Smooth Ridge

Smooth 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 Smooth 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 Smooth Ridge — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.00384, -117.59303. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Smooth Ridge

• Mount Horrible · viewpoint · Asotin · ~19 km · Must-see
• Milk Shakes · viewpoint · Columbia · ~30 km · Must-see
• Camp Wooten Retreat Center · sanctuary · Columbia · ~34 km · Must-see
• Fields Spring State Park · sanctuary · Asotin · ~41 km · Must-see
• Jubilee Lake · lake · Columbia · ~43 km · Must-see
• Joseph Canyon · sanctuary · Asotin · ~53 km · Must-see
• Langdon Lake · lake · Walla Walla · ~57 km · Must-see
• Lewis & Clark Trail State Park · sanctuary · Columbia · ~61 km · Must-see
• North Fork Umatilla Wilderness · sanctuary · Umatilla · ~65 km · Must-see
• Friends · museum · Walla Walla · ~72 km · Must-see
• Fort Walla Walla Museum · fort · Walla Walla · ~75 km · Must-see
• Grouse Flats State Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Garfield · ~10 km
• Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness · sanctuary · Columbia · ~11 km
• Grouse Flat · lake · Asotin · ~14 km
• Wenaha Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Garfield · ~15 km
• tíkem Falls · waterfall · Wallowa · ~16 km
• Tule Lake · lake · Asotin · ~16 km
• South Tucannon Spring · attraction · Garfield · ~17 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Smooth Ridge

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Smooth Ridge

• Mount Horrible · viewpoint · Asotin · ~19 km · Must-see
• Milk Shakes · viewpoint · Columbia · ~30 km · Must-see
• Columbia Heights · viewpoint · Walla Walla · ~78 km · Must-see
• Mount Emily · viewpoint · Union · ~92 km · Must-see
• Sawtooth Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~98 km · Must-see
• Twin Peaks · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~100 km · Must-see
• Chief Joseph Mountain · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~105 km · Must-see
• Sacajawea Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~109 km · Must-see
• Elkhorn Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~110 km · Must-see
• Mount Howard · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~111 km · Must-see

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