Puget Sound Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
sound along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington
About Puget Sound
Puget Sound's complex series of waterways were formed from receding glaciers that left the area about 14,000 years ago cutting deep into the land forming valleys that eventually flooded creating the intricate landscape that we know today. According to scientific data, the first people arrived in Puget Sound about 12,000 years ago, but according to native Suquamish people, legend says that all of the earth was water, then the Old One dried the land and created everything from mud; he used the last mud balls from the earth to create the people. Then he sent Coyote to teach the people how to live with the earth, Coyote traveled the earth teaching the people and making life better for them. By 1792, when Captain George Vancouver named the area after one of his officers and declared the area fo
Top Attractions in Puget Sound
Explore the best things to see and do in Puget Sound:
- ★Blake Island State Park
- ★Cascadia Marine Trail
- ★Hood Canal
- ★Key Peninsula Marine Trail
- ★Kitsap Peninsula National Water Trails
- ★Sound Dive Center
Puget Sound Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 13 sections including: