largest chair
Wild Horse Monument
smallest chapel
Over 7,000 photos annually are taken in this unique backdrop with people coming from all over the state, the country and the world. Conveniently located at the main entrance of Desert Aire, it can be seen easily from SR 243.
Selfies can easily be taken on the hands free phone mount.
smallest chapel
Wild Horse Monument
smallest chapel
Deemed the smallest chapel all of the county, available for weddings, vow renewals, baptisms, or just moments to pray. Located at the Desert Aire Visitor Center. For more information call or text 509.932.7975.
Wild Horse Monument
Wild Horse Monument
PALOUSE TO CASCADES TRAIL
Another perfect viewpoint on the Columbia River Gorge, just east of the Vantage Bridge is the Wild Horse Monument, an artistic sculpture of fifteen, life sized horses galloping on the hill in a 200 foot line of charging steeds - “Grandfather Cuts Loose the Ponies”.
Hikers can get a closer look, walking along a loose gravel pathway for about half a mile to 150' elevation, the scene symbolically re-creates the Great Spirit turning loose a herd of wild horses. The landscape of the rocks along the river are breathtaking and the colors at either sunset or sunrise combined with panoramic views for picture perfect memories for any spectator.
PALOUSE TO CASCADES TRAIL
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park & Wanapum Recreation Area
PALOUSE TO CASCADES TRAIL
The Beverly Bridge over the Columbia River. part of the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail and closes a critical gap in its 289-mile length. The bridge was constructed in 1909 by the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad as part of its expansion to Tacoma, WA. It is 3,0052 feet in length and sits 69 feet above the Columbia River. It is in excellent condition even for its age and was built to last a very long time. Access to the bridge is from the Huntzinger Trailhead south of Vantage on the west side. It is about a 1.25 mile hike to the actual bridge from that trailhead. There is also access at Beverly on the east side, although there is no parking at Beverly. The PTCT continues east along Crab Creek although currently there are two bridges that are missing going east.
Gorge Amphitheatre
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park & Wanapum Recreation Area
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park & Wanapum Recreation Area
The Gorge Amphitheatre is an outdoor concert venue situated near the Columbia River in Central Washington, 39 miles north from the South Grant County area at George, WA.
The original amphitheater was owned and operated by Dr. Vincent Bryan and Carol Bryan, along with the adjoining winery, Champs de Brionne, for which it was named. It opened in 1986 and seated 3,000 people. Expanded to 19,000 prior to the purchase by MCA in 1993, it was acquired by Live Nation in 2006. Click Here for more info
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park & Wanapum Recreation Area
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park & Wanapum Recreation Area
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park & Wanapum Recreation Area
A 7,124-acre park with camping at Wanapum Recreation Area features 27,000 feet of freshwater shoreline on the Wanapum Lake along the Columbia River. A registered National Natural Landmark and considered one of the most diverse fossil forests in North America, the Park is famous for its rare specimens of petrified Ginkgo tree discovered there in 1932.
Curious? Drive to the park interpretive center and take in the big skies, Columbia River views and outdoor exhibits of petrified wood. Look for evidence of Ice Age floods carved into the walls of the Columbia River Gorge. Then step inside the Ginkgo Petrified Forest Interpretive Center.
Drive the Old Vantage Highway to the Ginkgo "trailside museum," constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, and recently updated with a new interpretive exhibit. From here, the Trees of Stone Interpretive Trail winds past more than 20 petrified logs in their original settings. Birders, look for golden eagles, sage thrashers, Say’s phoebes and many other species. Elk and bighorn sheep also frequent this are