Packwood, Washington · 22 rooms
Wake up at Mount Rainier.
Twenty-two garden rooms at the foot of the mountain. Famously good beds, free parking, and elk on the lawn most mornings.
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The Lodge
A small lodge with famously good beds.
WOW Lodge is 22 rooms spread around a quiet pine garden in Packwood, Washington — on the White Pass Scenic Byway, about 25 miles from the Nisqually entrance to Mount Rainier National Park. We're family-run. Parking and Wi-Fi are free, the beds get written about in reviews, and most mornings the elk beat you to the lawn.
Two things we don't have: a restaurant and pets. Good food is a short walk away in town, and the elk prefer it this way.
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22
rooms around a pine garden — most at ground level
25 mi
to Mount Rainier's Nisqually entrance
17 mi
to White Pass Ski Area
$0
parking and Wi-Fi — both on the house
The place
One pine garden, twenty-two doors.
Rooms
Six ways to stay.
Fireplace Room
from $165Sleeps 5
The big one. A gas fireplace, room for the whole crew, and the garden right outside the door.
The Cabin
from $185Sleeps 2
Your own four walls and a porch. A log king four-poster, and a full kitchen for slow mornings and post-hike dinners in.
Kitchen Room
from $145Sleeps 3
A kitchenette earns its keep when the nearest dinner is a ten-minute walk. Coffee on your schedule.
Out the door
Three volcanoes, one quiet valley.
National park · ~25 mi
Mount Rainier National Park
Sunrise at Paradise, wildflower meadows in July, and the biggest mountain in the Cascades over your morning coffee.
Skiing · 17 mi
White Pass Ski Area
Uncrowded runs and honest snow, twenty minutes up the byway. Back in time for a hot shower and a good bed.
On foot · 5 min
Rivers & fishing
The Cowlitz runs cold and clear past town. Cast a line, or just sit on the bank with your coffee.
Guest notes
“The beds alone are worth the drive.”
Family-run in Packwood · Free parking and Wi-Fi · A quiet basecamp for Rainier and White Pass
Journal
Notes from the valley.
When the elk come down: a winter guide to the front lawn
Fall through spring, the Packwood herd treats our garden as a breakfast room. How to watch well — and how close is too close.
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One perfect day in Mount Rainier, starting from Packwood
Out by 7, Paradise by 8:30, and back for a riverside dinner. The itinerary we sketch on the back of front-desk napkins.
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Five trails under two hours from the front desk
No alpine starts required. Short walks with big payoffs, sorted by how much coffee you have had.
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Plan your stay
The mountain gets up early. Wake up already there.
13163 US Hwy 12, Packwood, WA 98361 · on the White Pass Scenic Byway
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