Bainbridge Island, Washington Hotels

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Bainbridge Island is an island in Puget Sound, and is an incorporated city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 20,308 at the 2000 census.

In July 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine named Bainbridge Island the second-best place to live in the United States. It is locally known for its affluence, natural beauty, political progressivism, and high proportion of architects and lawyers with jobs in downtown Seattle. The local newspapers are the Bainbridge Island Review (twice-weekly) and the Kitsap Sun (a daily that also produces a weekly tabloid, the Bainbridge Islander).

The city is also known for its school district, consistently rated near to, or at, the top of the state. Its crime rate is also significantly below national average, ranking as among the lowest in the Seattle metropolitan area.

Bainbridge Island is located at 47.655260, -122.535083.

Bainbridge Island is located within the Central Puget Sound Basin, east of the Kitsap Peninsula and west of the City of Seattle. The Island is approximately five miles (8 km) wide and ten miles (16 km) long, encompassing nearly 17,778 acres, or 28 square miles (73 km²), and is one of the larger islands in Puget Sound.

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