Washington
From Cape Flattery to the Palouse — the rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula, the volcanoes of the Cascades, the coulees the Ice Age floods cut through the basalt, the Columbia's long run to the sea, and the homelands of twenty-nine federally recognized tribal nations.
All of Washington, One Map
Tap any dot to discover what makes a place worth the stop.
Plan a Trip
Day-by-day plans — real drive times, honest overnights, and the permit fine print sorted before you leave.
Scenic Drives
The roads themselves — traced end to end, with the stops worth making along the way.
SR-14: The Washington Side of the Gorge
From Fort Vancouver up the north bank of the Columbia past Beacon Rock, Stevenson and White Salmon, through the rain shadow to Horsethief Lake and Sam Hill's museum at Maryhill.
The North Cascades Highway: Burlington to Twisp
SR-20 up the Skagit past Concrete and Newhalem, by the dams and Diablo Lake, over Rainy and Washington passes, and down the Methow to Winthrop and Twisp. Closed in winter.
US-101: The Olympic Peninsula Loop
Up Hood Canal to Port Angeles, along Lake Crescent to Forks and La Push, down the open coast at Kalaloch to Lake Quinault and Aberdeen: the road Roosevelt drove in 1937.
Regions of Washington
Each region gathers the parks, towns, drives, and roadside stops that define one corner of the state.
Coulee Country
Sinkiuse country in the Columbia's big bend — the Channeled Scablands and the geologist who read them, Dry Falls, Grand Coulee Dam and the songs Woody Guthrie wrote for it.
Mount Rainier & the South Cascades
Puyallup, Nisqually, Cowlitz and Klickitat country — Mount Rainier and its record snows, the mudflows under Orting, Mount St. Helens, and the Washington bank of the Gorge to Maryhill.
North Cascades & Lake Chelan
Wenatchi, Chelan, Entiat and Methow country — the North Cascades Highway, Lake Chelan and roadless Stehekin, the Wenatchi fishery promised and never set aside, and Leavenworth.
North Sound & the San Juan Islands
Lummi, Swinomish, Samish and Nooksack country — the reef nets of the Salish Sea, the Pig War on San Juan Island, Ebey's Landing on Whidbey, and the Skagit flats.
Seattle & Puget Sound
Coast Salish country on the Sound — Leschi and the Medicine Creek treaty, the city named for Si'ahl, the Bainbridge Island exclusion memorial, and the state ferries.
Spokane & the Northeast
Spokane, Kalispel, Colville and Lakes country — the 1858 Wright campaign and Hangman Creek, Spokane Falls and Expo '74, Kettle Falls and the Ceremony of Tears, and Chief Joseph's grave at Nespelem.
The Olympic Peninsula & the Coast
Makah, Klallam, Quinault and Chinook country — Neah Bay and the Ozette finds, the Hoh rainforest, the undammed Elwha, and the vote at Station Camp on the Columbia.
The Yakima Valley & the Tri-Cities
Yakama and Wanapum country — the 1855 treaty and the nation it made, the irrigated valley, Hanford's B Reactor and the towns it erased, and the meeting of the Snake and the Columbia.
Walla Walla & the Palouse
Cayuse, Walla Walla, Palus and Nez Perce country — the epidemic at Waiilatpu, the 1855 treaty council, the wheat hills of the Palouse, Palouse Falls, and the lower end of Hells Canyon.
Stories from Washington
The histories behind the places — the people, the disasters, the inventions, and the long memory of the land.
