The locks are free to visit daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and are located in northwest Seattle's Ballard district, north of downtown and about 6 miles west of the University of Washington.

Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), located in nearby Ballard ... While I’d done many of the things to do in Seattle in the past before I had kids, I had never been on a boat tour in the city.