Places to Explore In The Olympic Peninsula and Washington Coast

Discover the best places to explore in The Olympic Peninsula and Washington Coast with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Aberdeen

The pretty town of Aberdeen, on Grays Harbor at the mouth of the Chehalis River, is known for its lovely harbor, spread glittering and gray...

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Chinook

The pleasant Columbia River fishing village of Chinook ( shi -nook) takes its name from the tribe that once controlled the river from its mouth...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Copalis Beach

A Native American village for several thousand years, this small coastal town at the mouth of the Copalis (pronounced coh- pah -liss) River...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Forks

The former logging town of Forks is named for two nearby river junctions: the Bogachiel and Calawah Rivers merge west of town, and a few miles...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Hoquiam

Hoquiam (pronounced hoh -quee-ahm) is a historic lumber town near Aberdeen and the mouth of the Hoquiam River. Both river and town were named...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Ilwaco

Ilwaco (ill- wah -co) has been a fishing port for thousands of years, first as a Native American village and later as an American settlement...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 3 Things To Do

Long Beach

Long Beach bears a striking resemblance to Brooklyn's Coney Island in the 1950s. Along its main drag, which stretches southwest from 10th Street...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 5 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

Montesano

Montesano was settled in 1852 at the confluence of the Chehalis, Satsop, and Wynoochee Rivers. Log-toting steamboats churned through the river...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Neah Bay

One of the oldest villages in Washington, Neah (pronounced nee -ah) Bay is surrounded by the Makah Reservation at the northwestern tip of the...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Ocean Park

Ocean Park is the commercial center of the peninsula's quieter north end. It was founded as a camp for the Methodist Episcopal Church of Portland...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Ocean Shores

Ocean Shores, a long stretch of resorts, restaurants, shops, and attractions, sits on the northern spit that encloses Grays Harbor. The whole...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 3 Things To Do

Oysterville

Oysterville is a 19th-century waterfront village, with houses set in gardens or surrounded by greenswards. Signs posted on the fence of each...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Port Angeles

Sprawling along the hills above the deep-blue Strait of San Juan de Fuca, Port Angeles is the crux of the Olympic Peninsula's air, sea, and...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 5 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Port Townsend

On a peninsula—the small, crooked arm of the Quimper on the northeastern tip of the larger, torch-shaped Olympic—Port Townsend is a place where...

  • 17 Restaurants
  • 10 Hotels
  • 25 Things To Do

Seaview

Seaview, an unincorporated town, has 750 year-round residents and several homes that date from the 1800s. The Shelburne Inn, built in 1896,...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Sekiu

The village of Sekiu (pronounced see -kyu) rests on the peninsula's northern shore, a rocky and roiling stretch of coastline inhabited for...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Sequim

Sequim (pronounced skwim ), incorporated in 1913, is a pleasant old mill town and farming center between the northern foothills of the Olympic...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Westport

Westport is a bay-front fishing village on the southern spit that helps protect the entrance to Grays Harbor from the fury of the Pacific Ocean...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

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