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id: "54775"
name: Palouse Scenic Byway
distance: "218"
duration: Four and a half hours, but allow at least three days to fully experience the byway.
description: Don't forget your camera for your journey through the patchwork quilt of rolling hills known as the Palouse. The picturesque landscape boasts hundreds of miles of undulating hills and farms interspersed with rural communities. Majestic buttes offer spectacular panoramic vistas and wildlife viewing. Journey farther west to the Channeled Scablands for a dramatic waterfall that plunges 198 feet. Changing with the seasons, the Palouse offers unparalleled beauty any time of year.
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  - url: https://www.palousescenicbyway.org/
    name: Palouse Scenic Byway
websites:
  - url: https://www.scenicwa.com/palouse-scenic-byway
    name: Scenic Washington
  - url: https://stateofwatourism.com/scenic-byways/#h-palouse
    name: Washington Travel Guide
designations:
  - Washington State Scenic Byway
states:
  - WA
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Don't forget your camera for your journey through the patchwork quilt of rolling hills known as the Palouse. The picturesque landscape boasts hundreds of miles of undulating hills and farms interspersed with rural communities. Majestic buttes offer spectacular panoramic vistas and wildlife viewing. Journey farther west to the Channeled Scablands for a dramatic waterfall that plunges 198 feet. Changing with the seasons, the Palouse offers unparalleled beauty any time of year.