The Outdoors section offers news, ideas and information that will help you make the most of the Pacific Northwest's abundant outdoors offerings.
A barred owl, also called a hoot owl, draws curious onlookers Monday as it perches in the the Woodland Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum.
In Washington, where outdoor recreation plays an outsize role in local economies and communities, we're likely to feel the impacts of climate change keenly. The fallout...
Start the day with a ferry ride across the Puget Sound and a stop at a Parisian-style bakery. Finish with a glass of wine at...
This year's Harvest Moon — the full moon closest to the fall equinox — will fall on Friday the 13th. That's relatively rare, once every...
Seattle Times reader Yoshiki Nakamura relied on strong photographic instincts to compose this rare view from Kerry Park.
Pilot Joe Kingman said that in his 23 years of rescuing people, this is the first time he had heard of a rescue because of...
Boatsetter and GetMyBoat are two newish boat rental companies that are touting themselves as "the AirBnb of boats." Like AirBnb, they operate on the concept...
Canada's Okanagan Valley — not to be confused with Washington's Okanogan County — offers alluring adventure just north of the border, about 100 miles from...
