Town · 42 min west
Prosser
Wine village tasting rooms and a big hot air balloon rally in fall.
- Half day · Easy
- Year-round
- Tasting fees
Day Trippin' › Washington › From The Tri-Cities
Day trips from The Tri-Cities
From Kennewick, Pasco and Richland, wine country starts minutes away, and Walla Walla, the Blue Mountains and Palouse Falls are an easy morning's drive.
50 places within a 3-hour drive, by real roads.
10 day trips from the Tri-Cities
- Red Mountain wineries 29 min west
- Prosser 42 min west
- Whitman Mission 1 hr east
- Walla Walla 1 hr 7 min east
- Fort Walla Walla Museum 1 hr 7 min east
- Lewis and Clark Trail State Park 1 hr 25 min east
- Palouse Falls 1 hr 39 min northeast
- Maryhill Stonehenge 2 hr 1 min southwest
- Dry Falls 2 hr 47 min north
- Steptoe Butte 2 hr 53 min northeast
Within an hour from the Tri-Cities 3 spots
Historic site · 1 hr east
Whitman Mission
A national historic site on a dark chapter of the Oregon Trail era.
- 1-2 hrs · Easy
- Year-round
- No pass or fee needed
Winery · 29 min west
Red Mountain wineries
A small, famous wine area of big reds near Benton City.
- Half day · Easy
- Year-round
- Tasting fees
1 to 2 hours from the Tri-Cities 14 spots
Town · 1 hr 7 min east
Walla Walla
A tree-lined downtown with more than 100 wineries nearby.
- Half day · Easy
- Year-round
- Tasting fees
Waterfall · 1 hr 39 min northeast
Palouse Falls
A 198-foot falls into a deep basalt canyon, the state's official waterfall.
- 1-2 hrs · Easy
- Spring best
- Discover Pass
Museum · 1 hr 7 min east
Fort Walla Walla Museum
A pioneer village and museum with a big mule-team display.
- 2 hrs · Easy
- Year-round
- Entry fee
State park · 1 hr 25 min east
Lewis and Clark Trail State Park
Old-growth riverside forest on the Touchet River near Waitsburg.
- 1-2 hrs · Easy
- Spring-fall
- Discover Pass
State park · 1 hr 40 min north
Potholes State Park
Sand dunes, lakes and birds in the desert.
- Half day · Easy
- Spring-fall
- Discover Pass
State park · 1 hr 43 min northwest
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park
Petrified logs and a view over the Columbia at Vantage.
- 1-2 hrs · Easy
- Year-round
- Discover Pass
Wildlife refuge · 1 hr 56 min north
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
Scablands lakes and cliffs full of birds south of Potholes.
- 2-3 hrs · Easy
- Spring-fall
- No pass or fee needed
Town · 1 hr 17 min west
Toppenish murals
Dozens of outdoor murals of the town's history.
- 1-2 hrs · Easy
- Year-round
- No pass or fee needed
2 to 3 hours from the Tri-Cities 30 spots
Historic site · 2 hr 1 min southwest
Maryhill Stonehenge
A full-size concrete Stonehenge built as a WWI memorial.
- 30 min · Easy
- Year-round
- No pass or fee needed
Waterfall · 2 hr 47 min north
Dry Falls
A cliff once home to a waterfall five times wider than Niagara, from the Ice Age floods.
- 1-2 hrs · Easy
- Year-round
- Discover Pass at some lots
Viewpoint · 2 hr 53 min northeast
Steptoe Butte
Drive to the top of a butte for a 360-degree view of rolling Palouse hills.
- 1 hr · Easy
- Late spring-fall
- Discover Pass
Park · 2 hr 38 min northeast
Riverfront Park and Spokane Falls
The downtown falls, a gondola over the rapids and a carousel.
- 2-3 hrs · Easy
- Year-round; falls biggest in spring
- Gondola fee
Town · 2 hr 5 min north
Soap Lake
A mineral lake people have soaked in for a century.
- 1-2 hrs · Easy
- Summer
- No pass or fee needed
Cave · 2 hr 12 min north
Lake Lenore Caves
A short trail to shallow caves used by early peoples above a coulee lake.
- 1 hr · Easy
- Spring-fall
- Discover Pass
Ski area · 2 hr 18 min east
Bluewood
A small, high ski area in the Blue Mountains.
- Full day · Easy to hard
- Winter
- Lift ticket
Market · 2 hr 50 min northwest
Pybus Public Market
A food hall in an old steel warehouse on the Wenatchee riverfront.
- 1-2 hrs · Easy
- Year-round
- No pass or fee needed
Drive times are by road on a typical day from ZIP 99336 (OpenStreetMap data with the OSRM route planner). Facts checked against official sites; passes and hours change, so check before you go.