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Whistlin' Jack's Lodge

Whistlin' Jack's Outpost and Lodge has operated on SR-410 beside the Naches River since the early 1900s. The current property at 20800 WA-410 in Naches includes a 96-seat Riverside Restaurant, a 70-seat Fireside Lounge with 10 beers on tap and a full bar, an outdoor dining patio, a gift shop, and eight lodge rooms plus six river cabins. The kitchen runs American comfort food and mountain staples. It occupies a narrow riverside clearing midway up the Chinook Pass approach — the only full-service food and lodging stop for miles in either direction on SR-410, making it the natural midday break for riders heading to or from the pass.

Washington
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Food & fuel
Stop type
Standalone stop
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The de facto midpoint diner on the Chinook Pass road: 60-plus years of feeding motorcyclists, a river patio, 10 taps, and no competition for 20 miles in either direction — it is exactly where a hungry rider wants to land.

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