Bellingham, WA

Bellingham sits 20 miles south of Canada in northwest Washington, connected by I-5 to Seattle (90 miles south) and Vancouver (50 miles north). State Route 20 leads east to the North Cascades, while scenic Chuckanut Drive hugs the coast southward. The airport sits 3 miles northwest of downtown, and the historic Fairhaven district's 1890s red-brick buildings house shops and restaurants near the San Juan Islands ferry terminal.