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.

Bad news: Kite Hill at Gas Works Park is closed until May while crews restore turf, soil, and improve drainage. That doesn't mean your view of the NYE fireworks is obscured from the north Lake Union park. The east side of the park still provides a perfect, framed view of the Needle.