Directions to Washington State
GETTING TO WASHINGTON STATE:
The state is located in the extreme Northwest corner of the contiguous United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the South, Idaho to the East and the Canadian Province of British Columbia to the North. The Western side of the state is bordered by the Pacific Ocean.
DRIVING: All areas of the state can be reached by major Interstates or good state roads. Running North-South through the Western part of the state is Interstate Five which comes from Oregon and continues up to British Columbia where it becomes Canadian Highway 99. Another North-South Route is Interstate 82 from Hermiston Oregon, up through the tri-cities of Pasco, Richland and Kennewick. It continues North through Yakima eventually becoming highway 97 and crossing Wenatchee, Chelan and the Okanogan Valley before reaching Canada. Interstate Ninety runs East-West in the almost center of the state coming from Idaho, through Spokane in Eastern Washington and terminating in Seattle to the West. Other East-West highways are Highway 12 in the Southern part of the state and Highway 2 in the northern part.
FLYING: There are major international airports in Seattle Tacoma area (Western Washington) and Spokane in Eastern Washington. Access to the state is also easy from Portland International in Portland Oregon, just across the river from Vancouver Washington (not Vancouver BC) in the Southern part of the state and from Vancouver BC just across the border from Blaine and Bellingham Washington in the Northern region of the state. There are also jet serviced airports in Wenatchee, Yakima and the Tri-Cities.
RAIL: Amtrak provides passenger rail service North-South through Seattle Tacoma and East West through Spokane to Seattle.
Directions to Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier National Park is located in west central Washington about 48 miles southeast of Tacoma, WA. The park is approximately a one to two hour drive from Seattle, Tacoma and Yakima, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Access to Mt. Rainier National Park is found through four main park entrances:
Northwest Entrance at Carbon River
Northeast Entrance at Sunrise/White River
Southwest Entrance at Nisqually River
Southeast Entrance at Ohanapecosh
Other park roads are open only during the summer months.
For detailed directions to your property please see below
Directions to this property
Directions From Seattle
** Prepare for Winter driving conditions: Always carry emergency supplies, including a snow shovel, in your vehicle and travel with chains and/or AWD. Consult the WSDOT website for travel advisories and restrictions before your trip**
- Take Interstate 5 South and use the left 2 lanes to take Exit 154A to merge onto Interstate 405 North toward Renton
- Take Exit 2 to merge onto Washington 167 South toward Auburn (20.3 miles)
- Use the right 2 lanes to take the Washington 512 West exit toward Washington 161 South toward Puyallup and Olympia (0.8 miles)
- Continue onto Washington 161 South/WA-512 WWashington 512 West (2.6 miles)
- Take the Washington 161 South exit toward Eatonville (0.4 miles)
- Continue on Washington 161 South. Take Washington 7 South to US-12 East in Morton (1 hour 13 minutes, 51.7 miles)
- Turn left onto Washington 161 South/31st Avenue Southwest South
- Continue to follow Washington 161 South
- Pass by Meineke Car Care Center (on the left in 0.7 mi) (22.8 miles)
- Turn left onto Center Street East (0.6 miles)
- Continue onto Alder Cutoff Road East (6.5 miles)
- Turn left onto Washington 7 South/Mountain Highway East (4.9 miles)
- Turn right ontoWashington 7 South (16.8 miles)
- Turn left onto US-12 East (40 minutes, 36.8 miles)
- Drive to Forest Ridge Drive (3 minutes, 0.7 miles)
- Turn right onto Grizzly Road (0.1 miles)
- Turn right onto Forest Ridge Dr (0.6 miles)
- Turn right onto Loop Lane and follow it until you reach your destination (0.2 miles)
NOTE: In winter tire chains and a snow shovel are required.