Mount Vernon is located in the northwest corner of Washington State. Downtown Mount Vernon can be found by taking Interstate-5 Exit 226. Mount Vernon is also in Skagit County. Skagit County is shown in red on the Washington State map to the left.

Mount Vernon is located at the junction of the Skagit River and Interstate-5 sixty miles north of Seattle and sixty miles south of the Canadian Border. Mount Vernon is on the south bank of the river and Burlington is on the north bank.

Interstate-5 Exit 227 is the north most exit into Mount Vernon. It will take you to College Way and the new commercial center of Mount Vernon. This part of Mount Vernon is where all of the new commercial development has occurred in the last few years.

Its location puts Mount Vernon right in the middle of a vast array of Tourist activities. This makes the city a great place to stay and take day trips into the San Juan Islands or the North Cascades from here..

History

Very few cities owe their beginning to a log jam. The log jam limited river navigation to that point. The City of Mt. Vernon began as a trading post below that log jam on the Skagit River where the stern wheelers landed. The log jam was eventually cleared allowing stern wheelers to go further up the river but by that time Mount Vernon’s future had been established.

Mount Vernon was officially founded in 1877 but had to wait until Washington became a State in 1899 to be incorporated as a city.

Skag-Co1 Mount Vernon became a mill town milling the logs that came down the Skagit River from the upland forests. It also became the hub of the farming community that came to occupy the fertile Skagit River Valley.

Today the mills are gone and there are no remnants of the lumber industry in the city. Mount Vernon has a population of a little over 26,000. The retail sector, farming community, and the industry located west of town at the Skagit County Airport industrial complex are the main commercial base of the community.

A photo of the tulip fields is loading..... The Skagit Valley Farmlands

From looking at the fields shown in the photo to the left one would never know that in the spring

these fields would be vibrant with the colors of millions of tulips.

The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival brings people from hundreds of miles away to view the awesome colors.

Visit their web site:

http://www.tulipfestival.org/

The color of spring in Mount Vernon

Those brown fields of winter magically turn to beautiful seas of color in the spring as the tulips bloom west of Mount Vernon.

This photo was taken during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. You can easily spend a whole day visiting the fields and shops during the festival. The surprising thing is the wide variety of colors.

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The Skagit River and the bridge from downtown to west Mount Vernon as viewed from Lions Park.

Recommended Attractions

Antiques
See listed antiques below
Gift Shops
See listed gift shops below
Attractions
Upper Skagit Bald Eagle Festival http://www.skagiteagle.org/	The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival http://www.tulipfestival.org/ Brings people from hundreds of miles away to view the awesome colors of a sea of tulips.
Museums
Children’s Museum of Skagit County 550 Cascade Mall Drive Burlington, WA 98233 360-757-8888 http://www.skagitchildrensmuseum.net/ Located in the south end of Cascade Mall. Exhibits for children. Most of them are interactive.
Parks & Gardens

Visitor Information
Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce :105 East Kincaid Street #101 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 360-428-8547 Visit their web site.	The City of Mount Vernon 910 Cleveland Avenue PO Box 809 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 360-336-6211 http://www.ci.mount-vernon.wa.us/
Skagit Valley Tourism http://www.skagittourism.com

Other Attractions

Antiques

D B’s General Store – 360-424-5908

2313 Old Highway 99 S Road, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Dilly Dally Antiques – 360-336-8930

501 South 1^st Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Dragonfly Limited – 360-336-3609

322 S First Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Old Movie House Antique Mall – 360-336-8919

520 Main Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Red Door Antique Mall – 360-419-0811

111 Freeway Drive, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Art Galleries

A Class Act Gallery – 360-466-2000

612 W 1^st Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Flynnspirations – 360-848-1444

410 Commercial Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Galen Design -360-424-1000 - http://www.galendesign.com/

201 N 7^th Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Gift Shops/ Specialty Shops

Alpaca Shop – 360-370-5653

300 East College Way, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Dunbar Gardens ( handcrafted baskets) – 360-428-3076 - http://www.dunbargardens.com/

16586 Dunbar Road, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Embellish – 360-336-3373

511 S 1^st Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Homeward Bound – 360-336-9530

406 S 1^st Street #101, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Marks Hallmark Shop – 360-424-0252

220 E College Way #5, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

My Favorite Things – 360-336-5984

724 S 1^st Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Golf

Eaglemont Golf Course – 360-428-1954 - Visit the web site

4127 Eaglemont Drive, Mount Vernon, WA 98274

Overlook Golf Course – 360-422-6444

17523 State Route 9, Mount Vernon, WA 98274

Museums

Children’s Museum of Skagit County – See Recommended Museums

Parks/Gardens

Quilting/Needlecrafts

Arlington Fabric – 360-424-9293 - http://arlingtonfabric.com/

2522 A Old Hwy 99 S, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Creative Machine Quilting – 360-445-3575

21106 Mann Road, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Wild Fibers – 360-336-5202 - http://www.wildfibers.net/

706 South First Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Scrapbooking/Crafts

Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts – 360-424-8772 - http://www.joann.com/joann/

420 East College Way, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Theatres/Performing Arts

Cascade Cinemas – 360-336-0113

301 W Washington Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Lincoln Theatre Center – 360-336-8955 - http://www.lincolntheatre.org/

313 W Kincaid Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Tours/Charters

Wine/Spirits

Carpenter Creek Winery – 360-848-6673 - http://www.carpentercreek.com/

20376 East Hickox Road, Mount Vernon, WA 98274

Libation Station & Encore Events – 360-336-5266 - http://www.libationstation.com/

110B North First Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Tulip Valley Vineyard & Orchard – 360-428-6894 - http://www.redbarncider.com/

16163 State Route 536, Mount Vernon, WA 98042

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