Day Trips

Hells Canyon
Jet boat tours into Hells Canyon, North America’s deepest river gorge, provide an experience for the entire family. Many outfitters offer 1/2 day and day tours. Tour operators tell tales of sunken sternwheelers, uncover ancient messages in the form of petroglyphs and point out unique geology formations, mining claims and historic river crossings. You can also choose a guided fishing trip into the canyon.

Dworshak National Fish Hatchery
Take Hwy. 12, east to Orofino, go over the bridge and turn left to Hwy. 7, follow the sign to Ahsahka; 208-476-4591
The facility, operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the world’s largest steelhead (ocean going trout) and spring Chinook salmon hatchery. View the spawning process on Tuesdays, during March, April, and late August through September. The hatchery is open year round, visitors are welcome to tour the hatchery seven days a week, 7:30 am to 4 pm.

Fields Spring State Park
Located in Anatone, WA (25 miles south of Asotin) on Hwy. 129
Overlooking the Grand Ronde River, this is where you can enjoy camping, picnicking and warming shelters, miles of cross country skiing, hiking trails, sled runs and lighted tubing hills. The park offers two environmental learning centers, WoHeLo and Puffer Butte. Overnight camping is available.

Heller Bar & Rogersburg
Located 29 miles south of Clarkston, WA; 509-243-4499
Named the best fly fishing spot in the Northwest. This is where many fishing charters and rafters depart.

Lower Granite Dam
Located 50 miles from Clarkston, WA; 209-843-1493
Travel west on Hwy. 12, toward Pomeroy and look for signs to Lower Granite Dam. The Visitor Center is open 8:30 am to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday, and has a fish ladder viewing point where you can see the fish go through the ladder under water. You can view the fish ladder from outside. Guided dam tours are available.

Wolf Education and Research Center
418 Nez Perce; Winchester, ID; 208-924-6960
Located on the outskirts of Winchester, this site encompasses 20 acres of rolling timberland with meadows and streams and is home to the Sawtooth Pack wolves of the Nez Perce. The center is dedicated to providing public education and scientific research concerning the gray wolf and its habitat in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Visitors may observe the pack from outside their enclosure and hike surrounding trails. Interactive and information displays are at the visitor center.