Twenty‑five years building the Northshore's most livable small downtown.
Kenmore incorporated in 1998 and got to design its downtown from scratch — and it shows.
Town Square is anchored by The Hangar, the city's free, fireside civic living room, open seven days a week for coffee, performances, and rainy-day work sessions. Errands never require a car.
The Hangar at Town Square
Free civic living room, open 7 days
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Stoup Brewing
Beer garden
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Copperworks
Distillery tasting room
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De La Soil · Jay's Cafe
Farm-to-table plates · old-school breakfast
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Safeway & Grocery Outlet
Two groceries in the same stretch
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Seatown Sweets · Pagliacci
Scratch-made bakery · Seattle pizza institution
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Kenmore owns the north tip of Lake Washington. Kayaks and paddle boards launch from the Sammamish River a few blocks from Burke.
Log Boom Park
600-foot pier & swimming beach
End of the street
Burke-Gilman Trail
Nearly 20 car-free miles, Bothell to Ballard
Through town
Kenmore Air Harbor
Largest seaplane base in the US, flying since 1946
On the lake
Sammamish River launch
Kayak & paddle board
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WhatsSup Paddle & Surf
SUP and kayak rentals at Log Boom
End of the street
Ten minutes south, Saint Edward State Park holds 326 acres of old forest and Lake Washington shoreline around a grand 1931 seminary — reborn in 2021 as The Lodge at St. Edward Park.
Saint Edward State Park
326 acres of forest & shoreline trails
~10 min
The Lodge at St. Edward
Cedar + Elm · Father Mulligan's bar
~10 min
Rhododendron Park
Blooms every spring
Close to home
Inglewood Golf Club
Rolling the hillside above the lake since 1919
Nearby
Big Finn Hill Park
Forest trails and mountain biking beside St. Edward
~10 min
Northshore is #3 of 231 Washington districts (Niche 2026, A+), with roughly a 93% graduation rate. School assignment pending district address lookup.
Kenmore Elementary
PreK–5
Under a mile
Kenmore Middle School
Grades 6–8 · Niche grade A
Nearby
Inglemoor High School
10/10 GreatSchools · IB programme
Nearby
Bastyr University
Home campus in Kenmore
In town
Express bus to Link light rail today; Stride bus rapid transit with three Kenmore stations arrives in 2028.
UW Bothell & Cascadia College
135-acre shared campus
~10 min
Bothell biotech corridor
Pfizer, AGC Biologics
~15 min
Google / Kirkland
Drive
~20 min
Downtown Seattle / Amazon
Drive, or ST 522 + Link
~22 min
Kenmore keeps a free, family-friendly calendar all year: a summer farmers market and outdoor movies at Town Square, concerts in the park at Saint Edward, Oktoberfest in September, and Dia de los Muertos at The Hangar. A few minutes east, Bothell adds Friday-night lights and a McMenamins in a 1931 schoolhouse.
Northshore Farmers Market
Town Square, June through August
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Movies & concerts
Movies @ the Square in August; summer concerts at Saint Edward
Seasonal
Anderson School (McMenamins)
1931 schoolhouse turned hotel: pool, theater, restaurants
~8 min
Pop Keeney Stadium
Northshore's historic Friday-night-lights field
~8 min
The Park at Bothell Landing
Riverfront amphitheater and footbridge off the Burke-Gilman
