Lower Queen Anne, Seattle
Lower Queen Anne is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, at the base of Queen Anne Hill. While its boundaries are not precise, the toponym usually refers to the shopping, office, and residential districts to the north and west of Seattle Center. The neighborhood is connected to Upper Queen Anne—the shopping district at the top of the hill—by an extremely steep section of Queen Anne Avenue N. known as the Counterbalance, in memory of the cable cars that once ran up and down it.
View of Lower Queen Anne from Queen Anne Ave. N. and W. Republican St.
Cable car on the Counterbalance section of Queen Anne Hill
Lower Queen Anne, with Climate Pledge Arena in the bottom right, as seen from the Space Needle
Queen Anne is a neighborhood and geographic feature in Seattle, Washington, United States, located northwest of downtown. Queen Anne covers an area of 7.3 square kilometers (2.8 sq mi), and has a population of about 28,000. It is bordered by Belltown to the south, Lake Union to the east, the Lake Washington Ship Canal to the north and Interbay to the west.
Queen Anne Hill as seen from the Bainbridge ferry
Queen Anne Hill is to the left (northwest) of downtown Seattle skyline as viewed from Puget Sound.
Homes on the western slope of Queen Anne, highlighting the steep topography of the neighborhood.
Seattle skyline view from Kerry Park on Queen Anne Hill with Mount Rainier in the background
