Washington Travel Guide Information about Washington

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Although Seattle is one of America's most likeable and vibrant cities, well worth a few days of anybody's time, perhaps its greatest asset for Washington State visitors is its proximity to the glorious rural scenery of Puget Sound . The islands here are stepping stones to the Olympic Peninsula to the west, whose mountains are home to rare elk and lush vegetation that merges into rainforest, and whose wilderness beaches have remained unchanged for centuries. Your Ad Here The Olympic National Park, which occupies the bulk of the peninsula, is dazzling, and a hike along one of its clearly laid-out trails can be a highlight of any trip. Just make sure that you don't mind the wet, often stormy weather of western Washington, which only offers predictably warm temperatures and blue skies during the summer. Not quite as rainy as the mountains to the northeast, the southern coast is flatter and more accessible but not as appealing, littered with industrial towns and glum holiday resorts. The nearest worthwhile destination lies a few hours east, where you can marvel at the wasted volcanic scenery of Mount St Helens. Destinations by City in Washington Aberdeen Airway Heights Anacortes Arlington Auburn Bainbridge Island Battle Ground Bellevue Bellingham Blaine Bothell Bremerton Buckley Burlington Centralia Chehalis Chelan Cheney Clarkston Cle Elum Colville Concrete Coupeville Des Moines Dupont East Wenatchee Eastsound Edmonds Ellensburg Elma Enumclaw Ephrata Everett Federal Way Ferndale Fife Forks Friday Harbor Gig Harbor Goldendale Issaquah Kalama Kelso Kennewick Kent Kettle Falls Kirkland Lacey Lakewood Langley Leavenworth Liberty Lake Long Beach Longview Lynnwood Maple Falls Marysville Mason Mazama Mercer Island Monroe Moses Lake Mount Vernon Mukilteo North Bonneville Oak Harbor Ocean Shores Olympia Omak Orcas Island Othello Pasco Port Angeles Port Hadlock Port Orchard Port Townsend Poulsbo Prosser Pullman Puyallup Quinault Quincy Redmond Renton Richland Ritzville Seatac Seattle Sedro Woolley Sequim Shelton Shoreline Silverdale Snoqualmie Pass Snoqualmie Spokane Valley Spokane Stevenson Sunnyside Suquamish Tacoma Toppenish Tukwila Tumwater Union Gap Union Vancouver Walla Walla Wenatchee Winthrop Woodinville Woodland Yakima Zillah Much drier and more desolate, the sprawling prairie-plateau that makes up most of eastern Washington is a long, slow grind with little of interest, though if a cross-country trek takes you through Spokane, the Grand Coulee Dam is worth a detour. Otherwise you're only likely to come out here if you're traveling the Cascade loop, a memorable 400-mile round-trip through the stunning Cascade Mountains. Your Ad Here Seattle is well served by both trains and buses . Amtrak runs its Coast Starlight train once daily south to LA, while its Cascades line runs four times per day south to Eugene, Oregon, and north to Vancouver in British Columbia. Amtrak's daily Empire Builder route heads east (to Chicago), just as Greyhound provides bus service east across the Cascades to Spokane and beyond, with other routes to Wenatchee (for Chelan), Ellensburg, Yakima and Walla Walla. Areas not covered by Greyhound are usually accessible on local buses, though this can be time-consuming and inconvenient.

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