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15 Picture-Perfect Road Trips

Even when it’s not what you expect, Pacific Northwest highways lead to vacation perfection.

Photo by Kyle Johnson

They’re the vacations you always fantasized about: foraging for fresh Pacific Northwest fare, scaling red sandstone cliffs, or steering a camper van down the blacktop into the sunset. We hit the highways for inspiration and found the best getaways; now make your perfect road trip a reality.

#VanLife in Real Life

From retro Vanagons to the high-end Mercedes Metris, roadside detours just got a lot more comfortable.

The Prettiest Road Trip in the Pacific Northwest

Called the North Cascades Highway, State Route 20 winds through the most spectacular geography this side of Alaska. Start at I-5 in Burlington and head east on the two-lane highway, but be sure to stop at these pullouts.











Allison Williams
Allison Williams
Since joining Seattle Met in 2011, Allison Williams has overseen the magazine’s travel and outdoor coverage, including deep dives into Olympic National Park, the Columbia River, and a Burger King drive-thru in Canada. She edits the travel-focused blog Tripster and contributes service, news, interview, and narrative pieces to the magazine, including long-form features about mountain mysteries and puppies in prison. She’s earned awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and been nominated for a City and Regional Magazine award.  Allison was raised here in Olympia and studied writing at Duke University, Oxford University, Columbia Journalism School, and University of Alaska. She began her career in New York City in the newsrooms of Metro newspaper and Time Out New York, then hightailed it back to her native habitat so she could write guidebooks and climb mountains.