Mount Spokane State Park – state parks quest #76
We hoped to see moose in Mount Spokane State Park, but the views from the summit more than made up for their absence.
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Rainbow Falls State Park – state parks quest #39
The only traditional state park in the Willapa Hills is home to one of the region’s last stands of old-growth forest and some lovely CCC handiwork.
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Millersylvania State Park – state parks quest #19
A First Day Hike at a nearby state park turns into a minor obsession with Civilian Conservation Corps history there.
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Cape Disappointment State Park – state parks quest #17
Where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean, Cape Disappointment is a blend of stunning oceanfront scenery, atmospheric coastal forest, and millennia of history. Hike over the headlands, wander among wind-bent Sitka spruce, ponder centuries of human activity, or just settle down on a piece of driftwood and watch the sun sink below the watery horizon.
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Beacon Rock State Park – state parks quest #10
Beacon Rock has it all: history, geology, nature, culture. It’s a crown jewel of the Washington state park system.