French Ridge

French Ridge: 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 French Ridge

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 French Ridge — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.08953, -117.72025. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near French Ridge

• Camp Wooten Retreat Center · sanctuary · Columbia · ~21 km · Must-see
• Milk Shakes · viewpoint · Columbia · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mount Horrible · viewpoint · Asotin · ~26 km · Must-see
• Jubilee Lake · lake · Columbia · ~43 km · Must-see
• Lewis & Clark Trail State Park · sanctuary · Columbia · ~44 km · Must-see
• Fields Spring State Park · sanctuary · Asotin · ~52 km · Must-see
• Langdon Lake · lake · Walla Walla · ~56 km · Must-see
• Friends · museum · Walla Walla · ~59 km · Must-see
• Fort Walla Walla Museum · fort · Walla Walla · ~62 km · Must-see
• North Fork Umatilla Wilderness · sanctuary · Umatilla · ~65 km · Must-see
• Joseph Canyon · sanctuary · Asotin · ~66 km · Must-see
• Columbia Heights · viewpoint · Walla Walla · ~69 km · Must-see
• Whitman Mission National Historic Site · park · Walla Walla · ~72 km · Must-see
• Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness · sanctuary · Columbia · ~8 km
• Hompegg Falls · waterfall · Columbia · ~14 km
• South Tucannon Spring · attraction · Garfield · ~14 km
• Sheep Falls · waterfall · Columbia · ~17 km
• Wenaha Peak · viewpoint · Columbia · ~18 km

See everything within a day’s drive of French Ridge

Other hill stations & viewpoints near French Ridge

• Milk Shakes · viewpoint · Columbia · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mount Horrible · viewpoint · Asotin · ~26 km · Must-see
• Columbia Heights · viewpoint · Walla Walla · ~69 km · Must-see
• Mount Emily · viewpoint · Union · ~97 km · Must-see
• Sawtooth Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~113 km · Must-see
• Twin Peaks · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~115 km · Must-see
• Chief Joseph Mountain · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~120 km · Must-see
• Sacajawea Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~125 km · Must-see
• Elkhorn Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~125 km · Must-see
• Matterhorn · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~127 km · Must-see

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