The Sunnyland Neighborhood is centrally located and is one of Bellingham’s older more established neighborhoods. The neighborhood has a lot of character and rich history thru-out.  The mixture includes residential, parks, light commercial and shopping as well. The Sunnyland Neighborhood real estate market is very healthy even in todays buyers market.

Sunnyland Neighborhood is bounded by Interstate 5 on the east, Sunset Drive on the north, Cornwall Avenue and Ellis Street on the west, and Whatcom Creek as its southern boundary. Some of the main roads traveled thru this area are the busy James Street, going north and south and Alabama east and west. Ohio is also used a lot as well as Cornwall Ave and Sunset Drive on the outskirts.  The residential streets are pretty typical of what you would see in the old plats of this area in that they running due north/ south and east/west like a nicely laid out grid.  I-5 being on the East side of the neighborhood makes easy access to many areas of Bellingham from here.

Shopping in the area concentrates along James St. and Ohio in the south of the Sunnyland Neighborhood.  Brand new Bellingham Trader Joe's is now open at James St. and Alabama St.

Parks in the Sunnyland Neighborhood include the Memorial Park next to Sunnyland Elementary School, and the Sunnyland Park off of Alabama Street. The later was a group effort by citizens to have it build for the local children. Just outside the neighborhood is Cornwall Park within walking distance. This park offers a ton of activities to residents in the area.

Elementary kids in the Sunnyland area attend Sunnyland, Lowell or Parkview Elementary Schools. For Middle age children they attend either Whatom or Kulshan Middle schools and High school students attend either Belllingham high or Sehome High School.