Seattle Monorail

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Seattle Monorail

Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

🚂 Train · Seattle

1 hours · $ · No reservation needed

age fit
0–1 yr
★ 5.0
1–3 yrs
★ 5.0
3–5 yrs
★ 5.0
5–10 yrs
★ 3.0
  • 🚗
    About 25 min drive
    From Bellevue · Parking: Garages around Westlake about $15-25/day; or the Seattle Center garage
  • 🍼
    Stroller-friendly
    Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
  • 🌳
    Lots of shade
    Rain-OK · Great on sunny days · Good on cool days
  • ⏱️
    Typical visit: 1 hours
    Best seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter

Left over from the 1962 World's Fair, the Monorail takes just 2 minutes from the Westlake shopping district to Seattle Center, passing through the colorful walls of the MoPOP museum on the way; kids always demand a second ride.

💡 Tips
About $3.50 one way for adults, free under 5, and free for ages 6-18 with an ORCA card; trains every 10 minutes, and strollers roll on unfolded. Combine with the Seattle Center playground and children's museum.

What this place offers

✓monorail
✓two minutes
✓through MoPOP
✓Space Needle
✓stroller rolls on
✓ORCA card

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This weekend's weather in Seattle

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

🌦️
Sat 10/17
Drizzle · 50–58°F · 38% rain
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Sun 10/18
Overcast · 44–59°F · 0% rain

Location

Seattle, Washington

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