Clarkston is a city of 7,200 people (2020) in the Palouse region of eastern Washington. It sits across the Snake River to the west of Lewiston, Idaho.
This article also includes the neighboring city of Asotin, as well as rural Asotin County.
Understand
[edit]Clarkston and Lewiston were named after William Clark and Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition fame.
Agriculture is a major industry in the area and the port handles a lot of barge traffic carrying grains. Wood chips and sawdust are transported via barges for use at a Lewiston manufacturing plant. Due to its inland location on the Snake River, the port handles goods headed out to Portland-Vancouver, and inland to distributors upstream.
Get in
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US Highway 12 (US-12) connects Clarkston to Walla Walla and Lewiston, Idaho.
Get around
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See
[edit]- 1 Asotin County Museum, 215 Filmore St, Asotin, ☏ +1-509-243-4659. Exhibits about the county's history, including examples of various kinds of buildings, such as a schoolhouse and Nez Perce tepee.
Do
[edit]- 1 Chief Timothy Park, 13766 Highway 12 (7 mi (11 km) west of Clarkston on US-12 & Silcott Grade Rd). At the location of a Nez Perce settlement. Includes the Alpowai Interpretive Center.
- 2 Field Springs State Park (30 mi (48 km) south on SR 129). A remote 792-acre camping park. The 4,500-foot heights of Puffer Butte give you a view of three states and the Grande Ronde River.
Buy
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[edit]Drink
[edit]- 1 Hogan's, 906 6th St, ☏ +1 509 7586311. Friendly atmosphere, great service, if you're lucky you might catch a live band for a $5 cover charge.
Sleep
[edit]The port's marina has accommodations for personal boats and yachts, many of which travel through the nearby Hells Canyon.
- 1 RiverTree Inn, 1257 Bridge St, ☏ +1 509 758-9551, fax: +1 509 758-9551.
- 2 Motel 6, 222 Bridge St, ☏ +1 509 758-1631, fax: +1 509 758-4942.
Go next
[edit]| Routes through Clarkston |
| Walla Walla ← Pomeroy ← | W  E
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→ Lewiston → Missoula |
| END ← | N  S
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→ Asotin → Enterprise |