While driving around the South Neighborhood, you start to see that most of the homes, condos and services are concentrated in the north.  Most of the well traveled roads are on the outer edge of the neighborhood except for Old Samish Rd, which cuts across from Chuckanut Drive to 1-5.

With exception to portions of the northern part of this neighborhood, the majority of it is full of beautiful evergreen forests, parks, trail systems, streams, and Chuckanut Mountain.  The Interurban Trail cuts right thru the neighborhood starting in the north at Old Fairhaven Parkway and heads south to Scenic Chuckanut Drive area.

In describing the boundaries of the South Neighborhood, we start at I-5 and head west along Old Fairhaven Parkway. The neighborhood is on the South side of Old Fairhaven Parkway, and follows the road along to 12^th St. in Fairhaven.  Heading South on 12^th St. crossing the bridge into the Edemoor area and then veers to the left along Chuckanut Drive.  Take Chuckanut south past historic Fairhaven Park, past Old Samish Rd, until you reach the city limits on Chuckanut Drive.  You’re now at the big bend in the road with a view of Clark Point across Chuckanut Bay.  The South Neighborhood boundary cuts thru The North Chuckanut Mountain Trailhead area until it meets up with I-5. Then the neighborhood rides along the border of I-5 back up to Old Fairhaven Parkway.

The surrounding neighborhoods include Samish to the east across I-5, Happy Valley to the north, Fairhaven to the northwest, Edgemoor to the west and Scenic Chuckanut areas to the south.

Housing in the South Neighborhood, for the most part, is concentrated along the main roads of Chuckanut Drive, Old Samish Rd and Old Fairhaven Parkway.  The homes along 32^nd St and 30^th St are mostly on large lots, with some a half acre or more in size.  The homes in the area have the feel of rural living and the homes range from small older homes to lager custom homes.  There are some very expensive homes on the Chuckanut side of the neighborhood.

Shopping: Fairhaven Business District has shops, restaurants and galleries; Sehome Village, downtown Bellingham are nearby. Major grocers are Food Pavilion on Old Fairhaven Parkway and Haggen at Sehome VIllage

Parks: Arroyo Park, Chuckanut Creek, Interurban Trail, Hoag's Pond, Hoag's creek, Fairhaven Park

Along Fairhaven Parkway you’ll find a few apartments, condo’s, the Parkway Village mobile home park and three assisted care and retirement facilities including Fairhaven Estates, Parkway Chateau, and Mt Baker Assisted Care. 

School age kids in the South Neighborhood either attend Lowell Elementary School or Larrabee Elementary School. The middle school kids goto Fairhaven Middle School and high school students attend Sehome High School.