Alki Beach is where Seattle paddleboarding meets the Seattle skyline — 2.5 miles of sandy beach in West Seattle, directly across Elliott Bay from downtown....

The Cedar River enters Lake Washington at the south end of the lake in Renton — a small river mouth where freshwater mixes with the...

The Snoqualmie River is the only whitewater option in the Seattle day-trip range, and it is a genuinely different experience from lake SUP. Current pushes...

Lake Sammamish gets less traffic than Lake Washington — same state, same general region, but fewer people know to go there. The water is noticeably...

Marymoor Park sits at the north tip of Lake Sammamish in Redmond, where the lake narrows into the Sammamish River. The paddle here is not...

Bellevue’s lake shoreline has three distinct beach parks within a few miles of each other on the east shore of Lake Washington — each with...

The Kirkland waterfront stretches along the east shore of north Lake Washington, from the downtown Marina Park north to Juanita Beach — about 3 miles...

The 13-mile circumnavigation of Mercer Island is Lake Washington’s classic long route. The island sits in the center of the lake — 4 miles long,...

Seward Park is a forested peninsula jutting into Lake Washington from the southwest shore, about 3 miles south of Leschi. The park contains old-growth Douglas...