Places to Visit in Washington State Soap Lake Resort Attractions

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PLACES TO VISIT IN WASHINGTON STATE SOAP LAKE
RESORT ATTRACTIONS
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AREA ATTRACTIONS
In The Area
Take a ride on the Coulee Corridor Scenic Byway,
an amazing 150-mile road trip revealing the story
of the Ice Age floods when vast reservoirs of
water flooded and receded from this valley
hundreds of times. One of the most unique mineral
lake natural landscapes in the United States,
this area was formed as the force of water fought
against the strength of basalt rock. The result
is a geologists mecca.
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GRAND COULEE DAM 50 MILES AWAY
Sometimes called the eighth wonder of the world,
Grand Coulee Dam is as high as a 46-story
building. Constructed during the Great
Depression, the dam features and excellent
visitors center, showing actual movie footage
shot during the construction of the dam in the
1930s. The Dam also features a self-guided tour.
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BLUE LAKE, RHINOCEROS CAVE 7 MILES AWAY
One of the basalt flows in the Grand Coulee
yielded an important piece of evidence regarding
the kind of life existing when the Columbia
Plateau was much younger. Not content to cover
logs, trees and minor plants, this flow killed a
rhinoceros and made a cast of the body for the
record. The rhino is thought to have been covered
by highly fluid, rapid-moving basalt. Before the
rhino could find an escape it was trapped and
destroyed.
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STEAMBOAT ROCK 45 MILES AWAY
Winding around Banks Lake on the drive to Grand
Coulee Dam, on the left lies Steamboat Rock, 800
feet high and 2 1/2 miles long, standing in the
old channel (the dry coulee) of the Columbia
River. Its layers of basalt look like the decks
of a huge steamboat. Geologists think that
thousands of years ago, when the river ran
through what is now called the Grand Coulee,
Steamboat Rock stood between two tremendous
waterfalls, each of them 800 feet high and 2
miles wide. There is a State Park at the Rock
which offers full facilities.
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BANKS LAKE 21 MILES AWAY
What do you like to catch? Bass, walleyes, trout,
perch, crapppies, catfish, burbot, sunfish, carp,
lake whitefish? Banks Lake winds its way down
through the ancient and magnificent Grand Coulee,
varying from one to two miles wide. The Coulee is
rimmed with stupendous basalt cliffs. You can
fish, water ski, bask in the sun, bird-watch,
eagle-watch, deer-watch, camp, and explore all
along its forty-mile length. Banks Lake was home
to the largest large-mouth bass caught in
Washington State in 1977.
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