Lake Washington is the second largest lake in the state of Washington behind Lake Chelan and is about 22,000 acres with a average depth of 108 feet.  The water temperature ranges from the mid 40's in the winter to the mid 70's in the summer.

There are many Marinas and Restaurants on both lakes, the marinas listed above are some of the most popular for boat moorage.

Areas of interest for boaters:

• Coulon Park on the South end of Lake Washington has two restaurants (Kid Valley and Ivar's) and temporary boat moorage.
• Seward Park near Rainier Beach is the only legal overnight boat anchorage on Lake Union or Lake Washington.  The anchorage area is called Andrews Bay.
• Newport Shores Canals are located just South or Newport Yacht Basin and are two private canals with large boat moorage.
• Leschi is the area around the Leschi Moorage and includes temporary boat moorage as well as a store, Blue Water Bistro and Daniels Broiler Restaurants.
• Kirkland is area around the Kirkland Moorage and includes multiple restaurants as well as temporary and overnight Boat Moorage.
• Lake Union includes many restaurants with temporary boat moorage including Ivar's Salmon House, Chandlers, Daniels and McCormick and Schmick's.