Omak is a city in the North Central Cascades of Washington State.
Understand
[edit]Visitor information
[edit]Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]- 1 Omak Airport (OMK IATA) (4 miles north of the city), ☏ +1 509-322-4046. a general airport which provides charter flights.
By bus
[edit] Trango (Okanogan County Transit Authority), ☏ +1 509-557-6177. Operates several bus routes, including between Okanogan and Omak, and between Okanogan and Tonasket via Omak. 
Get around
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Map of Omak
See
[edit]Do
[edit]- 1 Omak Lake (Southeast of town). A public beach is located at the north end of the lake, along with boat access.
- 2 Okanogan Valley Golf Club, 105 Danker Cutoff Rd, ☏ +1 509 826-6937, fax: +1 509-826-4043, [email protected]. March–October. $15/23 (9/18 holes).
- 3 12 Tribes Omak Casino, 28968 Highway 97, toll-free: +1 800-559-4643.
Events
[edit]- Omak Stampede, 421 Stampede Drive E, ☏ +1 509-826-1983. Early to mid-August. A large and festive annual rodeo. It includes the Suicide Race, where horses and riders go down a 62% slope that runs for 225 ft (69 m) into the Okanogan River. This downhill racing aspect of the rodeo experience isn't for everyone, but is a tradition of the area.
Buy
[edit]- 1 Omache Shopping Center, 605 Omache Dr. A cluster of big-box retail stores.
Eat
[edit]- 1 Breadline Cafe, 102 Ash St, ☏ +1 509 826-5836. Tu-Sa 11AM-9PM.
- 2 El Portal, 711 Omache Dr, ☏ +1 509 826-1801.
- 3 Hometown Pizza, 738 Riverside Dr (next to the bowling alley), ☏ +1 509 826-3333. M-Sa 11AM-9PM.
- 4 Magoo's Restaurant, 24 N Main St, ☏ +1 509 826-2325. Daily 6AM-3PM.
- 5 Rancho Chico, 22 N Main St, ☏ +1 509 826-4757. Daily. Mexican restaurant
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Best Western Peppertree Inn, 820 Koala Dr, toll-free: +1-800-204-4800, [email protected].
- 2 Motel Nicholas, 527 E Grape St, ☏ +1 509 826-4611.
- 3 Omak Inn, 912 Koala Ave, ☏ +1 509 826-3822, toll-free: +1-800-204-4800, [email protected].
Go next
[edit]- St Mary's Mission, on the Colville Indian Reservation
- Conconully State Park in Conconully, 22 mi (35 km) north
- Loup Loup Ski Bowl, near Twisp on WA-20
| Routes through Omak |
| Oroville ← Tonasket ← | N  S
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→ Okanogan → Wenatchee |
| North Cascades N.P. ← Okanogan ← | W  E
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→ Tonasket → Newport |
| END ← | N  S
|
→ Grand Coulee → Coulee City |