Deception Pass State Park straddles both Whidbey Island and Fidalgo Island near Oak Harbor, and it packs more scenery per square mile than almost anywhere in the Pacific Northwest. Birdwatchers show up year-round because the park sits along a major migration corridor, and the species list is impressively long. Wallace Falls State Park, Gold BarWhat if the waterfall hike you have been dreaming about is only an hour from Seattle? Twin Falls, Olallie State Park, North BendTwin Falls, part of Olallie State Park near North Bend, offers one of the most dramatic short hikes in the entire Cascades foothills. Sedro-Woolley sits about 75 miles north of Seattle, making it reachable in under 90 minutes without highway stress.