Road Trips

Venetian Gondola Tours Are the Best Way to Explore Gig Harbor

Venetian Gondola Tours Are the Best Way to Explore Gig Harbor

Forget yachts and kayaks—it’s all about the Venetian gondola in Gig Harbor

Gig Harbor Gondola takes passengers around the harbor

Chelsea Lin

Halloween Is this Small Washington Town's Forte

Halloween Is this Small Washington Town’s Forte

In Boo-coda, Halloween is celebrated all month long

This article appears in print in the October 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Bucoda, a tiny town (population 560) located 20 miles south of Olympia, takes Halloween seriously. How seriously? In 2012, its town council wanted to turn the town into more of a destination, so it voted to change the city’s name to Boo-coda for the month…

Sydney Gladu

The Twilight Tour: A Guide to Visiting Forks

The Twilight Tour: A Guide to Visiting Forks

A small Olympic Peninsula town makes the most of its film fame

A town welcome

Seattle Mag

9 Iconic Seattle Day Trips

9 Iconic Seattle Day Trips

These locales are farther afield, but you’re not an official mossback until you’ve visited them all

This article appears in print in the June 2019 issue, as part of the 150 Must-Do Summer Experiences cover story. Click here to subscribe. > Mount Rainier. When the mountain is out, head toward it. You could just set out for the visitor center at Sunrise or Paradise, but the best way to truly experience the park is from a…

Hilary Meyerson

Take a Road Trip to Lake Chelan for Water, Wine, Art and More

Take a Road Trip to Lake Chelan for Water, Wine, Art and More

The lake is just the start of this eastern Washington getaway

Get a good view of the Chelan area from the top of Chelan Butte

Lena Beck

Chandler O'Leary's West Coast Atlas Is Your New Road Trip Co-Pilot

Chandler O’Leary’s West Coast Atlas Is Your New Road Trip Co-Pilot

A new book offers illustrated itineraries and offbeat attractions for taking a West Coast road trip

This article appears in print in the May 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Just in time for road trip season, Tacoma-based artist Chandler O’Leary’s recently released The Best Coast: A Road Trip Atlas (Sasquatch Books, $24.95) is an illustrated guide to adventures that await along highways hugging the West Coast. Focusing on California’s Pacific Coast Highway (State Route…

Gwendolyn Elliott

Road Trip: Visit a Vancouver Island Town for Maple Syrup, Hiking and History

Road Trip: Visit a Vancouver Island Town for Maple Syrup, Hiking and History

A tiny Vancouver Island city offers unique rewards for the visitor

AROUND TOWN: The Kinsol Trestle near Duncan was restored for hikers after sitting abandoned for 31 years

Maggie Kerr

Road Trip: Heading to the Apple Cup? Explore Pullman's On- and Off-Campus Treasures

Road Trip: Heading to the Apple Cup? Explore Pullman’s On- and Off-Campus Treasures

There’s more than football to this college town

SIMPLE PLEASURES: The Cordova Theatre is part of the self-guided historic walking tour

Alanna Wight

The Best Scenic Fall Road Trips in the Northwest

The Best Scenic Fall Road Trips in the Northwest

Autumn colors, mountain vistas, idyllic island treks and the back roads of wine country

The forest and mountains near the brilliant blue waters of the North Cascades’ Diablo Lake come into view along a drive on the Cascade Loop

Seattle Magazine Staff

The Cascade Loop Is One of Washington's Most Iconic Drives

The Cascade Loop Is One of Washington’s Most Iconic Drives

The drive takes you through a stunning and varied landscape of farms, mountains and sagebrush

See craggy Liberty Bell Mountain, near Washington Pass, while driving along SR 20/North Cascade Highway

Niki Stojnic

Seattle's Counterbalance? The Awe-Inspiring, Wide-Open Landscape of the Palouse

Seattle’s Counterbalance? The Awe-Inspiring, Wide-Open Landscape of the Palouse

Part of our Scenic Fall Road Trips cover story

A trip to the top of 3,612-foot Steptoe Butte yields a panorama of the Palouse

Roddy Scheer

Take in Lopez Island’s Stunning Views on Two Wheels Instead of Four

Take in Lopez Island’s Stunning Views on Two Wheels Instead of Four

Soak in the rural beauty of this small island from the seat of a bike

This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue, as part of the Scenic Fall Road Trips cover story. Click here to subscribe. On one of Lopez Island’s backroads is a green street sign with the words “Less Travelled Rd.” It succinctly sums up one of the big reasons to come to the smallest of the three most visited…

Virginia Smyth

Take a Deep Drive into Whidbey Island to Experience Great Views and Good Food

Take a Deep Drive into Whidbey Island to Experience Great Views and Good Food

Part of our Scenic Fall Road Trips cover story

The Admiralty Head Lighthouse at 100-plus-year-old Fort Casey Historical State Park, part of the vast defense to the entrance of Puget Sound

Niki Stojnic

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