RV Rental Road Trip To Seattle
No Coffee Beans About It: Prepare for an RV Road Trip to Seattle, Washington
Seattle is home to Starbucks, Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, the Space Needle, one of the loudest stadiums in the NFL, and plenty of great RV-friendly places and scenic stops.
What? You only knew of the first five on that list?
Surprise! In this guide, we’re about to unveil numerous incredible locations for your Seattle RV summer adventure. There’s plenty to do and see for you and your family in and around Seattle.
Summer Weather in Seattle
Seattle’s summer weather is gorgeous, with highs in the 70s and lows in the upper 50s.
You might have to contend with some raindrops, though. The Pacific Northwest is famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) with clouds on 300 days a year.
Make sure to keep your rain gear ready when you travel to Seattle.
The good news? The clouds make for pleasant driving weather without the sun staring into your face as you drive due east or due west.
Seattle RV Parks & Campgrounds To Stay At.
As the largest metro area in the Pacific Northwest, there are plenty of places to stay in your RV.
If you don’t have an RV yet, there are plenty of options for Seattle RV rentals in the area from ordinary RV owners, whether you want a fifth wheel, camper van, or a Class A bus.
Lake Pleasant RV Park offers a natural oasis near the big city with a fishing lake, wooded trails, and beautiful scenery. Located near the northern edge of Lake Washington in the suburbs, you’re just far enough away from the city for peace and quiet while still being near everything you want to see.
Trailer Inns RV Park has more of an urban feel to it in Bellevue, and it’s closer to downtown Seattle if you’re keen on saving drive time going into the city.
Blue Sky RV Park is a slice of RV heaven. Natural scenery. Rolling hills. Modern amenities. Tall trees. Bob Ross could spend weeks painting the landscapes here.
Tall Chief RV Campground & Resort is another place you might not want to leave for weeks. This place lets you get away from city life thanks to beautiful views of the nearby Cascade Mountains, crisp air, and a place where you won’t see the steel skyscrapers of Seattle.
Camping spots just east of Seattle give you plenty of opportunities to do mountain yoga every morning to greet the sun, practice your landscape painting, frolic with your family, or just ease into the good life for a while. Here are more RV Resorts and Campgrounds Around Seattle.
Sites to Visit in Seattle
As you may expect, there are plenty of places to visit in Seattle you won’t find anywhere else.
Depending on your tastes, family-friendly attractions and restaurants, wine tasting, museums, and outdoor activities abound in the jewel of the Pacific Northwest.
Museums From Airplanes To Vikings
Do you have the need? The need for speed? The Museum of Flight feeds that need with one of the world’s largest collections of museum-quality aircraft. You’ll see all kinds of jets, rockets, and planes in a huge hangar just south of King County International Airport. Kids under 5 are free! It’s a great place to take little ones who need a nap as you walk through with a stroller.
What do a Klingon sword (called a bat’leth), handwritten Jimi Hendrix lyric notes, and a game about shoddy delivery services have in common? They’re all found in the Museum of Pop Culture, created in 2000 by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
Channel your inner Viking at the National Nordic Museum. See replica boats, paintings by Nordic artists, and beautiful representations of Nordic glass and wildlife. You might. Leave the place. Speaking like a Norwegian.
For kids, there is the hands-on Seattle Children’s Museum with a child-size cityscape to run through and hide in. Everyone loves wild animals they can see safely up close, so check out the Seattle Aquarium, just west of the famous Pike Place Market, and the Woodland Park Zoo.
Take In A Wine Tasting
The Pacific Northwest is becoming a wine lover’s paradise with more than 100 wineries within a 30-mile radius.
You could spend all summer here and not visit the same winery twice if you go to one per day.
The State of Washington itself has more than 900 wineries if you fancy a vintner-inspired lifestyle in your RV.
If you want to get lost in wine, Woodinville is the place to go. The city oozes culinary tours with four distinct areas along the Sammamish River Valley. And all of this is nestled in a suburb north of Seattle where there’s green everywhere.
Just make sure you don’t overdo it and have a designated driver.
Thinking about starting a wine collection? There’s probably a specialized trailer for you to hook up to your RV.
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Natural Beauty Of America’s Rain Forest
Of course, a Seattle RV vacation isn’t complete without seeing the natural landscapes of the mountains, forests, and waterways.
You absolutely must see Mount Rainier, an extinct volcano, Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, and Olympic National Forest.
But there are other places to see that you might not have heard of as you look for things to do in Seattle.
Ocean Shores provides miles of sandy beaches and lush greenery to go along with four separate RV parks for camping. The water might be a bit chilly for swimming, but you can at least doze off the sound of rhythmic waves for an afternoon nap.
Snoqualmie Pass is just off of I-90, and the mountain views are majestic. The Summit at Snoqualmie is a ski resort in the winter, but you can take chairlift rides, enjoy great food, and see spectacular pine-covered peaks in the summer. Although there is no RV camping nearby, you can park overnight at the resort.
Quinault Indian Nation Is A Must Stop Destination
The lands of the Quinalt Indian Nation sit along the southwestern edge of Olympic National Park, and the area is a hidden gem for visitors.
If you love the outdoors, you’ll enjoy fishing, guided bear tours, and the community festival every year in the first week of July.
Definitely see the World’s Largest Sitka Spruce tree. The tree is sacred to the Quinault Tribe, and a tour guide will explain the tree’s cultural significance.
Please respect the tradition of this indigenous culture while you are here. Although there are no RV parks on tribal land, there are 10 campgrounds with RV hookups in Olympic National Park.
You’ll come away from this experience with a new appreciation for the majesty of our wild world. Get ready to become the next Marty Stouffer.
Tiger Mountain State Forest Is A Hiker’s Dream
Imagine walking in the woods with birds singing. As you get closer to a bend in the trail, you begin to hear something like white noise on the edge of your hearing. Then it gets louder.
Before you know it, cascades of whitewater rush through a mountain valley along a river.
Tiger Mountain State Forest offers such vistas.
On more than 13,000 acres, you can hike for days along many trails here. This area is an active timber harvesting spot, so you may see road or trail closures due to occasional logging activities. This is also one of Washington’s favorite wilderness areas to explore.
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