Mukilteo

Mukilteo is a city in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.

Get in

By car

• Washington Highway 525 from I-5 & I-405 Mukilteo Speedway approaches from the I-5/I-405 junction (exit 182 of I-5) in Lynnwood into the ferry terminal. It continues north from the Clinton Ferry Terminal (at other side) towards Oak Harbor via Coupeville in Whidbey Island.
• Washington Highway 526 from I-5 Boeing Freeway comes across the northend of Paine Field from exit 189 of I-5. As the road curves south into Paine Field Blvd go west 84th St W towards Mukilteo Speedway (SR-525).
• W Mukilteo Blvd winds its way up into Everett (south of downtown) where it becomes 41st St. It is not designated as a state or US Highway.

By ferry

• 1 Washington State Ferries, ☏ +1 206-464-6400, toll-free: +1-800-843-3779. Ferries from Clinton on Whidbey Island. (updated Sep 2022)

By train

• Sound Transit, toll-free: +1-888-889-6368. Has regional public transit routes including Sounder trains, Link light rail, and express bus in King County (e.g. Bellevue, Federal Way, Kent, Renton, Seattle), Snohomish County (e.g. Everett, Lynnwood), and Pierce County (e.g. Puyallup, Tacoma). (updated Jun 2023)
  • 2 Sounder train. A weekday commuter train between Everett and Seattle King Street Station via Edmonds and Mukilteo. (updated Sep 2022)

By plane

• 3 Paine Field (PAE ^IATA, also known as Snohomish County Airport) (about 8.5 miles south of Everett). Limited commercial flights are with Alaska Airlines'. Other airlines may follow suit in time as the terminal expands. Everett Transit (Rt #8) provides service to a transit hub at Seaway Transit Center and the downtown Everett Station, where buses to the region can be found.  

The next nearest airport for more commercial flights with a wider array of airlines is at 4 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA ^IATA, "Sea-Tac" for short) 45 mi (72 km) south of Mukilteo, which serves much of the greater Seattle Metropolitan area and the Pacific Northwest.

Get around

5 Mukilteo Station is the transit hub in Mukilteo. It is in the parking lot next to the ferry terminal, and is the terminus for routes operated by Community Transit and Everett Transit.

• Community Transit, ☏ +1 425-353-7433, toll-free: +1-800-562-1375. Operates local and regional public transit bus routes in Snohomish County, except only local routes in Everett. Communities within the county served by this operator's routes include Arlington, Edmonds, Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville, Mill Creek, Monroe, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo, Snohomish, and Stanwood. (updated Jun 2023) The following routes terminate at the Mukilteo Station:

• Bus route 103 is a local route that replaces the former route 113 from Mukilteo Speedway and 84th SW, through different streets in Mukilteo and Lynnwood, to Lynnwood City Center Station. It connects Lynnwood City Center Station to Seaway Transit Center in South Everett instead. It no longer serves the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal.
• Bus route 117 Connects the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal to Lynnwood City Center Station via Mukilteo Speedway. Passengers transfer to Link Light Rail 1 line or ST 515 (weekday peak hours) to continue towards Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Downtown Seattle. This replaces a section of the former #417 route between Lynnwood and Mukilteo.

• Everett Transit, ☏ +1 425-257-7777. Operates buses within the city of Everett. (updated Jun 2023)

• Bus route 18 travels between Everett Station and Mukilteo Station via Seaway Transit Center.

See

• 1 Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour, 8415 Paine Field Blvd. Boeing's Everett airplane manufacturing plant is in Everett, though the location to meet for the tour is a short distance away in Mukilteo. See Everett for further information about the tour. (updated Jun 2023)

Eat

• 1 A Burger Place, 11601 Harbour Pointe Blvd, ☏ +1 425 493-0593. 
• 2 Ivars, 710 Front Suite Suite B (Next to Mukilteo Landing next to Silver Cloud Hotel), ☏ +1 425-742-6180. Daily 11AM-9PM, 3PM-6PM Happy Hour. A small local chain of casual NW seafood 
• A lot of Asian food around town.

Drink

• 1 Diamond Knot Alehouse, 621 Front St (Front St & Lighthouse Ave, next to Lighthouse Park), ☏ +1 425 355-4488. Mukilteo. On the waterfront, next to the ferry, great local craft beer, and peanut shells on the floor. What more could you ask for in a pub. 

Sleep

• 1 Hilton Garden Inn, 8401 Paine Field Blvd, ☏ +1 425 423-9000. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. (updated Jul 2023)
• 2 TownePlace Suites Seattle North/Mukilteo, 8521 Mukilteo Speedway, ☏ +1 425 551-5900, fax: +1 425 551-5950. Check-in: 4PM, check-out: noon. 
• 3 Silver Cloud Mukilteo Waterfront, 718 Front St (Next to old ferry terminal), ☏ +1 425 423-8600. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: noon. Waterfront hotel next to the old ferry terminal in downtown Mukilteo (updated May 2015)

Connect

• 1 Mukilteo Library (Sno-Isle Libraries), 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd, ☏ +1 425 493-8202, fax: +1 425 493-1601. M-Th 9AM-8PM; F-Sa 10AM-6PM; Su 1PM-5PM. (updated Feb 2022)

By mail

• 2 Mukilteo Post Office (US Postal Service), 8050 Mukilteo Speedway (Mukilteo Speedway & 80th SW), ☏ +1 425 710-7039. M-F 8:30AM-5PM. Serving zip code 98275. A centrally located place to mail gifts to someone or mail your purchases back home after shopping. (updated Feb 2022)

Go next

Mukilteo is on the North Cascade Loop itinerary.

Routes through Mukilteo

END ← Everett ←	N  S	→ Lynnwood → Seattle
Coupeville ← Clinton ← Car ferry ←	NW  SE	→ Lynnwood → Ends at