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title: "Space Needle, Seattle — GetMap"
description: "A flying saucer rose for a six-month fair. Built for the 1962 World's Fair, this tower rises 605 feet above Seattle. Its saucer-shaped top was designed…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ-bfVTh8VkFQRDZLQnmioK9s
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# Space Needle

A flying saucer rose for a six-month fair

History · 🇺🇸 Seattle · one place, one stop

![Space Needle, Seattle](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/History/ChIJ-bfVTh8VkFQRDZLQnmioK9s.png?width=640&quality=70&resize=contain) +35 pts
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[Seattle](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.6205063%2C-122.3492774&query_place_id=ChIJ-bfVTh8VkFQRDZLQnmioK9s)
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Built for the 1962 World's Fair, this tower rises 605 feet above Seattle. Its saucer-shaped top was designed to suggest a spacecraft, with an observation deck and restaurant held high on a narrow concrete-and-steel shaft.

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