Washington : off the beaten path : discover your fun

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by  Megan Hill

W A S H I N G T O N
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Off the Beaten Path

OFF THE BEATEN PATH® SERIES

tenth edition
W A S H I N G T O N
®
Off the Beaten Path
Discover Your Fun
REVISED BY MEGAN HILL
Guilford, Connecticut
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Washington Coast & Olympic Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Ports & Villages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Rain Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Harbors, Bays & Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Long Beach Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Along the Columbia River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Puget Sound Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
South Puget Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Inner Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Northern Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
North Cascades & North Central Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
North Cascades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Okanogan Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Mountain Passes, Valleys & Canyons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
South Central Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Columbia River Gorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Native Lands, Vineyards & Wineries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Mountains & Railroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Northeast Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Coulee Landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Rivers, Lakes & Pine Forests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Northern Ranches & Forests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
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Southeast Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
The Palouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Pullman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Exploring with Lewis & Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Useful Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
About the Reviser
Megan Hill is a Seattle-b ased travel writer. When she’s not writing, you can
find her enjoying the beauty of the Pacific Northwest via hiking trail or sailboat.
Acknowledgments
Our many thanks to the dozens of folks who were very helpful in updating the
information in this tenth and latest edition. No one knows an area as well as
the local residents do: the restaurants, cafes, bakeries, and coffee shop owners;
museum and park staff and volunteers; shopkeepers and innkeepers; visitor
information centers’ staff and volunteers; regional history gurus; and the men
and women on the street who gave us information and opinions. Our special
thanks to the book’s writers over the years, including Myrna Oakley, Sharon
Wootton, Maggie Savage, and Chloe Ërnst.