Grant County offers Fantastic Fun
Any season of the year is the right time to visit Grant County, Washington’s great escape! Golden sunshine bathes the land in its warm glow for 300 days each year, making Grant County the ideal fun-in-the-sun vacation destination for year-round travelers.

Our unique landscape is a geologic wonderland created by prehistoric lava flows and ice age floods. The area can be viewed from the comfort of your car, and many visitor centers and museums help explain and interpret the unbelievable geologic formations. From the Dry Falls Interpretive Center visitors can view the 400-foot high, 3.5-mile wide former waterfall, the largest on earth.

Grand Coulee Dam is the largest concrete dam in the world. The dam, located on the Columbia River, offers self-guided tours and a free laser light show each evening during the summer months.

Grant County’s 139 lakes and numerous beaches offer fun water recreation. The possibilities for camping, fishing and boat racing are inexhaustible. Potholes Reservoir provides outstanding fishing opportunities, and the therapeutic mud and mineral-rich waters of Soap Lake attract visitors seeking a spa experience.

The Drumheller Channels are one of eight National Natural Landmarks. This site is in the northern part of the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, which attracts large numbers of Canada geese. The refuge averages over 100,000 ducks during their winter seasons. Mallards are the species most often seen, but redheads and cinnamon teal also nest at the refuge. More than 200 other species of birds, including songbirds, hawks, owls, great blue heron, sandhill cranes and tundra swans also call the refuge home.

Visitors with an interest in agriculture will enjoy the wide variety of crops grown in Grant County. Grant County farmers produce winter and spring wheat, potatoes and hay, along with corn, asparagus, spearmint and peppermint.

In Grant County, the welcome sign is always out. If you are coming for a day, a week or even a month, the unique splendor of sunny Grant County and the warm friendly folks that live here are sure to make you feel right at home!