Top 25 places to see and experience in Washington before you die
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Mt. Constitution on Orcas Island (not on NYT list), the highest point in San Juan Islands, part of 5,000-acre Moran State Park. Accessible by road or trail, the summit offers vistas of the San Juans, Mt. Baker, and distant Coast Range and Tantalus Mountains in British Columbia. (Robin Layton/Seattle P-I)Robin Layton/Seattle P-IShow MoreShow Less
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Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park, Hoh River Rain Forest, Roosevelt Elk At River. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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Apr.30.2021
Richland, Washington, is one of the three cities that comprise the Tri-Cities (with Kennewick and Pasco completing the triangle). It has long been a natural spot for human settlements, with the Wanapum, Walla Walla, and Yakama tribes fishing for salmon here. The town was named after Nelson Rich and incorporated in 1910. In 1943, the population swelled when the Hanford Site was established as part of the Manhattan Project, the secret effort to build an atomic bomb. The area is known for its great outdoor activities due to the average of 300 gorgeous sunny days a year. Get out and hike or enjoy a watersport. Bike along the Columbia River on a scenic loop. You’ll want to get plenty of exercise in so you can enjoy guilt-free dining at the many awesome farm-to-table restaurants and stellar bakeries.
Jan 30, 2021
Sixteen notable writers have created a combined list of places that they believe helped shape and define America, from coastal Oregon and Solvang, California, to Ellis Island and New Hampshire’s Black Heritage Trail.
The resulting collection of mini-essays, including contributions from memoirist Cheryl Strayed, novelist Jodi Picoult, humorist David Sedaris and activist Gloria Steinem, was organized by Frommer’s, the travel guidebook company. The collection can be read for free online.
The compilation is designed to be food for thought rather than an invitation to hit the road.
With COVID-19 cases surging in many parts of the country, “we don’t want people to use these essays as the basis for travel until doing so is safe once again,” Pauline Frommer, who heads the guidebook company, told the AP. “We hope this list will be a spur to future travel, but we also just wanted it to be great reading right now.”
Oregon
Quail, chukar and gray partridge end in Oregon at the end of the month. Pheasant is already closed.
The February 6 waterfowl hunt in Oregon includes Cold Springs NWR, McKay Creek NWR, and the Boardman Unit on Umatilla NWR. The McCormack Unit on Umatilla NWR will not be open. The hunt is only open to active military and veterans.
Upland gamebird hunting is already closed in Washington.
The February 6 waterfowl hunt in Washington includes the Hanford Reach National Monument; Toppenish NWR; Columbia NWR; the Paterson, Ridge, and Whitcomb Units on Umatilla NWR, and McNary NWR, except the Fee Hunt Area. The Fee Hunt Area will not be open. The hunt is only open to active military, veterans, and youth.