Providence Coulee

Providence Coulee: 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 Providence Coulee

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 Providence Coulee — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.78504, -118.82083. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Providence Coulee

• Soda Lake · lake · Grant · ~47 km · Must-see
• Drumheller Channels · sanctuary · Adams · ~49 km · Must-see
• O'Sullivan Dam · lake · Grant · ~52 km · Must-see
• Lake Sacajawea · lake · Franklin · ~54 km · Must-see
• Juniper Dunes Wilderness · sanctuary · Franklin · ~55 km · Must-see
• Potholes State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~55 km · Must-see
• Columbia Plateau Trail State Park · sanctuary · Adams · ~55 km · Must-see
• Potholes Reservoir · lake · Grant · ~57 km · Must-see
• Palouse Falls · waterfall · Whitman · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lake West Dam · lake · Franklin · ~60 km · Must-see
• Moses Lake Washington Temple · church · Grant · ~62 km · Must-see
• Lyons Ferry State Park · sanctuary · Franklin · ~63 km · Must-see
• Marmes Rockshelter · fort · Franklin · ~64 km · Must-see
• Moses Lake · lake · Grant · ~72 km · Must-see
• Hanford Reach National Monument · sanctuary · Benton · ~73 km · Must-see
• Ice Harbor Dam · lake · Walla Walla · ~75 km · Must-see
• North Franklin Heritage Museum · museum · Franklin · ~18 km
• Abraham Lincoln · fort · Adams · ~23 km

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• Lookout Summit · viewpoint · Benton · ~108 km · Must-see
• Frenchman Coulee · viewpoint · Grant · ~114 km · Must-see
• Monument Hill · viewpoint · Grant · ~119 km · Must-see
• Yakima Ridge · viewpoint · Yakima · ~123 km · Must-see

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