Ride on a steam train. Hike the Goat's Rock Wilderness. Fly fish on the Cowlitz. Antique shop. Celebrate a festival. Explore the White Pass Scenic Byway. Lewis County boasts the best that the rural and wild Northwest has to offer.

Appease car weary children and play in our city parks. The skate park in Centralia is the largest free skate park in the Northwest. Chehalis & Penny Playground inspires the imagination of children and adults. Borst Park features a public swimming pool, picnic facilities, historic attractions and more.

Curiosities
Entertainment
Farm & Garden
Hatcheries
Museums
Must Do & See
Outdoor Activities
Parks & Wilderness Areas

Performing & Fine Arts
Shopping
Tours, Walking

Tours, Driving                              
Trains
Volcanoes (Mt St Helens, Mt Rainier, Mt Adams)
Watchable Wildlife
Wild Botanicals

Speedways - Southsound or Jackson Prairie

Excursions
Three-Day Tour
Antiques & Shopping Tour (1-Day)
Historic Tour (1-Day)
Nurseries and Garden Tour
White Pass Scenic Byway
Mt Rainier National Park Scenic Drive
Packwood Winter Activities  [pdf]
Fall Foliage
Cycling Routes [pdf]
Motorcycle Routes                           

Consider a getaway for antique shopping in vintage downtowns; bird watching and a picnic; or exploring the reflective side of Mount St. Helens. We've got things to do for leisurely travelers as well as the more adventurous.

Lewis County is equidistant and just an hour and a half from Seattle and Portland. Interstate 5 runs through the county north and south. The White Pass Scenic Byway (Hwy. 12) runs east and west, connecting the main cities of Chehalis and Centralia with the mountain communities of East County. Scenic Byway 6 (Ocean Beach Highway) extends to Pacific County, Willapa Bay and the Long Beach Peninsula .

Self-guided drive tours, train excursions, and cycling routes are good ways to explore this wild and rural region of the Northwest.

In addition to the excursions listed above, these tours and drives are under development:

Watchable Wildlife
Historic Barns
Historic Churches, Missions and Graveyards
Historic Buildings
Mount St. Helens
Columbia Gorge
Old Highway 99
Harley Motorcycle Tours