Clarkston
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.
Understand
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.
Clarkston and Lewiston were named after William Clark and Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition fame.
Get in
Get around
See
Do
Buy
Eat
Drink
- Hogan's, 906 6th street, ☏ +1 509 7586311. friendly atmosphere, great service, if you're lucky you might catch a live band for a $5 cover charge.
Sleep
The port's marina has accommodations for personal boats and yachts, many of which travel through the nearby Hells Canyon.
- Best Western RiverTree Inn, 1257 Bridge St, ☏ +1 509 758-9551, fax: +1 509 758-9551.
- Motel 6, 222 Bridge St, ☏ +1 509 758-1631, fax: +1 509 758-4942.
Go next
- Chief Timothy Park, 13766 Highway 12 (7 miles west of Clarkston on Highway 12 & Silcott Grade Road). At the location of a Nez Perce settlement. Includes the Alpowai Interpretive Center.
- Field Springs State Park (From Clarkston, go 30 miles 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.
| Routes through Clarkston |
| Walla Walla ← Pomeroy ← | W  E |
→ Lewiston → Missoula |
| END ← | N  S |
→ Asotin → Enterprise |