Breakdown Gulch

Breakdown Gulch: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Breakdown Gulch

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Breakdown Gulch — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.62376, -117.72215. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Breakdown Gulch

• Lower Granite Lake Dam · lake · Garfield · ~29 km · Must-see
• Marmes Rockshelter · fort · Franklin · ~46 km · Must-see
• Lyons Ferry State Park · sanctuary · Franklin · ~48 km · Must-see
• Palouse Falls · waterfall · Whitman · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lake West Dam · lake · Franklin · ~51 km · Must-see
• Camp Wooten Retreat Center · sanctuary · Columbia · ~54 km · Must-see
• Rogers Field · park · Whitman · ~56 km · Must-see
• Lewis & Clark Trail State Park · sanctuary · Columbia · ~57 km · Must-see
• Columbia Plateau Trail State Park · sanctuary · Adams · ~62 km · Must-see
• Steptoe Butte · viewpoint · Whitman · ~70 km · Must-see
• Steptoe Butte State Park Heritage Site · sanctuary · Whitman · ~70 km · Must-see
• Canyon Grain Bins · fort · Whitman · ~32 km
• Alpowa Summit · viewpoint · Asotin · ~39 km
• Spring Lake Dam · lake · Columbia · ~41 km
• Spring Lake · lake · Columbia · ~41 km
• Blue Lake Dam · lake · Columbia · ~42 km
• Blue Lake · lake · Columbia · ~42 km
• Rainbow Lake Dam · lake · Columbia · ~43 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Breakdown Gulch

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Breakdown Gulch

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• Milk Shakes · viewpoint · Columbia · ~88 km · Must-see
• Columbia Heights · viewpoint · Walla Walla · ~116 km · Must-see
• Krell Hill · viewpoint · Spokane · ~139 km · Must-see
• Kings Peak · viewpoint · Benewah · ~142 km · Must-see
• Mica Peak Conservation Area · viewpoint · Spokane · ~145 km · Must-see
• Alpowa Summit · viewpoint · Asotin · ~39 km
• Horseshoe Canyon · viewpoint · Asotin · ~44 km
• Steptoe Canyon · viewpoint · Whitman · ~55 km

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