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Highway-101
Continues
north
US-101 north
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This page begins at Aberdeen
inland from the central Pacific Coast and goes south to the Columbia
River.
Highway 101 continues north on our Olympic Peninsula page.
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Mile Post 87
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Aberdeen, WA
Aberdeen is a city of around 17,000 is the largest city in Grays Harbor County. It is the shopping and tourism center for
the area.
Visit our Aberdeen Web Page
Westbound Highways
Washington
Highway 109 heads
west from Aberdeen to Ocean Shores
and the ocean beaches to the north.
Washington Highway 105 heads
south west from south of Aberdeen to Westport (see mile
post 59 below)
Eastbound Highways
Washington Highway 12 heads east from Aberdeen
to Interstate 5 at a junction just north of Centralia.
Washington Highway 8 heads east from Aberdeen
to Interstate 5 at Olympia.
It is 17 miles from
Aberdeen to Raymond
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Mile Post 83
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Intersection with WA Highway-105 to Westport and Grayland
WA-105 goes around the cranberry peninsula to the Cranberry Coast at the peninsula’s west end. This loop is 48 miles full of tourist
facilities which include two State Parks.
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Mile Post 75
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Clark’s
Restaurant
8 miles south of the Junction with Highway 105 is Clark’s Restaurant. This restaurant is a surprise in the
wilderness. You will miss a
northwest experience if you don’t include a stop at this restaurant in your
plans. They are open for breakfast,
lunch, and dinner. The dress is
casual, the décor is northwest historic, and the menu is traditional
northwest with food that is unique and wonderful.
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Mile Post 59
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Junction with WA-105 /
Cranberry Penninsula
Junction with the southern end of Highway WA-105 which
heads west out the Cranberry Peninsula on a loop along the Cranberry Coast
to Grayland and Westport then back to highway 101 at Aberdeen.
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Mile Post 58
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Raymond, WA
Visit our Raymond / South Bend Page
It is 5 miles from Raymond to South Bend.
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Mile Post 53
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South Bend, WA
Visit our Raymond / South Bend Page
It is 26 miles from South
Bend to the intersection with Highway 4
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Mile Post 27
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Junction
with WA Highway
4
to Longview and Interstate 5
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Mile Post 10
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Junction with Highway 103
– Long Beach Peninsula
This highway goes to Ilwaco, Long Beach,
and Ocean Park
all on the Long Beach
Peninsula. This peninsula has what is claimed to be the
longest sandy beach in the world.
Our Long Beach Area page is coming soon.
The photo shows the gate to Fort Columbia
State Park. This park is a day use park on the only
coastal defense site that is  still
fully intact. The base operated from
1896 to 1947. This is a 593 acre
park with 6,400 feet of beach on the Columbia River.
There is an interpretive center and an observation
station. There is no camping at this
State Park but there are several historic buildings you can rent for vacations
and for social events.
Visit the Fort Columbia State Park page on the Washington
State Parks web site for more information
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Mile Post 0
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 The Bridge to Oregon on
US Highway 101
The photo at the right shows the bridge from the Washington side looking at Astoria,
Oregon on the southern bank of the Columbia River.
– The north end of the Columbia River
Bridge from Megler,
WA to Astoria, OR
US Highway 101 continues south on our US-101 on the North Coast of OR Page
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