Space Needle
About Space Needle
400 Broad St.
Seattle, United States
98109
206 905 2100
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Getting there:
Located near the Monorail and Seattle Center House at 5th Avenue North & Broad Street.
To get to the Space Needle from downtown Seattle:
* Find your way to Alaskan Way—it's easy to find from wherever you are if you head toward the Elliott Bay waterfront
* Head northwest on Alaskan Way
* Alaskan Way turns right and becomes Broad Street
* Follow Broad Street 0.2 miles to the intersection of 4th Avenue North and Broad Street
* Turn left
* Congratulations! Look up, you are at the Space Needle!
To get to the Space Needle from I-5 (from the North or South):
* From I-5 take exit number 167 towards MERCER ST./SEATTLE CENTER
* As you exit, get over to the rightmost lane
* Turn right onto Fairview Avenue North
* Turn left onto Valley Street, Valley Street becomes Broad Street
* Continue on Broad Street 0.6 miles to the intersection of 4th Avenue North and Broad Street
* Turn right
* Congratulations! Look up, you are at the Space Needle!
To get to the Space Needle from downtown Seattle:
* Find your way to Alaskan Way—it's easy to find from wherever you are if you head toward the Elliott Bay waterfront
* Head northwest on Alaskan Way
* Alaskan Way turns right and becomes Broad Street
* Follow Broad Street 0.2 miles to the intersection of 4th Avenue North and Broad Street
* Turn left
* Congratulations! Look up, you are at the Space Needle!
To get to the Space Needle from I-5 (from the North or South):
* From I-5 take exit number 167 towards MERCER ST./SEATTLE CENTER
* As you exit, get over to the rightmost lane
* Turn right onto Fairview Avenue North
* Turn left onto Valley Street, Valley Street becomes Broad Street
* Continue on Broad Street 0.6 miles to the intersection of 4th Avenue North and Broad Street
* Turn right
* Congratulations! Look up, you are at the Space Needle!
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First To Review:
Jul 31, 2008
The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington, and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and a symbol of Seattle. Located at the Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators, with over 2.3 million visitors in all for the World Fair. The Space Needle is 605 feet (184 m) high and 138 feet (42 m) wide at its widest point and weighs 9,550 tons. When it was completed it was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River.[4] It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 mph (320 km/h) and earthquakes up to 9.5 magnitude[citation needed] (which would protect the structure against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake). The tower has 25 lightning rods on its roof to prevent lightning damage.
Sep 6, 2008
Fantastique! Magnifique vue panoramique sur la ville à quelques 182m de hauteur.Cette tour a été bâtie à l'occasion de l'exposition universelle de 1962 qui avait pour thème le 21e siècle. Elle est conçue pour résister à des vents de 360 km/h, ainsi qu'aux tremblements de terre (comme celui de 1965 qui atteignit 6,5 sur l'echelle de Richter).
Jul 3, 2008
It has been 7 years now since I've been there and sometimes the tune that was played outside the needle is popping up in my head: "I'm standing in the shadow of the needle in Seattle..."
I really like the view over the city and all the stories in which the Space Needle is mentioned.
It truely is a real spaceship ;)
I really like the view over the city and all the stories in which the Space Needle is mentioned.
It truely is a real spaceship ;)
Oct 2, 2009
I went there a long time ago, in 1994, and it was awsome. We ate at the restaurant at the top of the tower, just to have the ability to sit there and watch the city from the air! It was expencive though, so we just had some soup :-)
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