Columbia Plateau State Park Trail – state parks quest #77
The first few miles are paved, but you’ll need to be well prepared to tackle the rest of the 130-mile Columbia Plateau Trail.
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Kanaskat-Palmer State Park – state parks quest #72
The Green River forms much of Kanaskat-Palmer’s border, offering a wild ride for those experienced enough to run its rapids.
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Willapa Hills State Park Trail – state parks quest #36
When I moved to Washington nearly three decades ago, I quickly acquired a small collection of books about the maritime Northwest. One of those books was Robert Michael Pyle’s Wintergreen: Rambles in a Ravaged Land, about the Willapa Hills. This region of southwest Washington, bounded by the Pacific to the west, the Olympic Mountains to the north, the Puget Trough to the east, and the Columbia River to the south, has few features that inspire…
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Bottle Beach State Park – state parks quest #14
A million birds stop here every year, migrating along the Pacific Flyway. And if that’s not enough, there’s a ghost town too.