Chinook Scenic Byway

Lookouts along this byway

6 scenic overlooks in drive order. Every one traces to a real source — OpenStreetMap, an official agency record, or a local who confirmed it. Zero hallucinations.

1. 1

   Fife's Peak Viewpoint

   On the byway · OpenStreetMap

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2. 2

   Sourdough Gap

   0.8 mi detour · OpenStreetMap

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3. 3

   South Snoquera Point

   0.5 mi detour · OpenStreetMap

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4. 4

   North Snoquera Point

   0.3 mi detour · OpenStreetMap

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5. 5

   Skookum Falls Viewpoint

   On the byway · OpenStreetMap

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6. 6

   Mount Rainier Viewpoint

   On the byway · OpenStreetMap

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Parks and public land along this byway

Protected land this corridor runs through, or comes within thirty miles of. Distance is measured to each unit’s official boundary, not its center point, so a road at the entrance reads as the entrance.

Day-trip bases along the way

• Mount Rainier National Park · 8 mi
• Auburn · 13 mi
• Puyallup · 14 mi
• Fife · 17 mi
• Kent · 17 mi
• Federal Way · 18 mi

Named places along this byway

Typed places from the atlas within thirty miles of this road, measured to the drawn route. Each one traces to its source record, and each one lists the byways near it in return.

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