Hike on! Rattlesnake Ridge Alexis Beeton, chief concierge at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco Seattle, recommends hiking Rattlesnake Ridge, which is east of downtown Seattle, just southeast of North Bend.

Few communities enjoy a place quite like the 60,000-acre Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness just north of Missoula. Here, you'll find a variety of hiking, backpacking, horseback ...