Gifford Pinchot National Forest: Washington
If you’re in the area and planning to visit Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, you should also check out this beautiful wooded area.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest is well-known for its unique landscape, which includes caverns and tunnels formed in old cooling lava. We especially recommend visiting the 2.5-mile-long Ape Cave.
It’s a popular tourist attraction and a section of the Pacific Crest Trail, a popular destination for hikers of all levels. This forest’s many lakes, rivers, and streams have a variety of fish like coho salmon, chinook salmon, cutthroat trout, steelhead trout, and rainbow trout.
You may even get a peek at the incredible wildlife, which includes elk, mountain goats, black bears, and bobcats.
