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Seattle Sights - Within 100 Miles

Ebey's Landing National Historic Reserve

Centered on the nineteenth century seaport of Coupeville, this park's landscape is little-changed since the 1800s.

Mount Rainier

This national park centers on 14,410-foot Mount Rainier, an active volcano encased in over 35 square miles of snow and ice and surrounded by old growth forest and stunning wildflower meadows

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Site of the world-famous 1980 eruption, located in southwest Washington.

Olympic National Park

Terrains here include glacier-capped, 8,000-foot-high mountains, the Northwest's largest remaining undisturbed old-growth rain forests, and 60 miles of wilderness beaches, the largest section of wilderness coast in the continental United States.

North Cascades National Park

Encompasping a large portion of the North Cascades Mountains, this park includes Ross Lake and the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. Located northeast of Seattle.

San Juan Island National Historic Park

This historic locale was the site of the "Pig War" crisis between the United States and Great Britain in 1859. Today it's a place of great natural beauty. Located off the coast near Seattle.

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