Columbia National Wildlife Refuge

Hiking and exploring. Othello’s beauty spot. I love the little trails here. The layout is what best represents the area. Wear your tennis shoes - lots of dirt and protection from animals and insects.

— Sarah Monty

I have been coming here since I was 14, but religiously every year to hike and explore for the last 5 years. I have had so many wonderful experiences here, usually always very peaceful. I have gone trash picking most recently since littering got a little worse this last year. All in all a wonderful place to explore!

— Kammi Cole

This is an excellent wildlife refuge with several miles of trails. There are several lakes and streams with many different species of waterfowl and shorebirds. There are miles of stone roads to many vantage points. This is a great place to see migratory sandhill cranes in the spring. There are many buttes and canyons creating a beautiful landscape.

— Zach Szablewski

Pretty view! Kinda cool seeing the demolished car at the bottom. Be warned, the road is AWFUL towards the top. It goes okay, to heavy potholes, to 'am driving over bouldesr?' It's forgivable because I doubt many people treck this way. Also, we got to see a huge dust devil thowing around tumbleweeds in the distance!

— T

Beautiful area, great representation of the landscape and ecology of Central Washington. A great place to learn about/experience the geology formed by the Columbia River Basalt Group and the Ice Age Floods. Meandering mesas and beautiful basalt columns dotted with pothole lakes formed by cataclysmic events in the not-so-distant-geologically-speaking past.

— Zachary Newsom