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Sunset over Rialto Beach in Washington State

Washington's Rialto Beach (Glen Allison/Photodisc/Getty)

Washington Overview

Despite what you might have heard to the contrary, there is more to Washington state than lattes, rain, and Microsoft. Washington is actually such a diverse state that it could have served as a model for the song "America the Beautiful." Out in the eastern high desert country, beautiful spacious skies are as big as Montana's (part of the Rocky Mountains even reaches into Washington). In the Cascades, mountains turn majestically purple at sunset. In the Palouse country of the southeastern corner of the state, amber waves of grain stripe the steep hillsides. In the Yakima, Wenatchee, and Chelan valleys, the fruited plains produce the world's most familiar apples (and some pretty good wine, too). The Pacific Coast has beaches white with foam, and with an inland sea across the Olympic Peninsula from the Pacific, the sun in Washington shines from sea to shining sea. Washington is indeed beautiful country. Read More

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Top Ten Alternative National and State Parks
North Cascades National Park, Washington (Instead of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming)
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

Sea Kayak in the San Juan Islands - Day Tour
San Juan Excursions
from $75, 1 days
Sea kayak along the west-side of San Juan Island... beautiful scenery and amazing wildlife! ...
"San Juan Islands Circumnavigation" - Kayak Soujourn - 4 Days
Outdoor Odysseys
from $695, 4 days
Our circumnavigation of San Juan Island affords us two great paddling days on the west side of the island in "the heart of Orca whale" habitat. With...
San Juan Islands Biking - Luxury Inn to Inn
Terra Trek
from $880, 6 days
Nestled in the northern Puget Sound between the snowcapped Cascade and Olympic Mountain Ranges sits a verdant archipelago called the San Juan...
Washington: The Olympic Peninsula
Country Walkers
from $2998, 7 days
Surrounded by dramatic coastline and carved by 60 active glaciers, the Olympic peninsula is replete with rainforests and bubbling hot springs. Rising...
Washington - Olympic National Park Hiker
Timberline Adventures
from $1995, 6 days
Olympic National park, situated in the heart of the Olympic Peninsula at land's end in the northwestern corner of Washington, dominated by the...