Bellingham
Population 91,482 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in United States
- January: 8 h 43 of daylight
- February: 10 h 12 of daylight
- March: 11 h 51 of daylight
- April: 13 h 42 of daylight
- May: 15 h 16 of daylight
- June: 16 h 08 of daylight
- July: 15 h 46 of daylight
- August: 14 h 23 of daylight
- September: 12 h 37 of daylight
- October: 10 h 51 of daylight
- November: 9 h 12 of daylight
- December: 8 h 17 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- George E. Pickett House Museum · 420 m
- Willamette Meridian Marker Monument · 320 m
- Marine Life Center Museum · 580 m
- Old Fire Station No. 1 Museum · 880 m
- Whatcom Museum at Old City Hall Museum · 910 m
- Old City Hall Museum · 910 m
- Lightcatcher Gallery · 980 m
- Nemo Gallery Gallery · 260 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Ski to Sea Race
May
The Ski to Sea Race (S2S), widely known as the Ski to Sea, is a seven-legged, 93-mile (150 km) long, multi-event competition held on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend in Whatcom County.
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NW Tune-Up Festival
July
A three-day cycling festival, offering world-class mountain biking trails with races, demos, skill clinics, and group rides for both serious riders and casual enthusiasts.
2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Bellingham); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
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Asia Oriental Market
- Monday: 09:00–19:00
- Tuesday: 09:00–19:00
- Wednesday: 09:00–19:00
- Thursday: 09:00–19:00
- Friday: 09:00–19:00
- Saturday: 09:00–19:00
- Sunday: 10:00–18:00
Times vary by day
- Monday
- 09:00–19:00
- Tuesday
- 09:00–19:00
- Wednesday
- 09:00–19:00
- Thursday
- 09:00–19:00
- Friday
- 09:00–19:00
- Saturday
- 09:00–19:00
- Sunday
- 10:00–18:00
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Bellingham Station 1.4 km
- Rideshare A 2.9 km
- Rideshare B 3.0 km
- Cordata Station 3.7 km
- Bellingham 4.5 km
- Bellingham Cruise Terminal 4.6 km
Train stations: Bellingham Fairhaven 4.7 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.