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Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest - The top 8 attractions
Idaho
- Sun Valley Resort.
Noted all-year resort is located in a sheltered bowl in the mountains;
exceptional snow conditions; swim outdoors in winter, ice skate in summer.
- Craters of the
Moon National Monument. Eerie area devastated by eruptions two thousand
years ago; Loop Drive among cinder cones, lava tubes, bridges and tree
molds.
- Hells
Canyon National Recreation Area. For 100 miles the Snake River roars
through 6 600-foot-deep Hells Canyon; overlooks; raft or boat trips.
- Lake Coeur d'Alene.
One of nation's most beautiful lakes; boat tours, boating, swimming;
great cutthroat, monster chinook fishing; trout in rivers.
- Yellowstone National
Park. A corner of the world's first national park is in Idaho. Highways
lead to the popular west entrance at West Yellowstone, MT.
- Sawtooth National
Recreation Area. Rugged rocks and woodlands are packed with rivers,
streams and 300 alpine lakes; scenic byways; boat the Salmon River.
- Nez Perce National
Historical Park. This park without boundaries links separate sites that
tell the history of the failed Nez Perce flight for freedom to Canada.
- City of Rocks National
Reserve. Huge granite columns, some 60 stories high, loom on the horizon.
This was a stopping place for pioneers who left messages on the rocks.
Montana
- Glacier National
Park. Fifty glaciers and 200 lakes are in this park of mighty mountains
and forests; drive Going-to-the-Sun road; see abundant wildlife; hike,
boat.
- Bighorn Canyon
National Recreation Area. Stunning canyon scenery, hiking trails, boating,
camping. Excellent walleye fishing above Yellowtail Dam and trout below.
- Little Bighorn
Battlefield National Monument. One of the final armed efforts by Northern
Plains Indians to preserve way of life against new settlers.
- National Bison
Range. Buffalo, antelope, deer, elk, mountain goats, bighorn sheep,
coyotes roam Flathead Indian Reservation. Drive only as marked.
- Museum of the Rockies,
Bozeman. Four billion years of Northern Rockies history at fine museum;
world-class dinosaur exhibit; Native American artifacts.
- Virginia City/Nevada
City. Authentically restored and preserved gold rush mining camps; 19th
-century melodrama in summer; museums, period buildings.
- Museum of the Plains
Indian, Browning. Comprehensive collection of Blackfeet tribal artifacts;
history of Northern Great Plains trives; Wildlife Museum adjacent.
- C.M. Russell Museum
Complex, Great Falls. World's most complete collection of Russell's
original art and memorabilia; firearms collection; home, log cabin studio.
Oregon
- Crater
Lake National Park. Drive the rim loop around the lake formed 7000
years ago by a violent volcanic eruption; take a boat tour that stops
at Wizard Island.
- Mount
Hood/Timberline Lodge. Serenely beautiful 11 239-foot Mount Hood
remains snowcapped, skiing all year. Historic Timberline Lodge is a
popular landmark.
- Oregon Coast Aquarium,
Newport. Unique habitats and regional species showcased here, as is
Keiko, famous killer whale of Free Willy movies; aviary.
- Rogue River Jet
Boat Trips, Gold Beach. Take an exciting jet boat trip; roaring rapids,
dramatic canyons; see wildlife; fish for salmon or steelhead.
- Fort Clatsop National
Memorial, Astroia. Replica of Lewia & Clark's 1805-1806 winter outpost;
westernmost point of exploration; museum, living history.
- The High Desert
Museum, Bend. Award-winnign dioramas and natural history exhibits of
wildlife and Western heritage; animals in natural habitats; trails.
- John Day Fossil
Beds National Monument. The fossil beds have amazing geological formations
and finds; bits of saber-toothed tigers, giant pigs, three-toed horses.
- Museum at Warm
Springs. Here the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have put together
one of the richest tribal collections; life-size dioramas; unique buildings.
Utah
- Historic Temple
Square, Salt Lake City. Here are the Mormon Temple (1853-93) and the
Salt Lake Tabernacle with ist huge pipe organ and ist Mormon Tabernacle
Choir.
- Zion National Park.
One of the oldest national parks, Zion has a unique quiet grandeur;
follow 6-mile drive past colorful, massive formations with impressive
names.
- Bryce Canyon National
Park. Thousands of delicately-carved, brilliantly colored spires rise
from amphitheaters; 37-mile loop drive, walk, hike or ride.
- Lake Powell/Glen
Canyon National Recreation Area. Second largest reservoir in North America;
side canyons, inlets, coves; houseboating, water sports.
- Arches
National Park. The world's largest concentration of natural stone
arches, over 2000, may be seen by following the 40-mile park road or by
hiking.
- Cedar Breaks National
Monument. Circle of painted cliffs of many-hued rocks resembles Bryde
Canyon; Bristlecone pines, earth's oldest living trees.
- Dinosaur National
Monument. Internationally famous park, also in Colorado; largest quarry
of Jurassic Period dinosaur bones ever discovered; scenic canyon views.
- Great Salt Lake.
Remnant of ancient Lake Bonneville, the world's second saltiest body
of water after the Dead Sea, this lake is 92 by 48 miles; mud flats,
islands.
Washington
- Mount
Rainier National Park. View the 26 glaciers crowning the 14 410-foot
mountain from 93-mile Wonderland Trail; abundant wildlife, wild
flowers, forests.
- Olympic National
Park/Olympic Peninsula. Hoh Rain Forest, wild coastal beaches; float
trips, fishing, hiking, discovering Indian culture; see abundant wildlife.
- Seattle Center.
View the amazing panorama from the Space Needle; see Pacific Science
Center, Opera House, Arena, Intl. Fountain, Monorail, Fun Forest.
- Mount St. Helens
National Volcanic Monument. A scene of rebirth after massive 1980 eruptions
devastated the area; view from various vantage points.
- Grand Coulee Dam/Coulee
Dam Natl. Recreation Area. Grand Coulee Dam, at 550 feet, forms 151-mile
Franklin D. Roosevelt; dam tours, water sports.
- Yakima & Columbia
Valley Wineries, Yakima, Woodinville. Tour picturesque vineyard country
in these valleys; visit wineries, taste the vintages.
- Seattle Waterfront
Area. Along here are famous Pike Place Market, Aquarium, Art Museum,
Waterfront Street Car, ferries to Blake Island and Klondike Gold Rush
Park.
- Maryhill Museum
of Art, Goldendale. Exceptionally fine collection includes Rodin sculptures,
Russian icons, paintings and Indian items. Nearby is a Stonehenge replica.
Wyoming
- Yellowstone National
Park. The world's first national park is a wonderland of geysers, bubbling
mud pots, waterfalls, hot springs, canyons and abundant wildlife.
- Grand Teton National
Park. The breathtakingly majestic Teton Range rises abruptly from the
valley floor; glaciers, sparkling glacial lakes and abundant wildlife.
- Buffalo Bill Historical
Center, Cody. Includes Buffalo Bill memorabilia, Whitney Gallery of
Western Art, Plains Indian Museum and Cody Firearms Museum.
- Devils
Tower National Monument. This imposing stump-shaped formation, rising 1
280 feet above the valley, was the nation's first national monument
- Wyoming Territorial
Park, Laramie. Experience the romance and exciting history of frontier
Wyoming; tour the prison; demons and shows; stagecoach rides.
- Flaming Gorge National
Recreation Area. Colorful rock formations sculpted by wind and water;
Flaming Gorge Lake has excellent trout fishing, boating.
- National Elk Refuge,
Jackson. Elk coming down from their Teton pastures for the winter are
fed here; ride sleighs which carry food to the els December to March.
- South Pass City,
Lander. Former gold mine boomtown (1867) and ranching center has 24
historic structures, period rooms, living history demonstations; July
4th fest.
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