Sammamish, WA

Sammamish is an Eastside suburb of Seattle, set on a plateau between Lake Sammamish and the Snoqualmie Valley. It is mostly residential, but the setting gives it a strong outdoorsy identity: Beaver Lake, Pine Lake, Soaring Eagle Regional Park, Duthie Hill Park, and the East Lake Sammamish Trail are all part of local life. Public schools are split mainly b...