Lake Sammamish, Pine Lake, Beaver Lake, Yellow Lake and a few you can't see from the road: who can use each one, the rules in one line, and what it means if you want to live on the water.

Before it was a tech suburb, the Sammamish Plateau was horse country. A personal history, plus today's boarding barns, riding club, and horse-friendly trails.

Sammamish isn’t one uniform suburb, it’s a collection of genuinely distinct neighborhoods. Here’s an introduction to 8 of them, from the largest (Klahanie) to the most exclusive (Aldarra).

Klahanie is Sammamish’s largest neighborhood, older than the city itself, and one of the most self-contained. Here’s a full spotlight, from a resident, on its history, amenities, and schools.