Washington
Places in Washington worth the detour, from town festivals, fairs & rodeos, and scenic drives, each compiled from its own sources with season, fees, and directions.
Towns: Enumclaw, Ellensburg, Long Beach, Port Townsend, Yakima, Cle Elum, Friday Harbor, Puyallup, Bremerton, Coupeville. All the towns of Washington.
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Hot Springs
- Bonneville Hot Springs Resort & SpaNorth BonnevilleResort and spa on the Columbia River Gorge, with mineral-fed pools, soaking tubs, saunas, in-room private hot tubs, restaurant, and spa services. About an hour from Portland.
- Carson Hot Springs ResortCarson · Hot springs resortA historical hotel and bathhouse in Carson, Washington, on the Wind River, with the original hotel built in 1901 and the cabins and bathhouse added in 1923.
- Olympic Hot SpringsPort Angeles · Natural, unmaintained hot water seepsNatural, unmaintained hot water seeps in the Elwha River Valley of Olympic National Park.
- Sol Duc Hot Springs ResortHot spring resortMineral hot springs resort in Olympic National Park's Sol Duc Valley, offering seasonal day use of three mineral pools and one freshwater pool, tested daily to comply with safety and health regulations.
- Tenzen Springs & CabinsStevenson · Boutique cabin retreat with geothermal tubsTenzen invites you to escape your daily routine for an intimate retreat in our boutique cabins and geothermal infinity tubs. The first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, pairing authentic Japanese bathing with the storied Scandinavian spa culture.
Swimming Holes
- Beebe Bridge State ParkOrondo · State parkA 56-acre Columbia River beach and campground near Orondo, Washington, where the concrete towers of an orchard company's suspension bridge still stand beside the steel arch of US 97.
- Big Eddy, Washougal RiverWashougal · ParkBig Eddy is a county-owned swimming beach on the Washougal River near Washougal, Washington, where a deep summer pool sits above the run's one class IV rapid.
- Boundary Reservoir / Forebay Recreation Area (BLM), Pend Oreille County, WAMetaline · CampgroundSeattle City Light's campground and boat launch at Boundary Dam, Pend Oreille County, Washington: the usual way onto a 17.5-mile reservoir whose shore camps are reached only by water.
- Curlew Lake State ParkRepublic · State parkA Washington state park at the south end of Curlew Lake in Ferry County, a glacier-carved trout lake taken over by illegally planted yellow perch since about 2011.
- Dougan Falls Swimming HoleWashougal · Parking lotDougan Falls, where the Washougal River in Skamania County, Washington, drops 19 feet sideways into a deep pool used for summer swimming at the end of the pavement.
- Douglas Creek (BLM), Douglas County, WAWenatchee · HikeA year-round creek in a basalt canyon below Washington's Waterville Plateau, with swimming pools, beaver ponds, and the grade of a 1909 wheat railroad whose tunnel caved in.
- Fishtrap Recreation Area (BLM), Spokane/Lincoln County, WASpokane · Recreation areaFederal land straddling the Spokane–Lincoln county line in Washington, once the Miller Ranch, where two volunteer-built trail loops meet on a bluff above Fishtrap Lake.
- Lyons Ferry State ParkWashtucna · Day-use state park with sandy beach and swimmingA day-use state park on Corps of Engineers land where the Palouse meets the Snake in eastern Washington, beside a steel bridge moved 85 miles from the Columbia.
- Naked FallsWashougal · Day use areaThe second largest waterfall on the Washougal River, a decades-long hotspot for kayakers and cliff divers, with day use and riverside camping on the crystal clear Washougal.
- Sandy Swimming HoleWashougal · Swimming holeThe Sandy Swimming Hole Park is located at the upper end of lower Washougal River Greenway. Facilities include restrooms, picnic tables, a beach, a boat launch for non-motorized boats, and parking. Swimming is permitted, with no lifeguard on duty.
- Twin Lakes Recreation Area (BLM), Spokane County, WADavenport · Recreation areaNestled in at the south end of Upper Twin Lake, this site offers picnicking and camping in a serene setting with a few primitive campsites.
- Yakima River Canyon Recreation Sites (BLM), Kittitas/Yakima County, WAEllensburg · Developed river access sitesThe gentle Yakima River winds through rolling desert hills and basalt cliffs, some rising more than 2,000 feet, for 27 miles between Ellensburg and Yakima, Washington. The canyon offers excellent wildlife watching, fishing for Blue Ribbon trout, family-friendly rafting, and camping. The BLMs crevices and cliffs make a perfect home for the densest concentration of nesting hawks, eagles, and falcons in the state.
Trailheads
- Beacon Rock TrailheadSkamania · Hiking trailhead in a year-round washington state parkA trail of switchbacks, bridges, and railing built onto the side of an 848-foot basalt plug above the Columbia near Skamania, Washington, completed by Henry J. Biddle in 1918.
- Big Four Ice Caves TrailheadGranite Falls · TrailheadA Forest Service picnic ground and trail on Washington's Mountain Loop Highway, where a burned 1921 resort's lobby fireplace faces the avalanche ice at Big Four Mountain's base.
- Franklin Falls TrailheadSnoqualmie Pass · TrailheadA trailhead off I-90 Exit 47 near Snoqualmie Pass, where a one-mile path reaches a 70-foot falls and a loop follows the last mile of the 1860s wagon road.
- Palouse Falls TrailheadLaCrosse, WA · State park heritage siteThe Palouse River runs through a narrow cataract and drops 200 feet at Palouse Falls into a churning bowl, then moves swiftly through a winding gorge of columnar basalt carved more than 13,000 years ago.
Rockhounding
- Saddle Mountains Petrified Wood CollectingMattawa · 30-mile ridge above the columbia river with recreational petrified wood collectingA 30-mile ridge rises above the Columbia River in south-central Washington, providing views of the surrounding countryside and wide-open desert scenery.
- Walker Valley Geode SiteMount Vernon · Geode localityDNR-land rockhounding site held under a valid Washington State Mineral Council mineral lease and still accessible for collecting its geodes.
Gem Mining
Spring Water
- Artesian WellOlympia · Free-flowing artesian wellA free-flowing artesian well in downtown Olympia, Washington, where people fill jugs from a pipe in an alley beside a pocket park fenced shut since 2018.
- Good WaterEnumclaw · Roadside springA free roadside spring on Washington's Highway 410, directly across from milepost 34, where a Greenwater resident built a platform for filling jugs.
- Well No. 5 (164th Street Artesian Well)Lynnwood · Artesian wellA flowing artesian well on 164th Street SW in Lynnwood, Washington, where two spigots run untreated water from the Intercity Aquifer day and night, free to anyone who waits.
Scenic Drives
- Bay-2-Bay Scenic BywayWestport · Scenic bywayState Route 105, about fifty miles of Washington's southwest coast between Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay, whose Raymond–Tokeland link took citizens from 1923 to 1962 to win.
- Cape Flattery Tribal Scenic BywayNeah Bay · Scenic bywayThe twelve-mile Makah Reservation road from Neah Bay to Cape Flattery, Washington, ending at a trail to the northwestern corner of the contiguous United States, was the first tribal road awarded scenic status.
- Cascade Loop Scenic BywayNational scenic bywayThe Cascade Loop is a 440-mile National Scenic Byway around Washington's North Cascades, hinged at Twisp, where SR 153 hands off to a mountain highway that closes each winter.
- Cascade Valleys Heritage CorridorWashington state scenic bywayA Washington State Scenic Byway on SR 202 from Woodinville to North Bend, following the Snoqualmie River along a route that began as a Native American footpath toward Snoqualmie Pass.
- Chinook Scenic BywayEnumclaw · All-american roadThe Chinook Scenic Byway, State Route 410 from Enumclaw to Naches, Washington, crosses 5,430-foot Chinook Pass beneath a 1936 log-and-stone arch that carries the Pacific Crest Trail.
- Chuckanut Drive Scenic BywayBurlington · State bywayChuckanut Drive, State Route 11 between Burlington and Bellingham, Washington, is a 1916 highway cut partly by convict crews into sandstone cliffs above Samish Bay and the railroad.
- Columbia River Gorge Scenic BywayStevenson · Scenic bywayWashington State Route 14 along the north bank of the Columbia from Camas to Maryhill, a two-lane road past a volcano's core, a salmon ladder, petroglyphs, and a full-scale Stonehenge.
- Coulee Corridor Scenic BywayGrand Coulee · National scenic bywayA 150-mile national scenic byway from Othello to Omak, Washington, following dry canyons cut by Ice Age floods, past Dry Falls, Steamboat Rock and Grand Coulee Dam.
- Hidden Coast Scenic BywayHoquiam · State bywayState Route 109, a 41-mile state byway from Hoquiam to Taholah on Washington's Pacific coast, where cars may still drive onto the beach that once served as the road.
- International Selkirk LoopNewport · All-american road national scenic bywayThe International Selkirk Loop is a 280-mile All-American Road around the Selkirk Mountains of Washington, Idaho and British Columbia, entered from Newport and crossing Kootenay Lake on a free ferry.
- Lewis and Clark Trail Scenic BywayClarkston · Scenic bywayThe Lewis and Clark Trail Scenic Byway in Washington follows the path of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's famous Corps of Discovery expedition as it moved west along the Snake and Columbia rivers.
- Mather Memorial ParkwayEnumclaw · National scenic bywayMather Memorial Parkway Created in 1931, this paved two-lane classic Cascades drive along Highway 410 from Enumclaw to the eastern edge of Mount Rainier National Park presents majestic views of Mount Rainier and surrounding peaks.
- Mount Baker Scenic BywayBellingham · Scenic bywayWinding along the banks of the Nooksack River, through small logging communities, past waterfalls and alongside old-growth forest groves, this 58-mile trek ends at the base of the 10,781-foot volcano Mount Baker.
- Mountain Loop Scenic BywayGranite Falls · National forest scenic bywayA 55-mile National Forest Scenic Byway connecting Darrington with Granite Falls, passing through boom-and-bust town sites, abandoned mining claims, rushing rivers, and glacier-clad peaks.
- Mountains to Sound GreenwaySeattle · National scenic bywayA picturesque section of Interstate 90 spanning the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area from Seattle to Thorp.
- North Cascades Scenic HighwayNewhalem · Designated bywayDrive approximately 30 miles across the park on the North Cascades Highway (State Route 20), and experience the old growth forests, cascading waterfalls, and mountain scenery of North Cascades.
- North Pend Oreille Scenic BywayTiger · Scenic bywayThis drive through Colville National Forest is a favorite of outdoor adventurers, wildlife enthusiasts and visitors curious about the area's natural and human history.
- Okanogan Trails Scenic BywayOkanogan · Scenic bywaySpans 80 miles from the U.S./Canada border south to Pateros WA, traversing the Colville Confederated Tribal Reservation and abutting the Okanogan National Forest.
- Pacific Coast Scenic BywayAberdeen · National scenic bywayThe Olympic Peninsula is home to an ample segment of the 350-mile Pacific Coast Scenic Byway.
- Palouse Scenic BywayColfax · Scenic bywayKnown as a renowned photography destination, the Palouse Scenic Byway winds through rolling hills and farmland dotted with buttes formed by prehistoric glacial flooding. A mix of highways and quieter roads provides ample opportunity for peaceful exploration.
- Pend Oreille Valley Scenic BywayNewport · Scenic bywayTravels from Newport, Washington north on Hwy 20 to Tiger, following the Pend Oreille River as it flows north to Canada and turning west to join the Columbia River.
- Road to Rainier Scenic BywayElbe · Scenic bywayAn exciting destination all on its own with restaurants, lodging, outdoor gear, shops, galleries, a Pacific Northwest Art museum, and visitor centers
- San Juan Islands Scenic BywayFriday Harbor · State scenic bywayThe byway has three segments: 30 miles on Washington State Ferries routes, a San Juan Island driving tour, and an Orcas Island driving tour.
- Sherman Pass Scenic BywayKettle Falls · Multiple-use trailhead on sherman passA summer-and-winter trailhead with an outhouse, information board, trail maps, registration boxes, and parking for passenger vehicles, trucks, RVs, and horse trailers.
- Spirit Lake Memorial HighwayCastle Rock · Scenic bywayThe only scenic byway in Washington State, not to mention the United States, that enters a volcanic blast zone. Also known as the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, SR-504 is a 52-mile journey into the scene of epic destruction that Mount St. Helens caused when it erupted on May 18, 1980.
- Stevens Pass GreenwaySkykomish · National scenic bywayPart of the larger Cascade Loop; passes through the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie and Okanogan-Wenatchee national forests, through the Skykomish Valley and over Stevens Pass.
- Strait of Juan de Fuca HighwayPort Angeles · National scenic bywayThe remote Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway 112 winds along the magnificent shoreline of the narrow body of water that connects Puget Sound to the Pacific Ocean with views of Vancouver Island.
- Swiftwater CorridorCle Elum · State bywayThe Swiftwater Corridor rambles through back roads from Roslyn east of Snoqualmie Pass to Vantage on the Columbia River, past historic towns, logging camps, mines and ranches.
- U.S. 12 Snake River Bridge to Walla Walla Scenic BywayWallula · State scenic bywayRoughly 30-mile state scenic byway in Washington, traversing US 12 from the Snake River bridge area to Walla Walla.
- Whidbey Scenic Isle WayCoupeville · State parkRuns the length of Whidbey Island along State Routes 20 and 525, connecting Deception Pass State Park in the north to the town of Clinton in the south.
- White Pass Scenic BywayNational scenic bywayThe White Pass Scenic Byway travels through the Cascades, connecting forested foothills near Interstate 5 with the open landscapes and vineyards of the Yakima Valley.
- Yakama Scenic BywayToppenish · Scenic bywayThe byway begins at a point where arid desert hills drop into productive plains—the Yakima Valley is one of the world’s leading agricultural regions. Then the byway leaves farmland behind and begins a slow climb into the desolate beauty of the hills leading into the Simcoe Mountains and across Satus Pass.
- Yakima River Canyon Scenic BywayEllensburg · Scenic bywayThe short and sublime Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway, also known as Canyon Road, this byway is a dazzling alternative to driving I-82 between Ellensburg and Yakima. A trip that is scenic yeararound, Canyon Road follows the Yakima River on a lonely, curvy twolane road between high-desert sage-covered hills.
Small Ferries
- Gifford-Inchelium FerryInchelium · Vehicle and passenger ferryThe tribally run free car ferry across Lake Roosevelt between Gifford and Inchelium, Washington, whose 120-foot boat reached the lake on trucks through the wheat.
- Guemes Island FerryAnacortes · Vehicle and passenger transit serviceSkagit County's car ferry from Anacortes to Guemes Island, the island's only public access, a five-minute crossing made since 1979 by the same diesel boat.
- Keller FerryWilbur · Ferry serviceFerry crossing on Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, in service since the 1890s, that carries State Route 21 between the Colville Indian Reservation in Ferry County and Clark in Lincoln County.
- Oscar B FerryPuget Island · The last ferry on the lower columbia riverThe last ferry on the Lower Columbia River; Wahkiakum County welcomed the Oscar B on February 27, 2015, and it operates at least 18 runs per day.
- Steilacoom-Anderson Island FerrySteilacoom · FerryPierce County-owned ferry route from Steilacoom to Anderson Island with a Ketron Island spur; only road connection to both islands; free youth fares funded by Washington State Move Ahead Washington; eligible for Federal Transit Administration funding distributed by the Puget Sound Regional Council and administered by Pierce Transit, but not classified as a public transit system under Washington law.
- Whatcom Chief FerryLummi Island · Vehicle ferryThe Whatcom Chief is the only road connection to Lummi Island, a first-come, first-served county vehicle ferry running scheduled crossings between Gooseberry Point on the mainland and Lummi Island.
Train Rides
- Chehalis-Centralia RailroadChehalis · Railroad companyA volunteer-built excursion railroad running 1920s coaches west from Chehalis, Washington, over former Milwaukee Road track, its 1916 Baldwin steam engine awaiting restoration.
- Chelatchie Prairie RailroadYacolt · Heritage railroadAn all-volunteer excursion railroad out of Yacolt, Washington, whose trains run backward from the station so caboose riders face forward through an old logging tunnel.
- Mt. Rainier Scenic RailroadElbe · Family halloween trainThe Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad has run along a historic track near the base of Mount Rainier for many years; the steam engine is venturing north of its regular route for the first time in decades.
- Northwest Railway Museum (Snoqualmie Valley Railroad)Snoqualmie · MuseumThe Northwest Railway Museum at Snoqualmie, Washington, runs historic coaches over 5.5 miles of 1880s track from an 1890 depot built, its registrar writes, as a marketing ploy.
- Yakima Valley TrolleysYakima · Interurban electric railroadEnjoy regularly scheduled rides all summer, or book a private event year-round!
Roadside Attractions
- Bob's Java JiveTacoma · Coffee-pot bar & music venueA 1927 concrete coffee pot on South Tacoma Way, the old US 99, now a bar where karaoke runs every night beneath a ceiling of visitors' signatures.
- Dick and Jane's SpotEllensburg · Art site, home, and studioDick and Jane's Spot, at First and Pearl in Ellensburg, Washington: a home and yard begun in 1978, seen from the fence, studded with over 10,000 bottle caps.
- Dinosaur TownGranger · Townwide dinosaur collectionGranger, a Yakima Valley town where the city's Public Works crew has built life-size wire-and-concrete dinosaurs since 1994, and townspeople help coat them in cement each June.
- Hat 'n' BootsSeattle · Public sculptureA 44-foot cowboy hat and a pair of mismatched boots, built as a Highway 99 gas station and its restrooms, stand in Oxbow Park in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood.
- Marsh's Free MuseumLong Beach · Curios museumA roadside curio hall on Pacific Avenue in Long Beach, Washington, run by the Marsh family since the 1920s, where Jake the Alligator Man sits mummified in a glass case.
- Nutty Narrows Squirrel BridgesLongview · Squirrel bridgeSquirrel Bridges were made to keep squirrels from having to cross the road.
- Rubber Chicken MuseumSeattle · MuseumA free museum of rubber chickens at the back of Archie McPhee, the Wallingford novelty store in Seattle, holding the world's largest rubber chicken and the world's second-smallest.
- Stonehenge Memorial & Klickitat County Veterans MemorialGoldendale · Full-scale replica of stonehengeA full-scale concrete replica of Stonehenge on a bluff above the Columbia near Maryhill, Washington, raised by Sam Hill as a World War I memorial to Klickitat County's dead.
- Teapot Dome Service StationZillah · Historic landmarkThe building, which was vacant for many years and slowly deteriorating, was renovated and brought back to life. The new site was designed to mimic the Teapot Dome's long-time gas station operation.
- The Childhood ExpressSpokane · Interactive sculptureThe Childhood Express, a 26-ton Radio Flyer wagon of steel and concrete on the south edge of Spokane's Riverfront Park, has a handle that doubles as a slide.
- The Codger PoleColfax · Chainsaw artworkArtist John LaBenne used a chainsaw to carve the faces of all 51 players into five 65-foot tall cedar poles.
- The Fremont TrollSeattleConcrete sculpture of the troll under the Aurora Bridge underpass in Seattle, with its Volkswagen Beetle detail; a free outdoor park.
- Toppenish MuralsToppenish · Outdoor mural collection and self-guided walking tourToppenish, Washington, has painted roughly 80 historical murals on its downtown walls since 1989, many in a single day while townspeople watched from lawn chairs and bleachers.
- Wild Horse MonumentGeorge · SculptureFifteen life-size steel horses run along a ridge above the Columbia River near Vantage, Washington, the finished half of a centennial sculpture whose great basket was never built.
- World's Largest EggWinlock · A quirky roadside attractionA 1,200-pound fiberglass and chicken-wire egg built in 1991 by Vern Zander, sat atop a 10-foot steel pole, affixed to a pedestal inscribed 'World Largest EGG.'
- World's Largest Frying PanLong Beach · Roadside oddityThis roadside attraction is free to visit and photograph at any time of day.
Dude Ranches
Lookouts & Cabins
- American River Guard StationNaches, WA · Historic guard station rentalA 1941 Civilian Conservation Corps log cabin on the American River in the eastern Cascades, rented by the Forest Service and opened with a combination mailed to each guest.
- Clearwater Lookout CabinPomeroy · CabinA 1935 Forest Service rental cabin at 5,600 feet in the Blue Mountains south of Pomeroy, Washington, set at the foot of a 1933 CCC steel lookout tower.
- Godman Guard StationDayton · Guard station cabin rentalA two-story Forest Service guard station built in 1933-34 above Dayton, Washington, rented by the night, with the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness for its back yard.
- Gotchen Guard StationTrout Lake · Recreation rentalA two-room ranger cabin of 1909 in an aspen grove on Mount Adams's south side near Trout Lake, Washington, standing on the road where rangers once counted sheep.
- Government Mineral Springs Guard StationCarson · Recreation rentalA 1937 Forest Service guard station north of Carson, Washington, built by CCC Company 944 at Government Mineral Springs, where a resort hotel burned in 1935, now rented by the night.
- Hamma Hamma CabinHoodsport · Guard stationA Civilian Conservation Corps guard station of 1936-37 above the Hamma Hamma River in Olympic National Forest, rented by the night, its hexagonal bay window facing the river drainage.
- Heybrook LookoutIndex · LookoutA fire lookout on Heybrook Ridge above U.S. 2 near Index, Washington, whose rentable cabin volunteers built in a ranger-station parking lot and hoisted to the tower's top.
- Interrorem CabinBrinnon · Historic cabinA 1907 peeled-log ranger cabin on the Duckabush River Road near Brinnon, Washington, the first administrative site of Olympic National Forest, now rented out by the night.
- Louella CabinSequim · CabinA four-room 1912 Forest Service guard station near Sequim, Washington, rented by the night, named by the fireguard who built it for his wife, Louella.
- Peterson Prairie CabinTrout Lake, WA · Cabin rentalMeticulously restored cabin on the Mt. Adams Ranger District under Douglas fir and huckleberry; propane lights and range plus wood-stove insert; sleeps six; site of the salvaged Peterson cabin.
- Snow Peak CabinRepublic · CampgroundOne-room 17-by-19 cabin with cots and foam pads for up to four people, propane cook stove, basic cookware, wood stove heat, solar-powered lighting and an outhouse.
- Steliko LookoutEntiat · Fire lookouts/cabins overnightSteliko Lookout is a standard Forest Service L-4 cab constructed on a 10 feet (3.0 m) timber tower at the summit of Steliko Point, a low, grassy summit above the Entiat River valley.[2][6] The cab provides nearly 360-degree views of the Entiat Valley, the small community of Ardenvoir directly below, and surrounding summits including Tyee Mountain and Sugarloaf Peak.[2][3]
- Taneum CabinThorp · CabinThe Taneum Cabin is located in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, approximately 20 miles from Ellensburg, Washington. The cabin is accessible by car and provides many of the same comforts of home. Guests only need to bring a few of their own amenities for an enjoyable stay.
- Teanaway Guard StationCle Elum · CabinTeanaway Guard Station is a cozy log cabin retreat for two.
- Tucannon Guard StationPomeroy · Guard station cabin rentalTwo-story wood frame saltbox cabin: two single beds and a queen bed upstairs, a single bed and a futon for two downstairs, flush toilet and hot shower; electricity and propane included; potable running water year-round.
- Wenatchee Guard StationAsotin · White single story wood cabinWhite single-story wood cabin in a grassy clearing on a high plateau with a view of the northern tip of the Blue Mountains; propane lights, heater and refrigerator; no water; outhouse nearby.
Observatories
Factory Tours
- Aplets & Cotlets Candy KitchenCashmere · Retail store and tour centerA working candy factory in downtown Cashmere, Washington, where Aplets & Cotlets, apple and apricot locoum with walnuts, have been made since 1920 and the factory tour is free.
- Carson National Fish HatcheryCarson · National fish hatcheryA federal salmon hatchery built by the Civilian Conservation Corps where Tyee Creek meets Washington's Wind River, and where spring Chinook climb a ladder home each May.
- Grand Coulee Dam Visitor CenterCoulee Dam · Visitor centerThe Bureau of Reclamation's free visitor center at the foot of Grand Coulee Dam in Coulee Dam, Washington, is a cylinder Marcel Breuer designed to resemble a generator rotor.
- Grant PUD Visitor CenterBeverly · Visitor centerGrant PUD's free visitor center at Wanapum Dam near Beverly, Washington, where a visitor can run a mock control room beside a dam whose spillway cracked in 2014.
- Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and Lake Washington Ship CanalSeattle · Shipping locks at seaward entry to the lake washington ship canalThe Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Seattle's Ballard district, where two side-by-side locks of 1917 lift boats between Puget Sound and the lakes while salmon climb a ladder past underwater windows.
- Issaquah Salmon HatcheryIssaquah · Salmon hatcheryA Works Progress Administration salmon hatchery in downtown Issaquah, Washington, where returning Chinook and coho climb a glassed-in fish ladder past underwater viewing windows.
- Leavenworth National Fish HatcheryLeavenworth · Public u.s. fish & wildlife service facility (national fish hatchery)A 1940 national fish hatchery on Icicle Creek near Leavenworth, Washington, whose cool summer water still runs from a valve beneath Snow Lake, opened by hand each year.
- Little White Salmon National Fish HatcheryCook · National fish hatcheryThe oldest hatchery on the Columbia, at Cook, Washington, where an underground room beside the Little White Salmon River shows Chinook held before spawning behind glass.
- Quilcene National Fish HatcheryQuilcene · National fish hatcheryHas a small one-room Visitor Center; the public is welcome to walk around the facility to see the fish ponds (raceways), fish ladder, fish weir, and the Big Quilcene River.
- Rocky Reach Discovery CenterWenatchee · Discovery centerA free hydropower museum at Rocky Reach Dam north of Wenatchee, where widened windows on the fish ladder put visitors eye to eye with salmon.
- Skagit ToursNewhalem · Scenic boat toursGlass-roofed boat tours on Diablo Lake in Washington's North Cascades, descended from the excursions J.D. Ross began in order to sell Seattle on Skagit River power.
- Spring Creek National Fish HatcheryUnderwood · National fish hatcheryA federal salmon hatchery on the Washington shore of the Columbia at Underwood, where tule fall Chinook climb a stepped ladder each September to the spring water that raised them.
- The Blacksmith ShopVancouver · Blacksmith shopThe reconstructed Hudson's Bay Company smithy at Fort Vancouver, Washington, where volunteer smiths forge period iron on the site where archaeologists found an anvil foundation and quenching pit.
- The Hot ShopTacoma · Working artist's studioThe Jane Russell Hot Shop, a working glass studio inside the Museum of Glass's tilted steel cone on Tacoma's Thea Foss Waterway, where glass is blown all day, every open day.
- Wanapum Heritage CenterMattawa · Heritage centerA free museum and cultural center of the Wanapum, the River People, beside Priest Rapids Dam near Mattawa, Washington, entered by a path aligned with the equinox sunrise.
- Willard National Fish HatcheryCook · National fish hatcheryRearing facility only on the Little White Salmon River, producing two million upriver bright fall Chinook annually and up to 1.2 million coho salmon annually in partnership with the Yakama Nation
- Winthrop National Fish HatcheryWinthrop · National fish hatcheryU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service mitigation hatchery on a 42-acre site on the Methow River, just outside the town of Winthrop in north-central Washington.
- WSU Creamery observation room (Ferdinand's)Pullman · University creamery observation roomWashington State University's working dairy; visitors can watch cheesemakers in action making Cougar Cheese and Ferdinand's Ice Cream from the Marc P. Bates Observation Room, which is open to the public during posted weekday business hours.
Flea Markets
- Early Bird Swap MeetPuyallup · Swap meetA February swap meet on the Puyallup fairgrounds in Washington, begun in members' garages by the Tacoma Model T Club and named partly for a founder's rooster crow.
- Enumclaw Sales PavilionEnumclaw · Licensed and bonded auction yardA Saturday poultry and livestock auction yard on the Enumclaw plateau, established in 1938, where the morning's lots run from baby chicks and peacocks to fertile eggs.
- Fremont Sunday MarketSeattle · Street marketThe Fremont Sunday Market, open every Sunday since 1990 beside Seattle's Fremont Canal, spends spring and summer on North 34th Street and winter under the Fremont Bridge.
- Packwood Flea MarketPackwood · Town-wide flea marketHundreds of vendors and artisans, along with food trucks and more, will line Packwood's roads, offering shoppers everything from hand-crafted artwork to one-of-a-kind, second-hand thrift finds and even animal taxidermy
- Pioneer Power Show, Swap Meet and Flea MarketUnion Gap · Show & swap meet / flea marketSee the equipment of yesteryear with vintage trucks and engines on display and watch the equipment parade. Learn about blacksmithing and watch demonstrations of the turn of the century sawmill and the apple packing line, with quilt displays, a bread shack, tractor pulls, and draft horse buggy demonstrations.
- The Pasco Flea MarketPasco · The largest open-air flea market in washington stateThe market can be a one-stop shop for construction workers looking for tools, clothing and boots, restaurant owners in need of pots and spices and families browsing for popular children's toys.
- Tri-Cities Swap MeetKennewick · Swap meetClassic & Collector Car Parts, Hot Wheels, Automotive Memorabilia. Public entry by donation.
U-Pick Farms
- Festival of Family FarmsMt Vernon · Two day self guided tour through the beautiful skagit valleyA free two-day October tour of working farms across Skagit County, Washington, where in 2026 nine families opened gates from a Samish Bay oyster bed to an apple orchard open only that weekend.
- Kitsap Farm TourBremerton · Free, self-guided farm tour eventA free, self-guided August tour of Kitsap County farms in Washington, organized by the farmers themselves, that in 2026 opened ten farms from Bainbridge Island to the Olalla Valley.
Distilleries
Wineries
- Bainbridge VineyardsBainbridge Island · WineryAn organic winery on Bainbridge Island, Washington, that grows all of its own grapes with draft horses on the Suyematsu family's 1928 strawberry farm.
- Dragon's Head CiderVashon · Traditional english cider producerUptown year-round tasting room and Orchard location, both on Vashon Island, with a menu of shareable plates at Uptown
- Eaglemount Wine & CiderPort Townsend · Tasting room, event space, and innCidery, winery, inn, and dance hall on the Arcadia estate outside Port Townsend, Washington, pouring cider from an 1883 homestead orchard in a former yacht club.
- Finnriver Farm & CideryChimacum · Cider gardenorganic farm, orchard and craft cidery located along a salmon stream in the Chimacum Valley on the north Olympic Peninsula of Washington
- Hierophant MeaderyFreeland · Tasting roomA botanical meadery by Double Bluff Beach on Whidbey Island, Washington, where two herbalists infuse honey wine with nettle and fir tips and mark the seasons with bonfires.
- Maryhill WineryGoldendale · Destination winerySet above the Columbia River Gorge, surrounded by vineyards and open sky, where Washington wine comes into focus and where the wines are crafted and blended.
- San Juan VineyardFriday Harbor · Destination wineryLocated on San Juan Island, San Juan Vineyard is the only operating winery producing estate grown wines.
- Syncline WineryLyle · Estate wineryWelcome to our farm and winery in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge Join us for tasting and bottle service in the cellar and gardens.
Fairs & Rodeos
- Asotin County Fair & Hells Canyon RodeoAsotin · County fair with rodeoAsotin County's April fair and Hells Canyon Rodeo, held on the Anatone road outside Asotin, Washington, where 60 mutton busters ride a Saturday qualifier for ten championship places.
- Benton Franklin Fair & RodeoKennewick · Fair & rodeoThe Benton Franklin Fair & Rodeo fills the Benton County Fairgrounds in Kennewick, Washington, for five August days around the Horse Heaven Round-Up, a rodeo held since 1949.
- Castle Rock FairCastle Rock · Small community fairThe Castle Rock Fair in Castle Rock, Washington, is a three-day youth fair of 4-H and FFA animal shows, a rib cook-off, and a quarter arcade selling tickets three for a dollar.
- Central Washington State FairYakima · State fairThe Central Washington State Fair runs ten days each autumn on Yakima's original 1894 fairgrounds, where Kenworth riveted Army truck frames under the grandstand during World War II.
- Chelan County FairCashmere · County fairChelan County's four-day fair in Cashmere, Washington, held the weekend after Labor Day since 1952, with PRCA rodeo in the Cindy Fowler Memorial Arena and a corn stand from the first year.
- Clallam County FairPort Angeles · County fairA four-day August county fair west of Port Angeles, Washington, first held in 1895 while a Navy cruiser lay in the harbor and plum jelly took a diploma.
- Clark County FairRidgefield · County fairThe Clark County Fair, ten days each August on fairgrounds north of Vancouver at Ridgefield, Washington, first met in a Vancouver city park on October 21, 1868.
- Clayton Community FairClayton · Open class fairAn open-class country fair on 20 acres off Wallbridge Road near Clayton, Washington, started over by volunteers and draft horses after Deer Park redeveloped its old fairgrounds in 2005.
- Columbia County FairDayton · County fairThe Columbia County Fair in Dayton, Washington, held since 1888 on the weekend after Labor Day, where Sunday brings church in the Chicken Chapel and the Farmer Olympics.
- Cowlitz County FairLongview · County fairCowlitz County's free four-day July fair in Longview, Washington, where children pump water at a 19th-century log cabin between the carnival midway and the professional rodeo.
- Dayton DaysDayton · Rodeo and paradeDayton Days is the Memorial Day weekend rodeo and Main Street parade in Dayton, Washington, whose nonprofit board split in 2024 and staged rival rodeos in two counties.
- Evergreen State FairMonroe · County fairThe Evergreen State Fair, an eleven-day county fair at Monroe, Washington, traces itself to an 1874 display in a former Snohomish saloon and sells a blackberry float found nowhere else.
- Ferry County FairRepublic · County fairHeld on Labor Day weekend since 1941; steeped in legacy, good old-fashioned family fun
- Garfield County Fair & RodeoPomeroy · County fair and rodeoThree September days of livestock shows, exhibit halls and a Sunday rodeo at the Garfield County Fairgrounds in Pomeroy, Washington, where the rodeo card runs from mutton busting to wild cow milking.
- Grant County FairMoses Lake · County fairGrant County's late-summer fair on the north side of Moses Lake, Washington, where a World Famous Siphon Setting Contest shares the grounds with a history barn reaching back to 1911.
- Grays Harbor County FairElma · County fairGrays Harbor County's four-day summer fair in Elma, Washington, which has run in the same town since the Chehalis County Fair of the 1880s, its CCC-camp barns still in use.
- Hunters Community & 4-H FairHunters · Community fairA one-day community and 4-H fair in Hunters, Stevens County, Washington, running since 1910 or 1911 by differing accounts, where a chicken picks the bingo winner.
- Jefferson County FairPort Townsend · County fairThe Jefferson County Fair runs three August days at the fairgrounds in Port Townsend, Washington, where in 2026 a sixteen-year-old ran the poultry department.
- Kalama Community FairKalama · Community fairThe Kalama Community Fair fills Haydu Park in Kalama, Washington, for three days each July, and on coronation night it serves free strawberry shortcake in the Exhibit Hall.
- King County FairEnumclaw · County fairThe King County Fair is a four-day July fair in Enumclaw, Washington, dating to 1863, whose rodeo crowd sits in seats salvaged from Seattle's old Kingdome.
- Kitsap County Fair & StampedeBremerton · County fair with prca-sanctioned rodeoKitsap County's August fair in Bremerton, held since 1923, pairs 4-H barns with PRCA rodeo in Thunderbird Arena, an arena first financed with $1 stock certificates.
- Kittitas County FairEllensburg · County fairThe Kittitas County Fair in Ellensburg, first held in 1885 as part of a Civil War veterans' reunion, fills grounds that volunteers graded with horses and Fresno scrapers in 1923.
- Klickitat County FairGoldendale, WA · County fair and pro rodeoThe Klickitat County Fair and Rodeo, held the third weekend of August in Goldendale, Washington, began in 1881 with a pavilion, race course, and grandstand behind a high fence.
- Lacamas Community FairRoy · Community fairA two-day country fair at the Lacamas Community Center in Roy, Washington, held since 1929, where no admission has ever been charged and every entrant wins a ribbon.
- Lincoln County Fair & RodeoDavenport · County fair and rodeoThe Lincoln County Fair & Rodeo in Davenport, Washington, a three-day August fair whose first modern edition, in 1937, kept its livestock in a tent on Morgan Street.
- North Central Washington FairWaterville · Agricultural fairThe North Central Washington Fair, held each late August at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Waterville, Washington, since 1889, pairs 4-H barns with Indian relay racing.
- Northeast Washington FairColville · FairThe Stevens County fair in Colville, Washington: four days of Tri-County 4-H, FFA and Grange exhibits, a one-mile Saturday parade, and roots traced back more than 120 years.
- Northwest Washington FairLynden · RodeoA ten-day August fair on Front Street in Lynden, Washington, begun as a 1909 produce fair, where the Whatcom County Dairy Wives sell the Moo-Wich.
- Okanogan County FairOkanogan · County fairA four-day September fair on 53 acres of county ground at Okanogan, Washington, where youth livestock and fur-and-feather sales at the 2026 edition set a record above $900,000.
- Othello FairOthello · FairA four-day September fair and rodeo in Othello, Washington, that began as a picnic-basket gathering and spent fourteen years sharing Adams County with a fair in Ritzville.
- Pacific County FairMenlo, WA · County fairPacific County's fair, held each August at the Menlo fairgrounds east of Raymond since 1921, whose first edition in 1896 showed a starfish and an 1,860-pound horse.
- Palouse Empire FairColfax · Agricultural fairWhitman County's four-day September agricultural fair, held since 1887 and on its own ground west of Colfax, Washington, since 1949, with a pink cow named Patience for its trademark.
- Pend Oreille County FairCusick, WA · County fairAnnual Pend Oreille County Fair and Rodeo held at the fairgrounds in Cusick, Washington
- Pierce County FairGraham · Traditional county fairPierce County's four-day August fair, held since 1968 in Frontier Park at Graham, Washington, one of only a few fairs in the state set in a park.
- San Juan County FairFriday HarborA county fair showcasing agriculture, the community and youth in an educational and entertaining environment
- SE Spokane County FairRockford · County fairA volunteer-run harvest fair in Rockford, Washington, held each September since 1943 by its own account, where admission is free and the Sunday program includes a spouse calling contest.
- Silvana Community FairSilvana · One-day community fairA one-day youth livestock fair held since 1947 in the hayfield behind Viking Hall in Silvana, Washington, where children 12 and under climb a greased pole at 12:15.
- Skagit County FairMount Vernon · FairThe Skagit County Fair runs four August days at the county fairgrounds in Mount Vernon, Washington, and its own organizers have counted its age from at least four different years.
- Skamania County Fair & Timber CarnivalStevenson · FairA free-gate county fair on Rock Creek in Stevenson, Washington, first held in 1908, where amateurs throw axes, roll logs, and pull the misery whip.
- Southwest Washington FairCentralia · Fair and rodeoThe Southwest Washington Fair, held each August on 78 acres at Centralia, is the only Washington fair created by an act of the Legislature to serve a six-county region.
- Spokane County Interstate FairSpokane Valley · Interstate fairSpokane County's ten-day September fair has been held since 1952 on 97 acres at Broadway and Havana in Spokane Valley, and it descends from an 1886 fair on a Corbin Park racetrack.
- Stanwood-Camano Community FairStanwood · Community fairA three-day agricultural fair on Pioneer Highway just south of Stanwood, Washington, begun as a Stillaguamish Grange harvest day in 1932 and still run almost entirely by volunteers.
- Thurston County FairLacey · County fairThe Thurston County Fair, held each summer at the county fairgrounds by Long Lake outside Lacey, Washington, dates to 1871, when Washington was still a territory.
- Valley Community FairValley · Community fairThe Valley Community Fair is a two-day August fair in a Stevens County, Washington, community of 149 that began in 1932 as a school function.
- Wahkiakum County FairSkamokawa Valley · FairThe Wahkiakum County Fair, held each August on the Skamokawa fairgrounds, where quilts, canning and homemade wine still go in at a T-Building raised in 1918 for $3,200.
- Walla Walla Fair & Frontier DaysWalla Walla · County fairThe county fair and PRCA rodeo held each September on Orchard Street in Walla Walla, Washington, recognized as the state's oldest fair, first staged on a horse-racing track in 1866.
- West Valley Community FairYakima · 4-h and FFA eventCommunity learning experience for the youth of the area in the fields of Home Economics, Still Life, and Agriculture.
- Western Rodeo Parade and Cattle DrivePuyallup · Rodeo parade and cattle driveEach September a herd of cattle walks down Meridian Street in downtown Puyallup, Washington, recalling the days when cowboys drove stock from train cars to the fair.
- Wheat Land Communities' FairRitzville · Community fair and rodeoThe Wheat Land Communities' Fair, each Labor Day weekend a mile north of downtown Ritzville, Washington, is a volunteer-run fair and rodeo built since 1981 without government money.
- Whidbey Island FairLangley · Old-fashioned country fairAn old-fashioned country fair of four July days in Langley, on Whidbey Island, held around a log-trussed Pole Building the WPA paid for in the 1930s.
- Yakima Valley Fair and RodeoGRANDVIEW · Fair and rodeoFour August days of youth livestock and PRCA rodeo in Grandview, Washington, which began in 1927 as a downtown Harvest Festival with a horse team pull.
Town Festivals
- 3rd & 4th of July CelebrationEatonville · Community celebrationThe Eatonville Business Association's two-day Independence Day in Pierce County, Washington: fireworks over a school field on the night of July 3, a noon parade on July 4.
- 49er DaysWinthrop · Annual celebrationWinthrop, Washington's annual western celebration on Mother's Day weekend, opened each year by a pack train riding in from a week in the Methow Valley high country.
- Amboy Territorial DaysAmboy · CelebrationAmboy Territorial Days is a three-day July celebration at a volunteer-owned park in North Clark County, Washington, begun for a post office's 75th anniversary and built around a logging show.
- Anatone DayAnatone · Community dayA June Saturday at the Anatone Community Hall in Asotin County, Washington, held since 1982, with pit-roasted pork, an ATV poker run, and Rod Sangster at his player piano.
- Apple Pie JamboreePateros · Annual eventA three-day fundraiser held since 1947 in Pateros, Washington, where pie, a parade and fireworks in a lakeshore park pay for the town's children's swim lessons and theater.
- Asotin DaysAsotin · Annual town celebrationAsotin Days, the August weekend festival of Asotin in southeast Washington, opens with a 6 a.m. Lions Club breakfast and holds its Chrome on the Creek car show beside Asotin Creek.
- Bald Eagle DaysCathlamet · Two-day festivalBald Eagle Days, a two-day July festival in Cathlamet, Washington, grew from a parade the Cathlamet Women's Club staged in support of the bald eagle.
- Battle DaysRosalia · Town day celebrationRosalia's town day on the Palouse, held each June since 1970, commemorates the 1858 Battle of Pine Creek, and its early proceeds paid for the town museum.
- Battle Ground Harvest DaysBattle Ground · FestivalBattle Ground's Harvest Days, held the third weekend of July since 1957, runs pre-1996 cars down Main Street on Friday night, a parade Saturday morning, and fireworks over the high school.
- Benton City DazeBenton City · Community celebrationBenton City Daze, a September community celebration held in downtown Benton City, Washington, since 1983, runs from a 10 a.m. parade to a street dance ending at midnight.
- Berry Dairy DaysBurlington · Community festivalBurlington, Washington's three-day summer festival of strawberries and dairy, held since the 1930s and still centered on the strawberry shortcake firefighters once pulled down Fairhaven Avenue in red wagons.
- Black Diamond Labor DaysBlack Diamond · FestivalA Labor Day weekend festival in the coal town of Black Diamond, Washington, restarted in 1947 when five men each threw $10 into a pot.
- Buckley Log Show and ParadeBuckley · Two-day logging competitionAn amateur logging competition held the last full weekend of June in Buckley, Washington, open only to local contestants, where a retired logger is named Bull of the Woods.
- Camas DaysCamas · Weekend celebrationCamas Days, a two-day July street festival in downtown Camas, Washington, begun in 1974, where Camas and Washougal council members take part in bathtub races outside City Hall.
- Cascade DaysConcrete · All-class reunionConcrete's August parade and festival in eastern Skagit County, born in the 1930s from dinner meetings held to push a highway across the North Cascades.
- Cheese DaysToledo · Annual town eventToledo, Washington's July festival has run since 1919 and has outlasted the cheese factory it was founded to celebrate. The parade still ends with free cheese sandwiches.
- Chief Seattle DaysSuquamish · 3-day public festivalThe Suquamish Tribe's free three-day August festival in Suquamish, Washington, held since 1911 and centered on a Saturday honoring at Chief Seattle's grave above the Salish Sea.
- Clallam Bay/Sekiu Fun DaysClallam Bay · FestivalClallam Bay/Sekiu Fun Days is a July weekend on Washington's North Olympic coast that began as a loggers' day off and ends Saturday night with fireworks over the bay.
- Concrete River DaysColfax · Annual concrete river days celebrationA one-day July festival in downtown Colfax, Washington, named for the town's concrete river, where rubber ducks once raced the canal and now serve as raffle tickets.
- Connell Fall FestivalConnell · Annual community celebrationAn annual September celebration in downtown Connell, Washington, north of Pasco on Highway 395, which the city says has run more than 100 years and which opens with a fireman breakfast.
- Custer DaysCuster · Street festival for all agesCuster Days is a one-day August street festival in Custer, Whatcom County, Washington, revived in 2025, where a covered-wagon jail holds anyone arrested until a friend pays bail.
- Davenport Pioneer DaysDavenport · Annual town celebrationDavenport, Washington's town celebration, held the third weekend of July since a museum opening in 1972, puts its Saturday parade on U.S. Highway 2.
- DeutschesfestOdessa · FestivalOdessa, Washington's four-day German-Russian heritage festival, held since 1971 in a wheat town of under 900, where a city-block Biergarten fills the community center built for it in 1973.
- Down River DaysIone · Town weekend celebrationIone, Washington's town weekend in City Park on the Pend Oreille River, first held in 1957, ends with snowmobiles racing across open water.
- Duvall DaysDuvall · FestivalDuvall Days, the free first-weekend-of-June festival in Duvall, Washington, closes Main Street for a parade and ends in fireworks over McCormick Park, and it counts two anniversaries at once.
- Everson-Nooksack Summer FestivalEverson · Summer festivalA free two-day July festival in Everson, Washington, a Nooksack Valley farm town about nine miles from Canada, whose Saturday parade runs a mile down Main Street to the river.
- Fair Days ParadeMonroe · ParadeMonroe, Washington's annual Fair Days Parade on West Main Street, run alongside the Evergreen State Fair, where dancing horses share the street with Evergreen Speedway drift cars.
- Fall City DayFall City · Family community festivalFall City Day, a volunteer-run June festival in unincorporated Fall City, Washington, where a parade has followed the Snoqualmie River road since the early 1950s.
- FallfestFamily-friendly fall festivalFood and craft vendors, live music, a beer garden and a chili cook-off in downtown Chewelah.
- Festival at Mt. SiNorth Bend · Annual summer festivalA free three-day August festival at Si View Park in North Bend, Washington, held under four names since 1947 and run by volunteers to fund a scholarship.
- Festival of AmericaGrand Coulee · FestivalA Fourth of July festival at Grand Coulee Dam's Visitor Center Park in Coulee Dam, Washington, where lasers play across the dam face and fireworks launch from its top.
- Fjordin CrossinHoodsport · 9th annual fjordin crossin fun family event that celebrates the old linie aquavit traditionEach June in Hoodsport, Washington, a fiddle-led parade walks a barrel of dill aquavit to the dock and sends it out onto Hood Canal, trailed by a flotilla of paddlers.
- Flag DayFairfield · Flag day celebrationFairfield, a Palouse farm town southeast of Spokane, has held a Flag Day parade and celebration in June since 1910, six years before Wilson's proclamation.
- Forks Old Fashioned 4th of July CelebrationForks, WA · Nonprofit organizationForks, Washington's four-day Independence Day celebration on the West End, where log trucks roll in the Grand Parade and the Lions Club bakes salmon in Tillicum Park's Ben Dome.
- Founder's DayCashmere · Summer celebrationCashmere Founders' Days fills downtown Cashmere, Washington, each June with a car show, parade and evening laser show, and a helicopter drops prize ping-pong balls to children.
- Founders DayMedical Lake · Signature eventMedical Lake, Washington, holds Founders Day on the third weekend of June, with Friday fireworks, a Saturday parade, and a triathlon that begins with a swim.
- Founders' DayTonasketTonasket's Memorial Day weekend celebration in the Okanogan pairs a Saturday parade on Whitcomb Avenue with a two-night PRCA rodeo whose mid-show chicken race is billed as world famous.
- Fourth of JulyLopez IslandLopez Island's Fourth of July, in Washington's San Juan Islands, closes with a volunteer-built fireworks show over Fisherman Bay, its shells made on the island with charcoal from local trees.
- Fourth of July CelebrationArlington · July 4th celebrationArlington, Washington's two-day Fourth of July, with pancakes on the Stillaguamish, a parade down Olympic Avenue, and thousands of rubber ducks dumped off Lincoln Bridge.
- Fourth of July ParadeTwisp · Annual fourth of july paradeTwisp's Fourth of July parade, a Methow Valley custom since 1891, moves along Glover Street in Okanogan County, Washington, with horses, floats, and a fire engine hosing down the spectators.
- Goldendale Community DaysGoldendale · Summer celebrationGoldendale's summer celebration on Main Street and the Klickitat County Courthouse lawn, which reached its 100th year in 2026 and began, the mayor says, as a world-record turnout attempt.
- Grand Old Fourth of JulySteilacoom · Annual july fourth celebrationThe Steilacoom Chamber of Commerce's day-long Fourth of July on Lafayette Street in Steilacoom, Washington, ending with fireworks from a barge paid for entirely by private donations.
- Grandview DaysGrandview · Community paradeGrandview's community parade runs down 2nd Street each August with the Yakima Valley Fair and Rodeo, a fair that began in 1927 as canvas booths and a horse-team pull downtown.
- Granger Cherry FestivalGranger · Cherry festivalThe Granger Lions Club's three-day festival in Granger, Washington, a Yakima Valley town that took the cherry as its emblem, with a carnival at Stoney's Plaza and a Saturday parade.
- Harrah Fall FestivalHarrah · Fall festivalThe Town of Harrah's festival in Yakima County, Washington, held the second Saturday of September, began as the Sugar-Beet Festival and took a new name when the industry went away.
- Harrington Car ShowHarrington · Annual harrington car showAn annual May car show on Third Street in Harrington, Washington, hosted by a family antique car museum in an old Ford dealership in memory of its founder.
- Harrington Fall FestivalHarrington · Fall festivalHarrington's Fall Festival is the September alumni and harvest day of a Lincoln County, Washington, wheat town, where one family has smoked the Lions Club lunch since 1946.
- Harrington Vintage Country FairHarrington · Vintage country fairA free one-day street fair of tractors, pies and yard sales in Harrington, Washington, begun in 2021, with a quilt show upstairs in the 1904 Opera House.
- Hartline DaysHartline · Annual hartline days celebrationHartline Days is a one-day September celebration in the Grant County farm town of Hartline, Washington, where a five-block parade ends at the park and the auction pays for scholarships.
- Harvest FestivalKirkland · FestivalA free one-day fall festival on the north side of Kirkland's Juanita Beach Park, where pie eating, corn shucking, and pony rides share the grounds with a food-donation tent.
- Hockinson Fun DaysHockinson · Two-day celebrationHockinson Fun Days, a late-May celebration near Brush Prairie, Washington, runs from Friday bingo in the high school commons to a Saturday parade of about fifty entries.
- Holland HappeningOak Harbor · Two-day spring celebrationThe Holland Happening & International Festival is Oak Harbor's April weekend honoring Whidbey Island's Dutch settlers, where small wooden shoes race down a water-filled canal at Windjammer Park.
- Huckleberry FestivalBingen · Community festivalBingen, Washington, has held its free, three-day Huckleberry Festival since 1962, with huckleberry pie, a parade dressed in purple and a reptile show kept out of the afternoon heat.
- Independence Day CelebrationConconully · Annual independence day celebrationConconully's Independence Day Celebration fills Main Street in an Okanogan County mountain town of 193 every first Saturday of July, and ends with a $3-a-duck race.
- Kahlotus DaysKahlotus, Washington · Community eventAnnual first-weekend-in-June community celebration with vendors, breakfast, softball, Kiddie Parade and Grand Parade.
- Kalama Cultural FestivalKalama · FestivalFor many years, the Kalama community held a festival celebrating the unique blending of Hawaiian and Native American cultures of the Pacific Northwest. This year, we continue to build on the foundation of the previous festivals in Kalama, Washington.
- Kelso Highlander Festival & Scottish GamesKelso · Highland festival and scottish gamesClan societies march and gather on the Avenue of Clans.
- Kent Cornucopia DaysKent · Annual festivalThe festival happens on Meeker Street in downtown Kent; the car show is at 4th & Meeker Street, spread over 3 blocks and additional side parking lots.
- Kent International FestivalKent · FestivalAn annual free festival of the greater Kent community's heritages at the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington, where visitors collect stamps at ten cultural passport booths.
- Kla Ha Ya DaysSnohomish · FestivalKla Ha Ya Days is Snohomish, Washington's official July celebration, held since 1913 and named, by one account, for the Chinook word for welcome.
- Klickitat Canyon DaysKlickitat · Annual town festivalThe annual festival of Klickitat, Washington, held the last full weekend of July since the 1970s, ends with a thousand numbered ducks floating down the river into town.
- Kruisin’ Kittitas Car Show & BurnoutsKittitas · Car show & burnoutsClassic cars, community, and burnouts in the City of Kittitas.
- La Center Our DaysLa Center · Summer traditionVendor marketplace at Holley Park: every year the parking lot and grass areas fill with a curated selection of local crafts, food, and services and thousands of visitors.
- LoggerodeoSedro-Woolley · Fourth of july festivalSedro-Woolley's Fourth of July celebration in Washington's Skagit Valley, built around an invitation-only chainsaw carving championship held in a fenced lot downtown.
- Loggers' JubileeMorton · CelebrationMorton, Washington, holds its four-day Loggers' Jubilee the second weekend of August, where springboard choppers share the bill with home-built lawnmower racers and a logging-truck parade.
- Loggers' PlaydayHoquiam · Logging celebration and paradeHoquiam's one-day September logging celebration in Grays Harbor County, Washington, held since 1965, ends at Olympic Stadium, where a topped spar drops onto a watermelon-painted Volkswagen.
- Loyalty DaysLong Beach · Annual loyalty days paradeLoyalty Days, a free May weekend of parades and a fleet blessing in Ilwaco and Long Beach, Washington, kept since 1950 and claimed as the nation's longest-running Loyalty Day observance.
- Makah DaysNeah Bay · Annual celebrationMakah Days, the Makah Tribe's three-day August homecoming in Neah Bay, Washington, held every year since 1924 around the anniversary of a 1913 flag raising.
- Manson Apple Blossom FestivalManson · FestivalManson's spring festival on Lake Chelan's north shore, held since 1921, where each May's royal court wears crowns from a line of makers begun by Edna Bennett in 1948.
- Mason County Forest FestivalShelton · Forest festivalA four-day timber festival in Shelton, Washington, held the weekend after Memorial Day, begun in 1945 as a forest-fire prevention campaign and still led by Paul Bunyan.
- McCleary Bear FestivalMcCleary · Annual mccleary bear festivalMcCleary's Bear Festival, held each July since 1959 in a Grays Harbor County mill town, ends its Saturday parade with stew cooked in iron kettles by volunteer firefighters.
- Meeker DaysPuyallup · Community celebrationPuyallup's free three-day June street festival, held since the 1940s and named for Ezra Meeker, whose first hop-curing house stood in the park where its main stage plays.
- Metaline Falls Bigfoot FestivalMetaline Falls · Town-wide eventAn annual small-town Bigfoot festival with vendors selling food and art.
- Millwood DazeMillwood · Street fairMillwood Daze is the late-August street fair of Millwood, Washington, a paper-mill town east of Spokane, where entrants race small cars built from engine valve covers.
- Milton DaysMilton · City community celebrationMilton Days, an August weekend in Milton, Washington, has marked the town's 1907 incorporation since 1948 with a costume party, a parade down Milton Way, and a car show.
- Mossyrock Blueberry FestivalMossyrock · FestivalMossyrock's free three-day blueberry festival in Lewis County, Washington, held the first weekend of August in the town where the county's first commercial blueberries went in during 1944.
- Moxee Hop FestivalMoxee · Annual moxee hop festivalThe Moxee Hop Festival is a three-day August gathering in Moxee City Park, Washington, begun in 1948 to pay for the town's swimming pool.
- Napavine Funtime FestivalNapavine · FestivalA summer festival in Napavine, Washington, planned by the town's Jaycees in 1973, crowns a princess in the grade school gym the night before its candy-throwing Tiger Parade.
- National Lentil FestivalPullman · Food & brew festThe World’s Largest Lentil Chili Bowl, a food and artisan marketplace, and live performances.
- Northeast Washington Mushroom FestivalKettle Falls · Mushroom festivalA free one-day fungi festival at Happy Dell Park in Kettle Falls, Washington, where foragers leave at ten with maps and return by two to have their mushrooms weighed.
- Old Fashioned Tokeland 4th of July Parade & PicnicTokeland · Parade and family picnicAn Independence Day parade and lawn picnic in Tokeland, Washington, on Willapa Bay, held since 1976, whose parade leaves the marina and loops past the 1885 Tokeland Hotel.
- Old Mill DaysOakesdale · Annual celebrationOld Mill Days, Oakesdale, Washington's July festival, honors a four-story 1890 flour mill shut since 1960, with corgi races, lawn mower races, and a midnight swim.
- Old Settlers PicnicFerndale · Washington's longest running picnicThe all-volunteer Whatcom County Old Settlers Association organizes the annual picnic, grand parade and car show, with proceeds going toward preserving the memory and heritage of the early pioneers of Whatcom County.
- Oregon Trail DaysTenino · FestivalTenino, Washington's three-day July festival of pioneer history, where an 1890 press in the old stone depot still prints the town's souvenir wooden money.
- Our Days CelebrationLa Center · CelebrationLa Center, Washington's July Steamboat Celebration, a volunteer-run festival since the mid-1960s, opens with a Friday twilight parade down Fourth Street and fills Holley Park on Saturday.
- Palouse DaysPalouse · Town daysWorld Famous Palouse Days, an annual community celebration the second weekend after Labor Day in downtown Palouse.
- Pe Ell 4th of July FestivalPe Ell · FestivalA volunteer-run Fourth of July weekend in Pe Ell, a western Lewis County town of about 655, where a pierogi contest shares the program with axe throwing and fireworks.
- Penn Cove Water FestivalCoupeville · FestivalAnnual tribal canoe races, Native arts and crafts vendors, storytelling, musical and dance performances, artist demonstrations, Native foods, youth activities and educational displays.
- Pioneer DaysCle Elum · Patriotic celebrationThe Fourth of July weekend in Cle Elum, Washington, led by a First Street parade and a Pioneer Queen who must be at least 75.
- Planters DaysWoodland · Annual community celebrationWoodland, Washington's four-day June celebration at Horseshoe Lake Park, held since 1922 to mark the diking of the Lewis and Columbia rivers, with a frog jump near sixty years old.
- Prairie DaysYelm · Community festivalPrairie Days is Yelm, Washington's four-day late-June festival around a Saturday parade on Yelm Avenue, begun in 1971, by one founder's account, to replace a fading carnival.
- Prospectors' DaysRepublic · AnnualProspectors' Days is Republic, Washington's three-day June celebration of its gold-camp beginnings, with a mock Old West shootout at noon and a grand parade down Clark Street.
- Quincy Farmer Consumer Awareness DayQuincy · CelebrationA September day in Quincy, Washington, begun in 1981 after a farmer heard a radio story about a shopper who believed food came "from Safeway, naturally."
- Railroad DaysGranite Falls · Annual railroad daysGranite Falls, Washington, keeps an October parade and street fair for its steam-train era, begun in 1966 when a high school class opened a tin box from a schoolhouse cornerstone.
- Rainier Round-Up DaysRainier · Community eventCommunity events include a parade, street dance, corn feed, and a free 32nd annual Bluegrass Festival at Wilkowski Park during the fourth weekend in August.
- Razor Clam and Shellfish FestivalLong Beach · FestivalThe spring razor clam festival at Veterans Field in Long Beach, Washington, begun in 1940 around a clam fritter fried in the "World's Largest Frying Pan."
- Reardan Mule DaysReardan · Annual eventA celebration of community filled with many events.
- Rhododendron FestivalPort Townsend · FestivalRhody Week events include trike races, the Pet Parade, Grand Parade, Kiddie Parade, Bed Races, beard judging, golf tournaments and a downtown store window display contest.
- Rhubarb DaysSumner · Street fair & festivalRhubarb Days is a free June street fair in downtown Sumner, Washington, selling rhubarb pie, crisp and IPA from a valley that has forced the plant in hothouses since 1914.
- Sage-N-Sun FestivalEphrata · FestivalEphrata's downtown June festival in Grant County, Washington, run by the Chamber of Commerce around the county courthouse and possibly the county's oldest continuously held.
- Selah Community DaysSelah · Annual celebrationSelah Community Days, held the third weekend in May in Selah, Washington, began in 1926 with a parade of flower-festooned autos to a new high school's picnic grounds.
- Settlers DayDeer Park · Annual community celebrationSettlers Day, Deer Park, Washington's July parade and park gathering, held since 1921 and counted by the city as the state's oldest continuous community celebration.
- Slippery Gulch CelebrationTekoa · FestivalTekoa's June celebration in the Palouse, where a week of youth fishing on Hangman Creek ends in a parade, fireworks, and an egg toss with a 93-foot record.
- Snoqualmie DaysSnoqualmie · Annual celebrationSnoqualmie Days, an August festival in downtown Snoqualmie, Washington, began in 1939 when volunteer firefighters celebrated the town's first fire truck, which still rides in the parade.
- States DayProsser · Community eventAfter the parade, family activities get underway at the city park. Stop on your way into the park to sign into your state of origin and don't forget to purchase your States Day Commemorative buttons! Then grab food from local vendors before trying your luck at BINGO under the pavilion or enjoying the stage show, which shows off the talents of local groups.
- Sultan ShindigSultan · A community celebrationThe Sultan Shindig is a free three-day July festival at River Park in Sultan, Washington, built around a logging contest of pole climbing, hot saws, and thrown axes.
- Sumas Community DaysSumas · Community eventLocal vendors, food, live music, and family fun.
- Sunshine DaysSunnyside · Annual town celebration and paradeA free three-day September festival in downtown Sunnyside, Washington, built around the town's oldest parade and closing Sunday with a grito contest and dancing horses.
- Tides & Timbers Brew Fest (Willapa Harbor Festival)Raymond · Brew festThe former Willapa Harbor Festival, reimagined as a coastal craft-beverage and music festival
- Town and Country DaysKettle Falls · Small town community reunion festivalA two-day street festival on Meyers Street in Kettle Falls, Washington, held in early June, where an honorary Town Grouch leads the Saturday parade.
- Vader May Day FestivalVader · FestivalA one-day parade and street fair on A Street in Vader, Washington, begun in 1952 by Girl Scout leader Lena DeAger and still closing with a May Pole dance.
- Vashon Strawberry FestivalVashon · Island strawberry heritage festivalA three-day July street festival on Vashon Island, Washington, held in the strawberry's name since 1909 on an island that now grows few commercial strawberries.
- Waitsburg Celebration DaysWaitsburg · Time-honored eventWaitsburg Celebration Days is a time-honored event, starting in some form as early as 1902.
- Warden Community DaysWarden · Small town festivalWarden Community Days is a Labor Day weekend festival in Warden, Washington, that ends Monday with a parade down Main Street and a footrace in inflatable costumes.
- Washington State Autumn Leaf FestivalLeavenworth · FestivalLeavenworth's longest-running festival, founded in 1964, crowns an older woman Royal Lady of the Autumn Leaves and sends her around the Northwest before she rides home down Front Street.
- Waterville DaysWaterville · CelebrationWaterville Days is a July Saturday in Waterville, Washington, the state's highest incorporated town, when a parade leaves the school and Pioneer Park fills with the farm market.
- Westport Seafood Festival & Craft ShowWestport · Seafood festival & craft showA one-day waterfront feast of fish and oysters off the Westport boats, with a juried craft show, held at the mouth of Grays Harbor, Washington.
- Whaling DaysSilverdale · Community festivalWhaling Days is a free, volunteer-run festival on the Silverdale waterfront in Kitsap County, Washington, held since 1974 and named for a furniture store called Silver Whale.
- Wild Goose Bill DaysWilbur · Annual town celebrationWilbur, Washington's May town celebration, with a parade and a 3.5-mile Wild Goose Chase, named for a founder who died in a cabin shootout in 1895.
- Wild West ParadeToppenish · ParadeA free downtown parade of horses, wagons, floats and classic cars in Toppenish, Washington, held on the rodeo's Fourth of July weekend and billed locally as the "original" Western parade.
- Wilkeson DaysWilkesonDay 1 has handcar races, parade and vendor market at Historic Coke Oven Park. Day 2 has art displays, history walk, vendor market and Duh Kwooz at Wilkeson Town Hall.
- Winlock Egg DaysWinlock · Annual festivalWinlock's June egg festival in Lewis County, Washington, held since 1921 for a town that once shipped eggs to New York and Hawaii, under a fiberglass egg on a pole.
- Yakama Nation Treaty DaysToppenish and White Swan · Treaty day commemorationThe Treaty Day Commemoration celebrates the sovereignty, resilience and culture of the Yakama people.
- Yep Kanum CelebrationColville · Community festivalA free three-day July festival in Colville's Yep Kanum Park, first held in 1914 and revived by volunteers in 2025 after Rendezvous Days lapsed.
- Zillah Community DaysZillahThe annual weekend celebration in Zillah, sponsored by Zillah Associated Clubs with activities run by city clubs and individuals including the Chamber of Commerce.
Holiday Celebrations
- Come and Play on Labor DaySouth Bend · FestivalSince 1962, South Bend, Washington, has closed out summer with a Labor Day weekend whose rubber-duck race on the Willapa River pays for fireworks that cost $1,000 a minute.
- Grand Old Fourth of JulyBainbridge Island · Town days celebrationBainbridge Island's one-day Independence Day festival in downtown Winslow, produced by the chamber of commerce since 1967, whose parade a longtime staffer recalled once going around twice.
- Viking FestPoulsbo · Annual festivalA free three-day festival on the Liberty Bay waterfront of Poulsbo, Washington, begun in 1969 for Norway's Constitution Day, with a parade and a lutefisk eating contest.
- Washtucna Independence Day CelebrationWashtucna · Independence day celebrationWashtucna, Washington's Fourth of July in Bassett Park: a kiddie parade, a band-served picnic, and a horseshoe open at Sonny's Tavern, revived in 2023 after the Lions Club dwindled.
- Yacolt Freedom ParadeYacolt · ParadeA Fourth of July parade through Yacolt, Washington, a Clark County logging town that took its name from a Klickitat word for "haunted place."
Old-Time Music
- Festival of American Fiddle Tunes (Centrum), Fort Worden, Port Townsend WAPort Townsend · All-day music festivalA week of fiddle classes, dances and late jams at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, Washington, whose concerts fill a converted balloon hangar.
- Fiddlers on the Peak fiddle contest, Addy WAAddy · Old time fiddle and pickingAn old-time fiddle and picking contest held each May in the Addy Grange, Stevens County, Washington, and named for its first home near the 49 North ski resort.
- Oly Old Time Festival, Olympia WAOlympia · Annual old-time music festivalA four-day midwinter gathering of old-time string music and called square dances in Olympia, Washington, begun in 2008 at house jams, with every daytime workshop free.
- Sisco Heights Community Club old-time jams, Arlington WAArlingtonThis is a friendly, non-threatening, circle-jam, and a lot of fun. Acoustic instrument players of all ages and levels welcomed, as are listeners and (if we are lucky) dancers.
- Tumbleweed Music Festival, Howard Amon ParkRichland · FreeThe Tumbleweed Music Festival is a free acoustic gathering each Labor Day weekend in Richland's Howard Amon Park on the Columbia, run entirely by volunteers since 1997.
- WAMA Pickersfest, Oakview Grange, Centralia/Winlock WACentralia · Acoustic music festivalAn acoustic music festival of workshops, genre jams, and campground picking, held each August at Oakview Grange in north Centralia since leaving Winlock's Winolequa Park in 2024.
