Worth the trip from West Pasco: Manhattan Project National Historical Park, 26 mi off
All of it lies outside: 4 places within 40 miles, none inside West Pasco. On the list: a national historical park, a national historic site and a canyon & gorge, among others. Manhattan Project National Historical Park sees about 56K visitors a year. The big name further out is Palouse Falls, 53 mi from the centre.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Historic Park covering Manhattan Project infrastructure in New Mexico, Tennessee, and Washington..
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The places, mapped
Most of the 4 out of town lie to the southeast.
Orange: West Pasco. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The list in full
All 6 on the list lie within 60 miles.
1Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Historic Park covering Manhattan Project infrastructure in New Mexico, Tennessee, and Washington..
3Whitman Mission National Historic Site
National Historic Site of the United States.
4Wallula Gap
Large water gap of the Columbia River through basalt anticlines in the U.S. state of Washington.
5Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in West Pasco → · West Pasco’s history →
Photo credits
Palouse Falls: Стивен Лю, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manhattan Project National Historical Park: Unknown, Public domain · Whitman Mission National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Wallula Gap: Williamborg, Public domain · Tamástslikt Cultural Institute: Decumanus at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
