Snohomish County, Washington

Located just north of Seattle and encompassing 2,000 square miles from the Cascade Range to the Salish Sea, there’s no better basecamp for a PNW National Parks tour than Snohomish County. Equidistant from Mt. Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks, Seattle NorthCountry, as it’s known, is characterized by abundant and differentiated urban scapes, rural vistas, and outdoor recreation, befitting its True PNW designation. The NorthCountry story unfolds through four primary visitor regions: Urban Basecamp, Coastal Communities, Skykomish & Snohomish River Valleys, and Stillaguamish & Sauk River Valleys. Getting here is a breeze, thanks to commercial air service through one of the world’s top small airports—Paine Field Passenger Terminal near Boeing’s Future of Flight Aviation Center.