The Pacific Northwest is a
camping traveler's paradise.
It offers everything an RV or car camping vacationer could desire: seashores, snow-topped mountains, 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.
Pacific Northwest
Camping Destinations provides the camping traveler with
information needed to visit the Northwest without missing any of its top
destinations and attractions. It combines the functions of a campground
directory and a sightseeing guide directing the way to more than 100
destinations and 700 campgrounds throughout Oregon, Washington, and
southern British Columbia. Each entry describes a vacation spot and its
attractions and recommends good camping sites in the area, including
privately owned, federal, state, provincial, and local government
campgrounds.
Each campground is described in detail including a
recommendation for the maximum size RV suitable for the campground.
Written driving instructions as well as a map are provided showing the
exact location of each campground. Tourist destinations are described and
several itineraries are provided for driving on scenic routes throughout
the region.
Come and visit the Northwest for a week or the entire
summer, the choice is yours. Here are some of the places you will ot want
to miss:
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The Oregon Coast
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The Columbia Gorge
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Mt. St. Helens
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Vancouver Island
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Mount Rainier
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The Olympic Peninsula
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The Oregon Trail
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Coeur d'Alene
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Victoria
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Banff and Lake Louise
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Hells Canyon
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And lots more!
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Suggested Touring
Routes
Tour 1 - The Oregon Coast
Tour 2 - Central Oregon
Loop
Tour 3 - Eastern Oregon
Loop
Tour 4 - Washington's
Olympic Peninsula
Tour 5 - Washington's
North Cascade Loops
Tour 6 - Washington's
Southern Loop
Tour 7 - British Columbia
Mainland Loop
Tour 8 - British
Columbia's Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island Loop
Chapter 3 - How To Use The Destination
Chapters
Chapter 4 - Oregon State
Regions and Their
Campgrounds
Oregon Coast
Willamette Valley and Portland
Cascade Mountains
Columbia River
Bend Area
The East
Government Lands and
Their Campgrounds
Oregon State Campgrounds
Federal Campgrounds
Destinations and
Campgrounds
Interstate 5 Corridor
Ashland
Astoria, Seaside, and Cannon Beach
Baker City and Sumpter
Bandon
Bend and La Pine
Brookings
Camp Sherman and the Metolius River
Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway Loop
Charleston
Columbia Gorge
Crater Lake National Park
Eugene
Gold Beach
Grants Pass
Hells Canyon
Hells Canyon Scenic Byway
John Day Country
Klamath Falls
Lakeview and the Outback Scenic Byway
Lincoln City to Newport
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and Steens Mountain
Maryhill Region
Mt Hood
Nehalem Bay and Manzanita
Newberry National Volcanic Monument
Oregon Caves National Monument
Pendleton
Port Orford
Portland
Prineville
Redmond and Sisters
Reedsport and the Oregon Dunes
Roseburg and the Umpqua Valley
Salem
Tillamook and the Three Capes Loop
Waldport and Florence
Wallowa Lake Region
Warm Springs and Madras
West Cascades Scenic Byway
Willamette Pass Route
Information Resources
Chapter 5 - Washington State
Regions and Their
Campgrounds
Olympic Peninsula
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
Cascade Mountains
East of the Cascades
Northern Idaho
Government Lands and
Their Campgrounds
Washington State Campgrounds
Federal Campgrounds
Destinations and Their
Campgrounds
Interstate 5 Corridor
Bellingham
Chelan
Cle Elum and Roslyn
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Ellensburg
Forks and the Western Sections of the Olympic National Park
Grand Coulee
Hood Canal
Ilwaco and Long Beach
Kitsap Peninsula and Bainbridge Island
Lake Easton and Lake Kachess
Lake Pateros Region
Lake Wenatchee and Fish Lake Recreation Area
Leavenworth
Lewiston and Clarkston
Moscow, ID; Pullman, WA; and the Palouse
Moses Lake and the Potholes
Mt Rainier National Park
Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument
North Cascades National Park
Ocean Shores and the North Beaches Area
Okanagan Valley
Olympia
Port Angeles and the North Olympic Park
Port Townsend
Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho
Seattle
Sequim
Skagit Valley
Snake River
Spokane
Tacoma
Tri-Cities (Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland)
Walla Walla
Wenatchee
Westport
Whidbey Island
Winthrop and the Methow Valley
Yakima and the Yakima Valley
Yakima River Canyon
Information Resources
Chapter 6 - British Columbia
Regions and Their
Campgrounds
Vancouver Island
Sunshine Coast
Vancouver and the Lower Fraser Valley
Interior
Canadian Rockies
Government Lands and
Their Campgrounds
Provincial Park Campgrounds
National Park Campgrounds
Forest Service Recreation Sites
Destinations and Their
Campgrounds
Banff National Park
Barkerville and Wells
Boundary Country
Campbell River
Cape Scott
Chetwynd, Hudson's Hope and Tumbler Ridge
Cowichan Valley: Chemainus, Duncan, and Cowichan Lake
Dawson Creek
Fernie
Glacier National Park
Harrison Hot Springs
Hope
Jasper National Park
Kamloops
Kootenay Lakes District
Kootenay National Park and Radium Hot Springs
Manning Provincial Park
Merritt and the Surrounding Plateau
Nanaimo
New Hazelton and Kitwanga
Oceanside
Okanagan Valley
Port Alberni
Port Hardy
Port McNeill and Telegraph Cove
Prince George
Prince Rupert
Quesnel
Revelstoke
Shuswap
Similkameen Valley
Smithers
South Cariboo Region
Sunshine Coast (Lower) - Gibsons, Sechelt, and the South
Sunshine Coast (Upper) - Powell River, Lund, and the North
Terrace
Thompson and Fraser River Canyons
Tofino, Ucluelet, and the Pacific Rim National Park
Valley of a Thousand Peaks (Cranbrook, Kimberly, Fort Steele Triangle)
Vancouver
Victoria
Wells Gray Provincial park (Clearwater River Corridor Section) and
Clearwater
Whistler and the Sea to Sky Highway
Williams Lake
Yoho National Park and Golden
Information Resources
Index