Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
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🎃 Seasonal · Mount Vernon
4 hours · $$ · Check website for reservations
- 🚗About 80 min driveFrom Bellevue · Parking: Lots at each farm (included with admission or $5-10); highways and country roads jam on April weekend afternoons
- 🎒Carrier recommendedTerrain isn't stroller-friendly; a carrier is easier
- 🌳Little shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Wind-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 4 hoursBest seasons: Spring
Every April the whole Skagit Valley turns into hundreds of acres of colored stripes: the two main farms, Tulip Town and RoozenGaarde, have display gardens, tractor rides, and food stands, making it Seattle's most ceremonial day of spring.
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