Guidebook for Local Amenities

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Guidebook for Local Amenities

Food Scene

The Skagit Valley Co-op is legendary. It is the hub for local, healthy, and tasty food.
47 locals recommend
Skagit Valley Food Co-op
202 S 1st St
47 locals recommend
The Skagit Valley Co-op is legendary. It is the hub for local, healthy, and tasty food.
Thai café, with 5 or 6 lunch counter seats. Wonderful flavors. Great for take away and eating on the nearby Riverwalk
24 locals recommend
Rachawadee Thai Cafe
410 W Gates St
24 locals recommend
Thai café, with 5 or 6 lunch counter seats. Wonderful flavors. Great for take away and eating on the nearby Riverwalk
small family Indian restaurant - great people, good curry, right on the Riverwalk
12 locals recommend
Taste of India
420 W Gates St
12 locals recommend
small family Indian restaurant - great people, good curry, right on the Riverwalk
Budget-friendly neighborhood Mexican eatery.
21 locals recommend
COA mexican eatery in Mount Vernon
1810 Riverside Drive
21 locals recommend
Budget-friendly neighborhood Mexican eatery.
Edison has a number of rustic local bakeries and other restaurants just before the Southern end of iconic Chuckanut drive. Try the lime-soaked polenta cakes from the Farm to Market bakery.
31 locals recommend
Edison
31 locals recommend
Edison has a number of rustic local bakeries and other restaurants just before the Southern end of iconic Chuckanut drive. Try the lime-soaked polenta cakes from the Farm to Market bakery.

Drinks & Nightlife

Local neighborhood pub with revolving hand-selected taps and good bar food, just off the Mount Vernon Riverwalk
12 locals recommend
The Porterhouse Pub
416 W Gates St
12 locals recommend
Local neighborhood pub with revolving hand-selected taps and good bar food, just off the Mount Vernon Riverwalk

Parks & Nature

Iconic Puget Sound spot. You have to see the bridge. Also great beaches both rocky (on Rosario and Bowman Bay side) and sandy (South side)
278 locals recommend
Deception Pass State Park
41229 State Route 20
278 locals recommend
Iconic Puget Sound spot. You have to see the bridge. Also great beaches both rocky (on Rosario and Bowman Bay side) and sandy (South side)
Amazing peninsula park with views of the San Juans and Strait of Juan de Fuca, pebble beaches, rock scrambles, cool woodland trails, and beautiful calypso orchids in the spring.
63 locals recommend
Washington Park
Washington Park Loop
63 locals recommend
Amazing peninsula park with views of the San Juans and Strait of Juan de Fuca, pebble beaches, rock scrambles, cool woodland trails, and beautiful calypso orchids in the spring.
some of the best playgrounds in Mount Vernon. Right across the street. Also, tennis, basketball, and pickle ball courts, and fun local activities like the Kiwanis salmon bbq during the tulip festival.
Hillcrest Park
1717 S 13th St
some of the best playgrounds in Mount Vernon. Right across the street. Also, tennis, basketball, and pickle ball courts, and fun local activities like the Kiwanis salmon bbq during the tulip festival.

Arts & Culture

beautifully preserved/restored theater in downtown Mt. Vernon. They show arthouse films, live music, and various art productions.
16 locals recommend
Lincoln Theater
712 S 1st St
16 locals recommend
beautifully preserved/restored theater in downtown Mt. Vernon. They show arthouse films, live music, and various art productions.

Sightseeing

One of the two main farms for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival every April. In the pastoral Skagit Valley.
22 locals recommend
Roozengaarde Display Garden
15867 Beaver Marsh Rd
22 locals recommend
One of the two main farms for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival every April. In the pastoral Skagit Valley.
La Conner is a fun, walkable historic town on the Swinomish Channel. Very walkable, lots of shops and restaurants.
91 locals recommend
La Conner
91 locals recommend
La Conner is a fun, walkable historic town on the Swinomish Channel. Very walkable, lots of shops and restaurants.
Beautiful, winding drive with views out to the San Juan Islands. Take time to stop at the Oyster house or one of the overlooks.
17 locals recommend
Chuckanut Drive
Chuckanut Drive
17 locals recommend
Beautiful, winding drive with views out to the San Juan Islands. Take time to stop at the Oyster house or one of the overlooks.

Essentials

The closest grocery store to the Loft.
22 locals recommend
Haggen
2601 E Division St
22 locals recommend
The closest grocery store to the Loft.

Getting Around

bus and train station
Skagit Station
105 E Kincaid St
bus and train station