Non-NPS Treasures – Worth it Places

National treasures that are not part of the National Park System run by the National Park Service:

Northwest

Alaska

1. Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge

2. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

3. Chugach State Park

4. Denali State Park (adjacent to Denali National Park)

5. Tongass National Forest

- - Misty Fjords National Monument (USFS)
  - Admiralty Island National Monument (USFS)
  - Former Old Kasaan National Monument

6. Totem Bight State Historic Park

7. Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area – Seward Highway

8. Dalton Highway – Arctic Circle Photo Op

9. Juneau

- - Mendenhall Glacier
  - Point Bridget State Park
  - Ernest Gruening State Historical Park
  - Wickersham State Historic Site

10. Chugach National Forest – Valdez

Washington

1. Seattle

- - Space Needle
  - Pike Place Market
  - Pioneer Square Historic District (except Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Seattle Unit)
  - Seattle Chinatown-International District
  - Seattle Waterfront
  - Beacon Food Forest
  - Future of Flight Aviation Center and Boeing Tour
  - Kerry Park (iconic view of Seattle skyline, Mount Olympus, and Puget Sound)
  - Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)
  - Ballard Locks (Hiram M. Chittenden Locks)

2. Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (USFS)

3. Lime Kiln Point State Park and Moran State Park

4. The Enchantments of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness – Wenatchee National Forest and Snoqualmie National Forest

5. Deception Pass State Park – Whidbey Island

6. Leavenworth

7. Mount Baker National Recreation Area – Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

8. Hanford Reach National Monument (FWS-DOD)

9. Olympia (state capital)

10. Palouse Region

Oregon

1. Portland

- - Pioneer Courthouse Square
  - Portland Farmers Market
  - Old Town Chinatown
  - Washington Park (International Rose Test Garden and Portland Japanese Garden)
  - St. Johns Bridge
  - Pearl District
  - Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (in Washington State)
  - Portland Art Museum
  - Portland’5 Performance Art Venues
  - Mill Ends Park

2. Oregon’s Pacific Coast – Pacific Coast Scenic Byway All-American Road (U.S Route 101 – north to south:)

- - Astoria
  - Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
  - Cannon Beach with Haystack Rock, plus Ecola State Park
  - Oswald West State Park
  - Devils Punchbowl State Natural Area
  - Yaquina Head Lighthouse and Outstanding Natural Area
  - Thor’s Well – Cape Perpetua Scenic Area – Siuslaw National Forest
  - Sea Lion Caves
  - Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (USFS)
  - Samuel H. Boardman Scenic Corridor – Arch Rock, Secret Beach, Thunder
    Rock Cove, Natural Bridges, etc.

3. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, including Multnomah Falls, and the Historic Columbia River Highway All-American Road

4. Mount Hood and the Mount Hood National Scenic Byway

5. Douglas firs of Willamette National Forest

6. Newberry National Volcanic Monument (USFS)

7. Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (BLM)

8. Owyhee Canyonlands

9. Silver Falls State Park

10. Valley of the Rogue River State Park

Idaho

1. Sawtooth National Recreation Area (USFS) and Sun Valley (a small town gem)

2. Salmon River “River of No Return” – Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area

3. Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (USFS)

4. Bitterroot Mountain Range – Bitterroot National Forest, Clearwater National Forest, Lolo National Forest, and Nez Perce National Forest

5. Shoshone Falls and Twin Falls (a small town gem)

6. Idaho Potato Country, including the Idaho Potato Museum in the City of Blackfoot

EBR-I, Atomic City — EBR-1, Experimental Breeder Reactor I Museum, Atomic City

7. EBR-I (Experimental Breeder Reactor I Museum), Atomic City

8. Ponderosa State Park

9. Bruneau Dunes State Park

10. Priest Lake State Park

Montana

1. Bob Marshall Wilderness

2. Bitterroot Mountain Range

3. Flathead Lake State Park

- - Wayfarers
  - Yellow Bay
  - Finley Point
  - West Shore
  - Big Arm
  - Wild Horse Island

4. Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness

5. Montana Northern Prairie

6. Rocky Mountain Front

7. Helena

8. Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park (previously Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument)

9. Giant Springs State Park

10. Pictograph Cave State Park

Mid-Pacific

McWay Falls, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur Coast, California

Ferry Building — McWay Falls, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur Coast, California

South Dakota

1. Custer State Park (adjacent to Wind Cave National Park)

2. Lewis and Clark State Recreation Area

3. Fort Sisseton State Park

Nebraska

1. Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park

2. Indian Cave State Park

3. Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum

Honorable mention to Ethel and Christopher J. Abbott Visitor Center, which is managed by the State of Nebraska’s “History Nebraska” (the Nebraska State Historical Society), as the visitor center for Chimney Rock National Historic Site.