Welcome to Bellingham, WA

The City of Subdued Excitement

Bellingham-Subdued-Excitement.com give's you a laid-back look into the city of Bellingham, Washington, also known as, The City of Subdued Excitement. While visiting the city, I found it to be like a little bit of "paradise on earth". Now that I live here, I want to share with you what the "excitement" is all about!

Bellingham's Location

Bellingham, Washington is located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It sits approximately 90 miles north of Seattle and 130 miles south from Whistler, B.C., home to the world's 2010 Winter Olympics.

Why Bellingham?

There is such an intriguing and rich history of Bellingham. The city, also, offers a year around outdoor beauty that is surrounded by natural cascading landscape's and beautiful lakes and many parks.

Bellingham, WA has, also, been boasted by many publications for being:

The "Best Paddling Town in the U.S."
Having the "Cleanest Air"
Among the "Best Places to Retire" and,
One of the "Most Secure Places to Live
One of "America's Best Kept Secrets"

Bellingham, WA is a must stop travel spot for outdoor enthusiasts and water-lovers alike. Do you love the great outdoors?

To satisfy your "call of the wild", Bellingham offers kayaking, sailing around the beautiful San Juan Islands, scuba diving with the world's largest octopus in Bellingham Bay, as well as miles and miles of hiking trails throughout the city.

The winter time is a great time to visit as well. You can include skiing upon world-famous majestic Mount Baker. There many indoor winter activities in Bellingham as well!

All this and more makes Bellingham, WA a great spot for your year around indoor/outdoor enjoyment and vacation pleasure.

Bellingham Accommodations

Think of Bellingham-Subdued-Excitement.com as your personal guide to discovering and exploring this "Little Masterpiece of Low-Keyed Eloquence." Looking through the pages of this website you will find easy access to information about Bellingham, Washington with resources and accommodations you may need such as:

Cheap to Luxury Hotels, B&B's
Transportation to get you around as well as get you here
Things to do in and around Bellingham
Hiking Trails
Great Places to Dine
Great Entertaintment Guide
Museums and Art Galleries to visit
Lots of pictures and video's from around Bellingham
Local Forums

The people on our city are as diverse and "entertaining" as anything else the city has to offer. They make up the whole gamut! From the eclectic to the eccentric, from the eloquent to the sublime. In the diversity of people here, you may find a little bit of yourself...