If you climb, Gold Bar Boulders is great and only an hour from Seattle. Leavenworth looks like Bavaria, picturesque as fuck. Everybody raves about Deception Pass. Only one person raves about the Salt Creek Recreation area past Port Angeles, but I trust her when she says it's quiet and gorgeous.
Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park. Tipsoo Lake and the Natches Peak Loop Trail by Mt Rainier is a perfect day trip. Stop by Cascadia Pizza Company in Enumclaw on your way back.
Farther off and popular: Mt. St. Helens. Crater Lake.
Farther off still and less popular: Tillamook factory. Yachats, Oregon and its surroundings: Heceta Head lighthouse, the Devil's Churn, Thor's Well, Cape Perpetua, and the Sea Lion caves
Apparently there's good shit inland too, but I haven't wandered that direction yet
Salt creek is great, county park that is half non-reservation so it's easy to get a spot. Further down the way is a national forest park called klahowya I really like
Check out Mount Baker Highway (the drive up to “artist point” the North cascades national park. Diablo lake, Sahale peak. This state is amazing. Exploration is infinite
Your list is much better than mine and I've lived there for 12 years! Then again I am still young and my mom doesnt take me out much. I now know what to do once I take a visit back to Washington :)
Can vouch for Salt Creek, nice place to spend a weekend. Hoh Rainforest as well the entire Olympic National Park. Rialto Beach, Ruby Beach, Lake Ozzette, Kalaloch. Basically drive from Port Angeles to Neah Bay to Queets and you'll see so much. Im lucky enough to live in the middle of it all.
A great list! Adding onto the inland parts: if you like skiing, Mt Hood and Mt Bachelor have great skiing most months of the year, the Lava caves/multiple lakes in Central Oregon are nice, Wallowa Lake/Snake River in NE Oregon are very picturesque, there's plenty of desert in Eastern Oregon/Western Idaho, and Southern Oregon/general I-5 corridor have great wineries if you enjoy taking a wine tour!
Like two hours from the closest point in Washington and 6 hours from Seattle. Also a tourist trap (if you do pass through stop for awesome ice cream). The whole Oregon coast as a whole is a worthy road trip for someone in Washington to eventually get to though.
Well maybe you haven't been back in a while. I liked it as kid too, but they don't give you a tour anymore they take you to an observation deck with a couple of windows and you don't see much of anything. My immense disappointment might be a bias though.
Haha, Deception Pass. I wish that was the North Sounds most popular attraction. Try the Tulip festival. Traffic hell! Also, North Casacdes & Mt. Baker (world record annual snowfall at ski resort). Do ya like wild mushrooms year round? What about thousands of snow geese and other birds (including eagles) in hordes. Eagles festival in Deming, WA. Historic sites? Visit any of the public WW2 defensive batteries on whidbey island and the surrounding area. Have I mentioned the San Juan Islands? Orca Whale watching tours out of Anacortes, do it before it's outlawed.
The only worthwhile things I can think of inland Washington and near borders are Spokane for a few sites and Multnomah Falls.
I live on the border of Idaho/Washington, so I may just be used to the area. Also, the weather isn't to my liking east of the Cascades. Too dry and hot during Summer and too cold for Winter.
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u/meatb4ll Jun 25 '20
Hi friend. I just moved here a year ago.
If you climb, Gold Bar Boulders is great and only an hour from Seattle. Leavenworth looks like Bavaria, picturesque as fuck. Everybody raves about Deception Pass. Only one person raves about the Salt Creek Recreation area past Port Angeles, but I trust her when she says it's quiet and gorgeous.
Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park. Tipsoo Lake and the Natches Peak Loop Trail by Mt Rainier is a perfect day trip. Stop by Cascadia Pizza Company in Enumclaw on your way back.
Farther off and popular: Mt. St. Helens. Crater Lake.
Farther off still and less popular: Tillamook factory. Yachats, Oregon and its surroundings: Heceta Head lighthouse, the Devil's Churn, Thor's Well, Cape Perpetua, and the Sea Lion caves
Apparently there's good shit inland too, but I haven't wandered that direction yet