Kingston, WA is a beautiful town located on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound. It has a rich marine and industrial history that dates back to the 1800s, offering visitors an opportunity to explore its charm and heritage. Kingston is known for its waterfront trails, fishing charters, and local art galleries, as well as many outdoor activities like kayaking, biking, and hiking. Recently Kingstown has been experiencing a wave of new businesses popping up to serve the local community and tourists alike. Visitors can find shopping centers filled with unique stores selling souvenirs, apparel, gifts and more. There are also several excellent restaurants offering fresh seafood dishes or traditional American cuisine. Many lodgings are available for those wishing to stay overnight or longer in Kingston. Reviews of Kingston are overwhelmingly positive with many visitors citing the town’s friendly locals and great variety of things to do as being some of the highlights of their trip.
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Quaint beautiful little seaside town close to Seat - 2/22/2012
My wife, 3 boys and I moved here at the beginning of 2011. Kingston is very quiet, has friendly neighbors, reasonable home prices, nice farmers market, good schools, and has amazing natural views. We also enjoy its proximty to Seattle and take advantage of being close (hiking, fishing, camping, day trips) to the Olympic Penninsula. It's a nice getaway from the busy Seattle area. If you work in Seattle there are many different ways to commute. Some take the Kingston ferry to Edmonds and either vanpool, bus, or take the Sounder train to Seattle. We live about 5 minutes from the ferry and my morning commute is a little over an hour. The afternoon commute takes a little longer. There is also a 45 minute walk-on ferry to Seattle called the soundrunner. We're very happy that we decided to move
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Wilder than you think - 9/6/2009
Kingston is wetter, windier and cooler than nearby cities. It lies in Puget Sound's 'convergence zone', where weather fronts typically collide. This makes for some interesting weather. For example, Poulsbo, just 10 minutes west, sees far fewer rain showers, less wind, and warmer (by several degrees) temps. If you love sunshine and temps in the 70's, by all means visit in July or August, but I cannot recommend you move
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Kingston - city of no culture - 6/13/2006
We've lived in Kingston for almost 7 years. The town leaders had the opportunity to design the town around the incredible views of the sound and ferry traffic - so what did they do? They placed a storage facility in town on a hill - the last largest area of land with possible sound views. The downtown corridor consists of a lumber yard, with not one, but two storage facilities, an empty lot, an old strip mall with a cheesy real estate office liquor store, attorney, etc. The 'good-old-boys' network is alive and kicking and good luck trying to break
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