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Exploring Washington

Washington’s many attractions are sprinkled liberally
throughout the state, which consists of three distinct regions:
coastal, western, and eastern. The Olympic Peninsula, in the
coastal region, provides visitors with a choice of ocean, lake,
forest, or mountain playgrounds. Western Washington’s
favorite islands, among them Bainbridge, Whidbey, and
the San Juans, all offer charming towns, miles of terrain for
cycling, and the opportunity to slip into “island time” for a day
or two. A drive to the eastern region – at its best in late spring
to mid-fall – leads to the western-themed Winthrop and the Sailboats moored at Point Hudson marina,
breathtaking peaks of North Cascades National Park. Port Townsend
Northport
Sumas Oroville Metaline
Ferndale NORTH CASCADES Orient Falls
BELLINGHAM Mt Baker NATIONAL PARK Tiffany Mountain
3285 m
2512 m
0 kilometers 50 Tonasket
SAN JUAN Mazama Republic Colville
0 miles 40
ISLANDS Anacortes Mt Logan Franklin D.
2770 m
Neah Bay LA CONNER Mount C a s c a d e R a n g e WINTHROP Roosevelt Lake
Vernon STEHEKIN Chewelah
Arlington Lake Columbia Hunters Newport
PORT TOWNSEND Glacier Peak Chelan
3213m
Sights at a Glance WHIDBEY Everett Pateros GRAND COULEE DAM Deer Park
2 Port Townsend pp180–81 OLYMPIC PENINSULA ISLAND Manson
Mt Olympus
3 San Juan Islands pp182–3 2428 m CHATEAU STE. LAKE Grand Coulee Wilbur Spokane SPOKANE
MICHELLE
4 Bellingham BAINBRIDGE Seattle Stevens Entiat CHELAN
ISLAND
Pass
5 La Conner Queets LEAVENWORTH Coulee City Davenport
6 Whidbey Island TILLICUM VILLAGE Cheney
7 Bainbridge Island Taholah Quinault SNOQUALMIE W ASHINGTON Odessa
FALLS
8 Tillicum Village Auburn Roslyn Ephrata Sprague Tekoa
9 Chateau Ste. Michelle Shelton TACOMA Quincy Columbia
0 Snoqualmie Falls Copalis OLYMPIA CRYSTAL Moses Basin Ritzville
q Tacoma Beach Aberdeen MOUNTAIN Ellensburg Lake
w Olympia Westport Tenino MOUNT RAINIER Vantage Colfax
e Mount Rainier National Park Chehalis NATIONAL PARK Othello
pp188–9 Raymond Chehalis Paradise White Connell Pullman
r Crystal Mountain Morton Pass Yakima
t Leavenworth Mossyrock Eltopia Snake
y Lake Chelan Ilwaco YAKIMA Yakima Sunnyside Dayton Clarkston
VALLEY
u Stehekin MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL Toppenish Richland Pasco
VOLCANIC MONUMENT
o Winthrop Cathlamet Mt Adams
3741 m
p Grand Coulee Dam Longview C a s c a d e R a n g e GOLDENDALE Prosser Kennewick WALLA WALLA
a Spokane Trout OBSERVATORY Paterson
WALLA WALLA
s Yakima Valley Woodland Lake STATE PARK VALLEY WINE TOUR
d Walla Walla
g Goldendale Observatory FORT MARYHILL Columbia
White
State Park VANCOUVER Salmon
h Maryhill
j Mount St. Helens National
Volcanic Monument
k Fort Vancouver
Tours
1 Olympic Peninsula pp178–9
i North Cascades National Park
pp192–3
f Walla Walla Valley Wine Tour The dramatic metal cone of Tacoma’s
pp196–7 Museum of Glass
For hotels and restaurants see pp288–90 and pp300–2
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