Grand Coulee and the Columbia River Plateau:

Click here to start a tour of the Grand Coulee and the Columbia River Plateau region of central Washington. Click on any of the images to continue to the next page in the linked page series. Or, see a thumbnail gallery.

Click here to see tours of other national parks.

Click on the map or click on "next image" to see a series of park images.

Click here to see the same images in 3D. You will need red-and-cyan stereo viewing glasses to get the 3-D visual effects.

Sun Lakes State Park, Steamboat Rock State Park, and Ginko Petrified Forest are Washington State Parks: for more information see: http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/

For geologic maps and information about the geology of the Columbia River Plateau region check out these USGS websites:

America's Volcanic Past - Columbia Plateau and Vicinity
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_columbia_plateau.html

Glacial Lake Missoula and the Missoula Floods
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Glaciers/IceSheets/description_lake_missoula.html

Columbia Plateau, Columbia River Basalt Group
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/ColumbiaPlateau/framework.html

America's Volcanic Past -- Washington State
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_washington_state.html

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