Pacific Northwest Camping Destinations : RV and Car Camping Destinations in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia

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• ISBN13: 9780974947174
• ISBN10: 0974947172
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Rolling Homes Press

Summary

The Pacific Northwest is a camping traveler's paradise. It offers everything an RV or car camping vacationer could desire: seashores, snow-topped peaks, old growth forests, visitor friendly cities, and national parks. In fact, the Pacific Northwest is one of the most popular camping destinations in North America.

Author Biography

Mike Church and Terri Church are the authors of the Traveler’s Guide series and RV Adventures in the Pacific Northwest. They spend most of the year traveling in their RV or car camping in Canada, Europe, Mexico, and the United States. They live in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Suggested Touring Routes	p. 18
The Oregon Coast	p. 19
Central Oregon Loop	p. 25
Eastern Oregon Loop	p. 29
Washington's Olympic Peninsula Loop	p. 33
Washington's North Cascade Loop	p. 38
Washington's Southern Loop	p. 43
British Columbia Mainland Loop	p. 48
British Columbia's Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island Loop	p. 54
How To Use The Destination Chapters	p. 59
Oregon State	p. 64
Regions and Their Campground Resources
Oregon Coast	p. 65
Willamette Valley and Portland	p. 66
Cascade Mountains	p. 66
Columbia River	p. 67
Bend Area	p. 67
The East	p. 67
Government Lands and Their Campgrounds
Oregon State Campgrounds	p. 67
Federal Campgrounds	p. 68
Destinations and Their Campgrounds
Interstate 5 Corridor	p. 69
Ashland	p. 79
Astoria, Seaside, and Cannon Beach	p. 81
Baker City and Sumpter	p. 87
Bandon	p. 90
Bend and La Pine	p. 93
Brookings	p. 97
Camp Sherman and the Metolius River	p. 101
Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway Loop	p. 104
Charleston	p. 112
Columbia Gorge	p. 114
Crater Lake National Park	p. 120
Eugene	p. 122
Gold Beach	p. 125
Grants Pass	p. 128
Hells Canyon	p. 130
Hells Canyon Scenic Byway	p. 135
John Day Country	p. 137
Klamath Falls	p. 141
Lakeview and the Outback Scenic Byway	p. 145
Lincoln City to Newport	p. 146
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and Steens Mountain	p. 152
Maryhill Region	p. 155
Mt Hood	p. 158
Nehalem Bay and Manzanita	p. 164
Newberry National Volcanic Monument	p. 166
Oregon Caves National Monument	p. 168
Pendleton	p. 171
Port Orford	p. 173
Portland	p. 176
Prineville	p. 184
Redmond and Sisters	p. 185
Reedsport and the Oregon Dunes	p. 189
Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway	p. 197
Roseburg and the Umpqua Valley	p. 204
Salem	p. 206
Tillamook and the Three Capes Loop	p. 208
Waldport and Florence	p. 213
Wallowa Lake Region	p. 219
Warm Springs and Madras	p. 223
West Cascades Scenic Byway	p. 227
Willamette Pass Route	p. 240
Information Resources	p. 247
Washington State	p. 252
Regions and Their Campground Resources
Olympic Peninsula	p. 253
Pacific Coast	p. 254
Puget Sound	p. 254
Cascade Mountains	p. 254
East of the Cascades	p. 254
Northern Idaho	p. 255
Government Lands and Their Campgrounds
Washington State Campgrounds	p. 255
Federal Campgrounds	p. 256
Destinations and Their Campgrounds
Interstate 5 Corridor	p. 256
Bellingham	p. 263
Chelan	p. 266
Cle Elum and Roslyn	p. 269
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho	p. 273
Ellensburg	p. 275
Forks and the Western Sections of Olympic National Park	p. 277
Grand Coulee	p. 284
Hood Canal	p. 289
Ilwaco and Long Beach	p. 295
Kitsap Peninsula and Bainbridge Island	p. 297
Lake Easton and Lake Kachess	p. 301
Lake Pateros Region	p. 304
Lake Wenatchee and Fish Lake Recreation Area	p. 306
Leavenworth	p. 308
Lewiston and Clarkston	p. 311
Moscow, ID, Pullman, WA, and the Palouse	p. 313
Moses Lake and the Potholes	p. 316
Mt Rainier National Park	p. 319
Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument	p. 325
North Cascades National Park	p. 328
Ocean Shores and the North Beaches Area	p. 333
Okanogan Valley	p. 337
Olympia	p. 344
Port Angeles and the North Olympic Park	p. 346
Port Townsend	p. 352
Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho	p. 356
Seattle	p. 360
Sequim	p. 367
Skagit Valley	p. 369
Snake River	p. 373
Spokane	p. 377
Tacoma	p. 381
Tri-Cities (Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland)	p. 383
Walla Walla	p. 385
Wenatchee	p. 387
Westport	p. 389
Whidbey Island	p. 391
Winthrop and the Methow Valley	p. 395
Yakima and the Yakima Valley	p. 399
Yakima River Canyon	p. 403
Information Resources	p. 405
British Columbia	p. 410
Regions and Their Campground Resources
Vancouver Island	p. 411
Sunshine Coast	p. 412
Vancouver and the Lower Fraser Valley	p. 412
Interior	p. 412
Canadian Rockies	p. 413
Government Lands and Their Campgrounds
Provincial Park Campgrounds	p. 413
National Park Campgrounds	p. 414
Forest Service Recreation Sites	p. 415
Destinations and Their Campgrounds
Banff National Park	p. 415
Barkerville and Wells	p. 421
Boundary Country	p. 423
Campbell River	p. 429
Cape Scott	p. 433
Chetwynd, Hudson's Hope, and Tumbler Ridge	p. 435
Cowichan Valley: Chemainus, Duncan, and Cowichan Lake	p. 440
Dawson Creek	p. 443
Fernie	p. 445
Fort St James	p. 446
Glacier National Park	p. 448
Harrison Hot Springs	p. 449
Hope	p. 452
Jasper National Park	p. 455
Kamloops	p. 461
Kootenay Lakes District	p. 463
Kootenay National Park and Radium Hot Springs	p. 472
Manning Provincial Park	p. 475
Merritt and the Surrounding Plateau	p. 477
Nanaimo	p. 479
New Hazelton and Kitwanga	p. 481
Oceanside	p. 483
Okanagan Valley	p. 485
Port Alberni	p. 499
Port Hardy	p. 502
Port McNeill and Telegraph Cove	p. 503
Prince George	p. 505
Prince Rupert	p. 508
Quesnel	p. 510
Revelstoke	p. 512
Shuswap	p. 514
Similkameen Valley	p. 516
Smithers	p. 520
South Cariboo Region	p. 521
Sunshine Coast (Lower) - Gibsons, Sechelt, and the South	p. 527
Sunshine Coast (Upper) - Powell River, Lund, and the North	p. 529
Terrace	p. 532
Thompson and Fraser River Canyons	p. 534
Tofino, Ucluelet, and the Pacific Rim National Park	p. 539
Valley of a Thousand Peaks (Cranbrook, Kimberley, Fort Stelle Triangle)	p. 542
Vancouver	p. 546
Victoria	p. 553
Wells Gray Provincial Park (Clearwater River Corridor Section) and Clearwater	p. 557
Whistler and the Sea to Sky Highway	p. 560
Williams Lake	p. 566
Yoho National Park and Golden	p. 568
Information Resources	p. 571
Text Index	p. 577
Map Index	p. 585
Campground Index	p. 587
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