Lonely Planet Pacific Northwest

by McRae, Bill; Snarski, Jennifer; Jewell, Judy

• ISBN13: 9780864425348
• ISBN10: 0864425341
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Summary

The latest of the USA Guides from Lonely Planet provides extensive coverage of the Pacific Northwest, covering the sights and attractions of Washington, Oregon, and western Idaho. Photos.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 13
Facts About the Pacific Northwest	p. 15
History	p. 15
Geography	p. 23
Geology	p. 25
Climate	p. 27
Ecology and Environment	p. 28
Flora and Fauna	p. 31
Government and Politics	p. 33
Economy	p. 35
Population and People	p. 37
Education	p. 37
Arts	p. 38
Society and Conduct	p. 39
Religion	p. 40
Facts for the Visitor	p. 41
Planning	p. 41
Highlights	p. 43
Tourist Offices	p. 44
Visas and Documents	p. 45
Embassies and Consulates	p. 47
Customs	p. 47
Money	p. 48
Post and Communications	p. 50
Websites	p. 52
Books	p. 53
Films	p. 55
Newspapers and Magazines	p. 56
Radio and TV	p. 56
Photography and Video	p. 56
Time	p. 57
Electricity	p. 57
Weights and Measures	p. 57
Laundry	p. 57
Recycling	p. 57
Health	p. 58
Women Travelers	p. 63
Gay and Lesbian Travelers	p. 64
Disabled Travelers	p. 65
Senior Travelers	p. 66
Travel with Children	p. 66
Useful Organizations	p. 67
Dangers and Annoyances	p. 68
Emergency	p. 70
Legal Matters	p. 70
Business Hours and Public Holidays	p. 71
Special Events	p. 72
Work	p. 73
Accommodations	p. 74
Food	p. 79
Drinks	p. 81
Entertainment	p. 83
Spectator Sports	p. 84
Shopping	p. 84
Outdoor Activities	p. 86
Useful Organizations	p. 86
Hiking and Backpacking	p. 86
Biking	p. 94
Skiing	p. 94
Snowboarding	p. 96
Climbing and Mountaineering	p. 96
Rafting and Kayaking	p. 97
Windsurfing	p. 99
Bird and Wildlife Watching	p. 99
Coastal Activities	p. 100
Fishing	p. 101
Getting There and Away	p. 103
Air	p. 103
Land	p. 112
Sea	p. 114
Organized Tours	p. 114
Warning	p. 115
Getting Around	p. 116
Air	p. 116
Bus	p. 117
Train	p. 117
Car and Motorcycle	p. 117
Bicycle	p. 120
Hitchhiking	p. 120
Walking	p. 121
Ferry	p. 121
Taxi	p. 121
Organized Tours	p. 121
Oregon	p. 123
Facts About Oregon	p. 124
History	p. 124
Geography	p. 125
Climate	p. 128
Population and People	p. 128
Arts	p. 129
Information	p. 131
Portland	p. 132
History	p. 132
Orientation	p. 133
Information	p. 134
Downtown	p. 137
Inner West Side	p. 142
West Hills and Washington Park	p. 143
Northeast	p. 146
Southeast	p. 146
Activities	p. 147
Organized Tours	p. 148
Special Events	p. 149
Places to Stay	p. 152
Places to Eat	p. 154
Entertainment	p. 158
Spectator Sports	p. 161
Shopping	p. 161
Getting There and Away	p. 162
Getting Around	p. 163
Around Portland	p. 164
Sauvie Island	p. 164
Wine Country	p. 164
Mt St Helens (WA)	p. 164
Oregon Coast	p. 165
Northern Oregon Coast	p. 168
Astoria	p. 168
Fort Stevens State Park	p. 175
Seaside	p. 176
Saddle Mountain State Park	p. 178
Cannon Beach	p. 179
Oswald West State Park	p. 183
Nehalem Bay	p. 183
Tillamook and Tillamook Bay	p. 186
Three Capes Scenic Route	p. 188
Lincoln City	p. 190
Depoe Bay	p. 195
Newport	p. 197
Waldport	p. 202
Yachats and Around	p. 203
Southern Oregon Coast	p. 207
Florence	p. 208
Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area	p. 211
Reedsport and Winchester Bay	p. 215
Coos Bay and North Bend	p. 217
Charleston	p. 221
Bandon	p. 223
Langlois	p. 227
Port Orford	p. 228
Gold Beach	p. 229
Brookings	p. 232
Columbia River Gorge and Mt Hood	p. 237
The Gorge	p. 237
Historic Columbia River Hwy	p. 240
Cascade Locks	p. 244
Around Cascade Locks	p. 246
Stevenson (WA)	p. 247
Around Stevenson	p. 247
Hood River and Around	p. 249
The Dalles	p. 255
Around The Dalles	p. 260
Deschutes River Recteation Area	p. 260
Mary hill Museum	p. 261
Goldendale (WA)	p. 263
Mt Hood	p. 264
Willamette Valley	p. 275
Oregon City	p. 277
Around Oregon City	p. 280
Yamhill County Wine Country	p. 282
Salem	p. 286
Around Salem	p. 292
Albany	p. 294
Corvallis	p. 297
Around Corvallis	p. 301
Eugene	p. 301
McKenzie River Valley	p. 311
McKenzie Bridge and Hwy 126	p. 312
McKenzie Pass and the Old McKenzie Hwy	p. 314
Three Sisters Wilderness	p. 316
Upper Willamette River Valley	p. 316
MeCredie Sptings	p. 318
Salt Creek Falls	p. 318
Waldo Lake	p. 318
Willamette Pass Ski Area	p. 319
Odell Lake	p. 319
Southern Oregon	p. 320
Ashland	p. 320
Medford and Around	p. 328
Jacksonville	p. 332
Grants Pass	p. 335
Wild Rogue Wilderness	p. 338
Illinois River Valley	p. 339
Cave Junction	p. 340
Kerby	p. 341
Kalmiopsis Wilderness	p. 342
Umpqua Valley	p. 342
Roseburg	p. 343
Around Roseburg	p. 345
North Umpqua River	p. 346
Upper Rogue River Valley	p. 349
Crater Lake National Park	p. 351
Klamath Basin	p. 355
Klamath Falls	p. 355
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges	p. 360
Central Oregon	p. 362
Bend	p. 364
Around Bend	p. 369
Cascade Lakes	p. 371
Three Sisters Wilderness	p. 372
Sisters	p. 373
Hoodoo Ski Area	p. 374
Metolius River	p. 375
Redmond and Around	p. 376
Smith Rock State Park	p. 378
Prineville and the Ochoco Mountains	p. 378
Madras and Around	p. 380
Lower Deschutes Valley	p. 382
Northeastern Oregon	p. 386
Pendleton	p. 388
La Grande and Around	p. 391
Baker City	p. 395
Blue Mountains	p. 398
Wallowa Mountains	p. 400
Enterprise	p. 401
Joseph	p. 402
Wallowa Lake and Around	p. 403
Wallowa Mountain Loop Rd	p. 405
Grande Ronde Canyon Country	p. 406
Richland	p. 406
Halfway	p. 406
Hells Canyon	p. 407
Hells Canyon Wilderness Area	p. 409
John Day Country	p. 410
John Day	p. 411
Strawberry Mountain Wilderness Area	p. 412
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	p. 412
Southeastern Oregon	p. 417
Burns and Around	p. 419
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and Around	p. 420
Steens Mountain	p. 421
Alvord Desert	p. 422
Ontario	p. 423
Around Ontario	p. 424
Jordan Valley	p. 426
Lake County	p. 428
Lakeview	p. 428
Hart Mountain and Warner Lakes	p. 430
Lake Abert	p. 432
Paisley	p. 432
North Lake County	p. 433
Washington	p. 435
Facts About Washington	p. 436
History	p. 436
Geography	p. 440
Climate	p. 441
Population and People	p. 441
Arts	p. 442
Information	p. 443
Seattle	p. 444
History	p. 444
Climate	p. 448
Orientation	p. 448
Information	p. 451
Downtown	p. 453
International District	p. 462
Seattle Center	p. 462
Queen Anne	p. 465
Capitol Hill	p. 465
Fremont	p. 468
Wallingford	p. 469
Green Lake	p. 469
U District	p. 472
Ballard and the Canal	p. 477
Discovery Park	p. 478
Lake Washington	p. 478
West Seattle and Alki Beach	p. 479
Activities	p. 479
Organized Tours	p. 481
Special Events	p. 481
Places to Stay	p. 482
Places to Eat	p. 486
Entertainment	p. 492
Spectator Sports	p. 499
Shopping	p. 499
Getting There and Away	p. 501
Getting Around	p. 502
Around Seattle	p. 503
In and On the Sound	p. 503
South of Seattle	p. 504
North of Seattle	p. 505
East of Seattle	p. 505
Tacoma and Olympia	p. 507
Tacoma	p. 508
Around Tacoma	p. 516
Olympia	p. 517
Around Olympia	p. 522
Northwestern Washington and the San Juan Islands	p. 525
Getting There and Away	p. 525
Bellingham	p. 526
Anacortes	p. 533
Lower Skagit River Valley	p. 534
Sedro Woolley	p. 534
Mt Vernon	p. 535
La Conner	p. 536
San Juan Islands	p. 537
San Juan Island	p. 543
Orcas Island	p. 549
I opez Island	p. 554
Shaw Island	p. 555
Whidbey Island	p. 556
Deception Pass State Park	p. 557
Oak Harbor	p. 557
Coupeville	p. 557
Fort Casey and Fort Ebey State Parks	p. 559
Langley	p. 559
Olympic Peninsula	p. 561
Olympic National Park	p. 563
Northern Entrances	p. 567
Eastern Entrances	p. 570
Western Entrances	p. 571
Olympic Coastal Strip	p. 575
Northeastern Olympic Peninsula	p. 577
Port Townsend	p. 578
Sequim	p. 582
Port Angeles	p. 584
Northwestern Olympic Peninsula	p. 588
Neah Bay	p. 588
Forks	p. 590
La Push	p. 591
North Beach Area	p. 592
Moclips	p. 592
Ocean Shores	p. 593
Southwestern Washington	p. 595
Centralia and Chehalis	p. 595
Lower Columbia River	p. 599
Vancouver	p. 599
Longview and Kelso	p. 603
Cathlamet	p. 603
Chinook	p. 604
Ilwaco	p. 605
Long Beach Peninsula and Willapa Bay	p. 606
Long Beach and Seaview	p. 607
Ocean Park	p. 611
Oysterville and Nahcotta	p. 611
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge	p. 613
South Bend and Raymond	p. 614
Tokeland	p. 615
Grays Harbor Area	p. 615
Aberdeen and Hoquiam	p. 616
Westport	p. 619
South Cascades	p. 622
Mt Rainier National Park Area	p. 622
Ashford	p. 626
Nisqually Entrance	p. 626
Packwood	p. 630
Ohanapecosh Entrance	p. 631
White River Entrance	p. 631
Carbon River Entrance	p. 633
Enumclaw	p. 634
Green River Gorge	p. 635
Federation Forest State Park	p. 635
Crystal Mountain Resort	p. 635
Goat Rocks Wilderness Area	p. 636
Randle	p. 636
Mt St Helens	p. 636
Mt Adams	p. 643
North Cascades	p. 646
Mt Baker	p. 648
Mountain Loop Hwy	p. 653
Upper Skagit River Valley	p. 653
North Cascades National Park	p. 656
Cascade Pass	p. 658
Ladder Creek Falls	p. 658
Ross and Diablo Lakes	p. 659
Methow Valley	p. 662
Mazama	p. 662
Winthrop	p. 665
Twisp	p. 669
Lake Chelan	p. 671
Chelan	p. 671
Around Chelan	p. 678
Stehekin	p. 679
Central Washington	p. 684
Wenatchee River Valley	p. 684
Leavenworth	p. 685
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area	p. 694
Lake Wenatchee	p. 694
Henry M Jackson Wilderness Area	p. 695
Wenatchee	p. 695
Glacier Peak Wilderness Area	p. 700
Grand Coulee and Moses Lake	p. 700
Grand Coulee	p. 700
Soap Lake	p. 701
Ephrata	p. 702
Moses Lake	p. 703
Potholes Wildlife and Reereation Area	p. 704
Yakima Valley	p. 705
Ellensburg	p. 705
Around Ellensburg	p. 709
Yakima	p. 711
Yakima Valley Wine Country	p. 716
Yakama Indian Reservation	p. 717
Northeastern Washington	p. 720
Spokane	p. 722
Around Spokane	p. 733
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	p. 734
Fort Spokane	p. 735
Keller Ferry	p. 735
Grand Coulee Dam Area	p. 736
Okanogan River Valley	p. 739
Okanogan and Omak	p. 740
Tonasket	p. 742
Many Lakes Recreation Area	p. 743
Mt Bonaparte and Bonaparte Lake	p. 743
Oroville	p. 744
Colville National Forest	p. 745
Republic	p. 745
Curlew	p. 747
Kettle Falls	p. 748
Colville	p. 749
Metaline Falls	p. 751
Ione	p. 753
Usk	p. 753
Southeastern Washington	p. 754
Tri-Cities	p. 756
Walla Walla	p. 761
Dayton	p. 768
Pullman and the Palouse Region	p. 769
Around Pullman	p. 772
Clarkston and Lewiston	p. 773
Snake River Country	p. 778
Ritzville	p. 779
Vancouver and Vancouver Island	p. 781
Vancouver	p. 782
History	p. 782
Climate	p. 786
Orientation	p. 786
Information	p. 789
Downtown	p. 793
West Side	p. 798
Richmond	p. 803
Steveston	p. 803
East Vancouver	p. 803
New Westminster	p. 805
The North Shore	p. 805
Activities	p. 809
Organized Tours	p. 810
Special Events	p. 811
Places to Stay	p. 811
Places to Eat	p. 816
Entertainment	p. 821
Spectator Sports	p. 824
Shopping	p. 824
Getting There and Away	p. 825
Getting Around	p. 827
North of Vancouver	p. 829
Whistler and Around	p. 829
Sunshine Coast	p. 831
Vancouver Island	p. 833
Victoria	p. 834
History	p. 834
Orientation	p. 836
Information	p. 836
Inner Harbour	p. 840
Old Town and Government St	p. 841
Fisherman's Wharf	p. 842
South of Downtown	p. 842
Rockland Area	p. 843
Northwest of Downtown and Esquimalt	p. 844
Butchart Gardens	p. 845
Western Shore	p. 845
Activities	p. 846
Organized Tours	p. 847
Special Events	p. 848
Places to Stay	p. 848
Places to Eat	p. 852
Entertainment	p. 854
Shopping	p. 856
Getting There and Away	p. 856
Getting Around	p. 857
Southern Gulf Islands	p. 858
Salt Spring Island	p. 860
North and South Pender Islands	p. 861
Saturna Island	p. 861
Mayne Island	p. 861
Galiano Island	p. 862
Southeastern Vancouver Island	p. 862
Duncan and Cowichan Valley	p. 862
Carmanah Pacific Provincial Park	p. 864
Duncan to Nanaimo	p. 864
Nanaimo and Around	p. 865
Parksville and Qualicum Beach	p. 869
Port Alberni and Around	p. 870
Denman and Hornby Islands	p. 871
Courtenay and Comox	p. 872
Pacific Rim National Park	p. 872
Long Beach	p. 873
Tofino	p. 874
Ucluelet	p. 876
Broken Group Islands	p. 877
West Coast Trail	p. 877
Northern Vancouver Island	p. 878
Campbell River	p. 878
Strathcona Provincial Park	p. 880
Gold River	p. 881
Valley of 1000 Faces	p. 882
Port McNeill and Around	p. 882
Port Hardy	p. 883
Cape Scott Provincial Park	p. 884
Glossary	p. 885
Index	p. 888
Maps	p. 888
Text	p. 889
Sidebars	p. 902
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