Destinations · Washington
Kelso
WA · 46.1419, -122.9061
White Pass Scenic Byway is a signed byway within 30 miles of Kelso, Washington.
Get in
Interstate 5 (I-5) goes through Kelso: Exit #39 (Allen St/Kelso) leads to most food, gasoline and lodging Exit #40 (N Kelso Ave) accesses a residential district north of town. Allen St: Goes through town from I-5 as Allen St to 5th Ave N (WB) & 4th Ave N (EB). It becomes the Ocean Beach Highway (SR-4) west of its intersection with Washington Way, west of town, connecting to the coast (Long Beach & Astoria) along the Washington side of the Columbia River. Washington Way Local boulevard that connects West Kelso to Longview.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Kelso are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- White Pass Scenic Byway · 28 mi · national
Public land
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest · 26 mi
Campgrounds
- Horse Camp: Kalama · 28 mi
Lookouts
- Nassa Point · 20 mi
- Sediment Dam Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Cathlamet Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Rock Falls lookout point · 24 mi
Named places
- Cowlitz County Historical Museum · 0 mi
- Kelso Veterans Park · 0 mi
- Lads & Lassies Park · 1 mi
- Rhododendron Gardens · 1 mi
- Rotary Park · 1 mi
- Tam O'Shanter Park · 1 mi
- Sister City Monument · 1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial · 1 mi
A day out of Kelso, planned on real roads
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Longview · 2 mi
- Rainier · 4 mi
- Southwest Washington · 10 mi
- Toutle · 17 mi
- Woodland · 18 mi
- St. Helens · 20 mi