to 25th Avenue. The plan shows one way streets, parking facilities, public transport network, selected accommodation, places of interest, etc. A separate inset at 1:13,000 shows the Washington University campus.
A series of road maps provides coverage of the city’s environs and the western part of Washington State: the urban conurbation of Seattle and its region at 1:350,000 extending north to Everett and south to Lakewood and Puyallup; a road map of the western part of the state at 1:1,200,000 extending to Vancouver and Portland; plus maps of the regions’ three famous national parks, Mount Rainer (1:200,000), North Cascades (1:400,000) and Olympic (1:500,000). All the maps highlight numerous wilderness areas and nature reserves, information centres, campsites, ranger stations, waterfalls, and other places of interest.
The street plan and all the regional maps are indexed, with lists of streets/localities, plus places of interest, campsites, etc. Also included is a list of the city’s and the area’s top 30 sights, all highlighted on the plan and the maps, a diagram of the transport network, a small map of USA showing the states and the time zones, and information on the city’s climate.
