5 best spots to see New Year’s fireworks off Seattle’s Space Needle

Some New Year’s traditions are too good to pass up, like watching fireworks shot off from atop the Space Needle as Seattle rings in 2015. But the best spots to watch the show fill up early. Here’s our list of where you should set up your blanket and settle in for the first best show of the year.

If you get on the Bainbridge Island ferry bound for Seattle at 11:35 p.m. and take the 35-minute ride, you should arrive at the waterfront at 12:05 a.m. on January 1. And as you pull in, a spectacular fireworks show will greet you.

Editor's note: We haven't tried this one, so we can't guarantee it will work, but it should if the ferries are running on time and you schedule it just right.