Description of the route Pacific Northwest Trail

pacific northwest national scenic trail overview map

in washington, pnt enters colville national forest in salmo-priest wilderness, travels on metaline falls bridge on pend oreille river, before continuing on abercrombie mountain , reaching columbia river, in town of northport.

next, trail wanders along kettle crest, through okanogan-wenatchee national forest , range lands , orchards of okanogan river valley. city of oroville, washington, pnt follows similkameen river palmer lake, trail travels through loomis state forest, , begins ascent pasayten wilderness, pnt shares tread pacific crest trail.

after traversing pasayten, trail crosses ross lake national recreation area , north cascades national park. trail exits park via hannegan pass, , continues through mt. baker wilderness. mount baker-snoqualmie national forest, trail uses mix of federal, state, , private timber lands reach shores of puget sound.

along dikes , through farmlands of skagit county, trail traverses fidalgo island, crosses bridge @ deception pass state park , continues across whidbey island washington state ferry terminal in coupeville, washington.

after thirty-minute ferry ride, trail picks in quaint seaside community of port townsend, washington , confluence of 3 trails: larry scott trail, olympic discovery trail, , pacific northwest trail. trails circumnavigate northeastern tip of olympic peninsula , discovery bay before going separate directions, pnt turning southwest through olympic national forest, buckhorn wilderness , olympic national park.

as trail leaves park , travels along bogachiel river finds way through northern end of hoh rain forest pacific ocean @ mouth of hoh river. there, trail turns north , wanders along wilderness coast enters quileute indian reservation near town of la push, continues north western terminus @ cape alava.