If you don’t mind going for an early morning drive in order to go for hike, Washington State Parks has some New Year’s Day opportunities for you. This might just be your chance to start the whole year ...

STEVENSON, Wash. — Imagine a scenic loop on good roads offering a chance to travel up the Columbia River Gorge, climb Beacon Rock, hike to a waterfall on the Wind River, swim in Swift Reservoir and ...

Beacon Rock as seen in a lithograph from Frances Fuller Victor’s 1877 book, “Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and a Life on the Frontier.” (Wikipedia Commons) When the Army Corps of Engineers ...