Umatilla

The Pacific Salmon Visitor Information Center is east of Umatilla at the McNary Lock and Dam. Lake Wallula was created by the dam where anglers can fish for walleye, bass and sturgeon.

Hood River

Hood River is a good place to see the Columbia River Gorge’s breathtaking waterfalls, or for a closer look at Mt. Hood by exiting I-84 to SR 35 and US 26 on the Mt. Hood Scenic Byway. The Hood River Waterfront Park and the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile...

Arlington

Vacationers can venture off the Trail south of Arlington to enjoy the Blue Mountain and Elkhorn Drive Scenic Byways.

The Dalles

The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center presents the history of the Columbia River Gorge from the Ice Age, to 10,000 years of Native American culture, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Gold Rush, the re-created 1900s streets of Wasco County, to nature walks and native...

Bonneville

The visitor center at Bonneville Lock and Dam offers visitors the chance to look through underwater windows at Chinook and Coho Salmon jumping their way up fish ladders each fall.