Seattle Area Soaring Society


Flying Sites

SASS flies at a number of sites around the Puget Sound. Check out this informational video about our flying sites:

60 Acres Park (North and South), Redmond WA

14900 NE 116th St Redmond,WA 98052

Description:

Location 60-Acres Park South, Redmond, Washington (~14900 NE 116th St). From Interstate 405 (I-405) take the 124th Street (not Avenue) NE exit at the Totem Lake Shopping Center near Kirkland, north of Bellevue. Proceed east on 124th to Willows Road NE (about 1 mile) and make a left at NE 116th St. NE 116th will take you between 60 Acres North (on the left) and South (On the right.) The parking area for 60 Acres South is the SECOND parking lot on the right after you cross the bridge. Google Map shows some more details, and zoom)

See the top of the page for an orientation video.

Carnation Farm, Carnation WA

28785 NE Carnation Farm Rd Carnation, WA 98014

Description:

Carnation Farm is SASS' summer home!  Acres of flying area for Sailplanes only!  SASS membership is required and property is protected by a locked gate.  Complete your membership package to receive gate codes.  AMA and SASS safety rules are strictly enforced.

See the top of the page for an orientation video.

Discovery Park (Seattle)

4400 W Emerson St. Seattle WA 98199

Description:

Classic Seattle sloping at its beautiful/stormy best!

Here's a Google map of where we fly.  Its where the sand cliff drops off to a bit of a slope....
Map

and here are the places to look for winds.  You'll want a south to southwest... or even westerly...

This weather station is right on the tip of the park, down by the lighthouse, so its usually pretty good as well:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=wpow1

Lincoln Square South

Club meetings are sometimes held at Lincoln Square South, in Bellevue.

10400 NE 4th St, BELLEVUE WA 98004

Map Here is a map of the property. The room is in Lincoln Square South (LSS) at the lower right hand corner of the map. If you look closely, you see the little blue triangles with P inside that shows the parking lot entrance off 105th Ave NE, just N of NE 4th. Park anywhere in LSS and take elevators up to the 2nd floor. Head south through the "Lincoln South Food Hall", go through the office elevator lobby and take a left. We'll be in the very South East corner of the 2nd floor in whats labeled "The Collaboration Center". Parking is free as long as you leave after 8pm.