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Getting to Yakima Valley
Yakima Valley Travel Tip
A loop tour to the Yakima Valley offers a look at the geographic and cultural diversity of the
Valley as well as the spectacular mountain scenes that take you there.
Yakima is only 140 miles from Seattle, a pleasant two and one-half hour drive across the Cascade
Range via Snoqualmie Pass on I-90. This route offers a look at Snoqualmie Falls and Roslyn,
Washington, the location for the popular T.V. series "Northern Exposure". Continue traveling
east to I-82. From there, the Yakima Valley is just 35 miles south.
White and Chinook Passes also offer a beautiful scenic drive from Western Washington. Although
these routes offer spectacular mountain vistas, they are best traveled between April and October.
Chinook Pass (Washington Route 410), offers a breathtaking view of the 14,410 foot high Mount
Rainier. You will enter Mount Rainier National Park, designated in 1899 as the nation's fifth
national park, drawing more than 2 million visitors each year.
White Pass (U.S. Route 12) is another beautiful route to the Yakima Valley. Again, Mount
Rainier is an attraction. A visitors' center located in Paradise offers a sense of Rainier's Nordic
facilities in the winter and a number of summer activities that include the summer music festival
series and fly fishing school.
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