Here the beautiful Stehekin Valley, with a portion of fjordlike Lake Chelan, adjoins North Cascades National Park. Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (62, 000 acres, 24, 800 hectares) rests in a glacially carved trough in the Cascades Range.
The Upper Columbia River is rich in cultural and natural significance. For more than 9000 years, people have gathered along the banks of the river to fish and trade with each other.
Ross Lake National Recreation Area is the most assessible part of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex.
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve provides a vivid historical record of Pacific Northwest history, including the first exploration of Puget Sound by Captain George Vancouver in 1792; early settlement by Colonel Isaac Ebey, an important figure in
Established in 1899. 235, 625 acres (97% is designated Wilderness). Includes Mount Rainier (14, 410'), an active volcano encased in over 35 square miles of snow and ice. The park contains outstanding examples of old growth forests and subalpine meadows.
Few fully know the intense and rugged beauty of the North Cascades ? jagged peaks, deep valleys, cascading waterfalls and over 700 glaciers.
Glacier capped mountains, wild Pacific coast and magnificent stands of old-growth forests, including temperate rain forests -- at Olympic National Park, you can find all three.
The 101-mile drive along the Mountains to Sound Greenway is a popular traverse through the northwest area of Washington, near Seattle.
Follow SR 140 along the glacier-fed White River from Enumclaw to the fertile valleys of Naches in Central Washington
Lake Sacajawea, located in southeastern Washington along the lower Snake River (near the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers), offers water fun and relaxation.
Lower Granite Lake, located in extreme southeastern Washington and central Idaho along the lower Snake and Clearwater Rivers, provides for a wide spectrum of outdoor recreation fun.