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Steptoe Butte State Park
Colfax, Washington
A butte rising above the rolling Palouse wheat fields with a drive-up summit.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 60 min

A narrow paved road spirals to the top for sweeping views over green or golden fields, depending on season. Sunrise and sunset are spectacular. Quiet most of the day.
Good to know
- Late spring is greenest
- Take a jacket, it blows at the top
- Narrow road, avoid in very long rigs
- Best time
- Sunrise or sunset
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Paved spiral road, narrow in places
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Toilets
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