Bellingham Experience

Submissions Are Open! 🌟This is your chance to win our next photo contest that starts July 1!

👻 Prizes include 2 tickets to Bellingham Ghost Tours and a gift card to The Chrysalis Inn & Spa Bellingham . Plus, everyone who enters a photo will also be offered a chance to experience a game with the Bellingham Bells

ℹ️ Images must feature Bellingham or a community in Whatcom County. Find all the rules and officially enter here: https://www.bellingham.org/photo-contest

📸 Previous photo contest winner from Jodi Broughton

🌄 It's the best time of the year! 🎉 The road to Artist Point is open for the season! 🥰 [Several weeks earlier than last year.]

Thanks to WSDOT for all the hard work in getting the snow cleared on the final 2.7 mile segment of SR 542 (aka the Mount Baker Highway).

ℹ️ Please note current conditions: All trails accessed from Artist Point still remain under deep snow.

Cars, electricity, boats, an afternoon on the green, some good tunes, time spent together - what else could dear old dad ask for?

We've rounded up some ideas for how to celebrate fathers in Bellingham, WA, including these events on June 21:

🚘 Father's Day Car Show at Bellewood Farms & Distillery
🎶 Golden Jubilee musical celebration at Chuckanut Bay Distillery

Check out the full list with more ideas, like a visit to the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention , a tour with San Juan Cruises , great spots to play golf, and so much more! [Check for a link in the comments.]

Watching the last minutes of the day go by...

📸 Ava Ronning at Marine Park in Bellingham, WA

📍Lake Padden in Bellingham, WA

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Ready for an unforgettable family adventure in Bellingham? 🎉🌟

Here are just a few ideas:

🔸Plan a picnic at Marine Park, Clayton Beach, or Zuanich Point Park
🔸Learn more about sea creatures at the Marine Life Center - Port of Bellingham
🔸Make a new feline friend at NEKO
🔸Play a round of mini golf at Portal Putt

ℹ️ That's just the beginning! We have a full itinerary with places to stay, restaurants and museums your family will love, and a TON more kid friendly activities. Check the comment section for a link to read more.

🌳 🦅 June is National Great Outdoors Month! With locations like this around Whatcom County - what a place to be outdoors indeed! ❤️

ℹ️ Visiting tip: a Discover Pass is required in Washington for parking at state parks and other state-managed lands. In Whatcom County this includes, Larrabee, Birch Bay, and Peace Arch State Parks.

Don't already have a pass? Plan a trip around upcoming days where a Discover Pass is not required:

June 6 & 7 — Free Fishing Weekend
June 19 — Juneteenth

📍Chuckanut Drive near Bellingham, WA