Trips & Tours Senior Men Can Take

There are many trips or tours that can be arranged for the Greenwood men's group or any other group. Here are a few possibilities to consider.  If you see something you like, let us know -- if there's enough interest, they can set up a group trip or tour.

Bainbridge Island

A ferry trip to Bainbridge Island is always fun. And there's plenty to do once you get there.

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Bremerton Ferry Trip

Take a scenic one-hour ferry ride to Bremerton. When you get there, you have lots of options. Take a tour of the Vietnam-era naval destroyer USS Turner Joy, visit Harborside Fountain Park, or stop in at the Puget Sound navy museum.

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Burke Museum

The Burke Museum cares for and shares natural and cultural collections. They have working labs you can see into, one-of-a-kind objects all around you, and galleries filled with curiosity and conversation. A truly unique and wonderful place!

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Connections Museum

Have you ever been to this place? It is fantastic! All kinds of telecommunication stuff from the last century. When's the last time you used a rotary phone to make a call? Well, you can do it here.

The museum has working panel and crossbar electromechanical central-office switches. It has working step-by-step and crossbar PBX equipment as well as antique telephones, telegraphs, teletypes, switchboards, outside plant displays, including poles, cables, splicing equipment, tools, and other related communications equipment and machines.

If you're a gadget freak, this museum is for you. The docents are mostly old-timers who really know their stuff.

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Dunn Gardens

The Dunn Gardens, started in 1916, is a magnificent privately owned garden on 7.5-acres that slope gently down to Puget Sound. It is reminiscent of an English woodland garden. 

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Equinox Studios

Equinox Studios is a community-owned "Creative Industrial Complex" that is home to over 125 tenants, dance and performance spaces, and painting schools. It hosts individuals or small companies involved in crafts of various sorts.

Equinox Studios has an Open House every December. Many artisans are on hand to show their interesting and unique stuff – and answer questions. Also some weird equipment to look at and possibly see a few artisans at work. They have bon fires to ward off the winter chill. And food trucks.

It's a truly unique facility and there are things you've not seen before. A great idea for a men's event, especially now that we have a van available for transportation.

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Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery

This is Seattle's largest cemetery, in operation since 1885. It is rich in historical artifacts and gravestones.  It is located at 11111 Aurora Ave N, Seattle.

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Fire Station Tour

When's the last time you visited your local fire station? Have an interest in taking a closer look at the fire engines and related equipment? Maybe ask them what they do in their spare time?

The Seattle Fire Department offers free tours.

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Fleet Week Boat Tour

Every summer, a spectacle known as the Seattle Fleet Week occurs in Seattle. The celebration starts with the Parade of Ships through Elliot Bay, followed by a week of events where the public is invited to meet sailors and guardsmen and take tours of their ships. It is associated with the annual SeaFair event.

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Henry Art Gallery

The Henry is a museum for contemporary art and ideas. It's the only museum dedicated to contemporary art in our region. It is internationally recognized for groundbreaking exhibitions, for being on the cutting edge of contemporary art and culture, and for championing artists at every level of creation.

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Holocaust Center for Humanity

The Holocaust Center for Humanity teaches the lessons of the Holocaust, inspiring students of all ages to confront bigotry and indifference, promote human dignity, and take action.

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Hydroplane Museum

The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum is the nation's only public museum dedicated solely to powerboat racing.

It's the nation's primary resource for historical and educational information on hydroplane racing. Their extensive collection of books, magazines, race programs, newspaper, photos, trophies, and other memorabilia dates back to the turn of the last century. They have over 200 hours of rare, vintage racing films transferred to videotape, covering hydroplane racing for the 1940s to the present.

The museum has stories of famous drivers, and is a fully equipped boat restoration shop.

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Kubota Garden

Kubota Garden is a stunning 20-acre landscape that blends Japanese garden concepts with native Northwest plants.  It is a place of respite and beauty for everyone to enjoy. Truly unique! Visit the garden in each season to experience its wealth of colors and textures.

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Local Distillery

An example of a local distillery that offers tours is Westland Distillery.

In this tour, you'll learn about the nuances of their process, their region, and all about tasting whiskey. Their experts will walk you through a 45 minute tour experience to learn the intention behind how we create our whiskeys here at Westland, followed by an optional 45 minute in-depth whiskey tasting. Cost is $25 for a group.

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MOHAI (Museum of History & Industry) and the Center for Wooden Boats

Take advantage of Free First Thursday at MOHAI and "always free every day" at the Center for Wooden Boats. Take the bus downtown and catch the Seattle Streetcar to Lake Union Park. Check out MOHAI’s many interesting exhibits and a short tour of the CFWB.  Check out Gourmondo, the museum’s café for lunch or a snack.

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Museum of Flight

The Museum of Flight is the largest independent, non-profit air and space museum in the world. It has over 175 aircraft and spacecraft, tens of thousands of artifacts, millions of rare photographs, dozens of exhibits and experiences and a world-class library. If this is a topic of interest to you, it's a "must see".

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National Nordic Museum

The National Nordic Museum is the only institution of its size and scale in the United States to present the history and culture of the entire Nordic region.  Included are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the regions of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland, and the cultural region of Sápmi). There is an interesting section about the legacy of Nordic immigrants to the United States.

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Olympic Sculpture Park

The Olympic Sculpture Park is a nine-acre green space that has 20 monumental pieces of outdoor art. It's an opportunity to experience a variety of sculpture in an outdoor setting, while enjoying the incredible views and beauty of the Olympic mountains and Puget Sound. While you're there, be sure to check out the amazing Neukom Vivarium nurse log. Admission is free. Smart phone tours are available.

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Private Eye Tours

Private Eye Tours has offered unique tours of Seattle's dark history, mysteries, true crime and hauntings. The tours are scenic, historical and entertaining. They offer five different tours that cover various sections of Seattle.

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Seattle Aquarium

The Seattle Aquarium is the region’s premier resource for hands-on marine experiences and conservation education. If you're interested in marine creatures and marine conservation, the Aquarium is a "must see" experience.

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Seattle Asian Art Museum

The newly renovated and expanded Seattle Asian Art Museum breaks boundaries to offer a thematic, rather than geographic or chronological, exploration of art from the world’s largest continent. The restoration of the historic Art Deco building, improvements to critical systems, expanded gallery and education spaces, and a new park lobby that connects the museum to the surrounding Volunteer Park are just some of the ways the museum has been transformed and preserved as a cultural and community resource for future generations.

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Seattle Chinese Garden

The Seattle Chinese Garden is a 4.6-acre, serene space on the South Seattle College campus that showcases traditional Chinese landscaping and architecture. It also offers views of downtown Seattle, Elliott Bay, and the Cascade Mountains.

The garden incorporates the four traditional elements of a Chinese garden: plants, stone, architecture, and water. Notable features include a Luoyang Tree Peony Display Garden, a bamboo grove, and a small pond. The garden is designed to be the first authentically Sichuan-style garden in the United States, featuring Sichuan horticulture and rock formations inspired by China's Yangtze River gorges.

It offers docent-led tours and educational materials to learn about Chinese culture and the garden's history. Admission is free.

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Seattle Japanese Garden

The Seattle Japanese Garden is a 3.5 acre urban sanctuary. Winding gravel paths and stone benches invite you to view the garden slowly and mindfully, in all of its detail - rock, water, lanterns, bridges, buildings, plants and animals. Seasonal changes are constant and every visit refreshingly unique. The Garden is located at 1075 E Lake Washington Blvd in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle.

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Seattle Public Library Central Branch Tour

The main library in downtown Seattle is an unique place. Tours are available. Learn about the history of the building, see highlights from the collection and take in the views from the top floor.

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Sports Events

There's been some talk that the men's group should go to a sports or ball game. It's a great idea but cost is a factor. Regardless, it would be a lot of fun!

While Seahawks tickets are out of reach, there are many other possibilities: Reign, Huskies, Everett Silvertips, Seattle Thunderbirds, Sounders, Storm, Rainer Roller Girls, as well as dozens of high-school level games.

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Stimson-Green Mansion

The Stimson-Green Mansion is an exceptional example of early twentieth century English Tudor Revival style architecture located in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood. It’s run by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, which provides regular tours of this designated Seattle landmark.

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UW Biology Greenhouse

The UW Biology Greenhouse houses more than 6,000 plant specimens from around the world in a 20,000 sq. ft. space. It includes four climate-controlled rooms to house plant collections — warm tropics, cool tropics, arid and “tree of life” — and five climate-controlled rooms for education and research purposes.

They are open to the public for casual walk in browsing on non-holiday Wednesdays 12:00-4:00 p.m. and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month-10:00-2:00 pm. They offer free docent-led tours for groups of 8 or more.

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UW Planetarium

The University of Washington Planetarium presents dynamic and interactive shows. The planetarium has a 30-foot fully digital dome with an 8-million-pixel display that captures an accurate view of the night sky. Tours are available.

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Wing Luke Museum

The Wing Luke Museum is an art and history museum that focuses on the culture, art and history of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Located in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, it is the only pan-Asian Pacific American community-based museum in the United States.

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Water Taxi to West Seattle

Explore a very different part of Seattle. The Water Taxi sails between downtown and West Seattle. The trip takes an average of 10-15 minutes each way. Easily connect to the waterfront pathway and accessible shuttles to Alki Beach Park. You can also take a tour of the Log House Museum, a Seattle historic landmark.

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Have a Interesting Trip or Tour in Mind?

We're always looking for new and interesting places to visit. What can you suggest? Let us know in the form below.

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