Cycling

Enjoy the bike path from Cambridge Drive to Rooks Park, or from 9th and Dalles Military Road to Myra Road. For a more adventurous ride, head out scenic Old Milton Highway south of town. It’s especially pretty in the fall.

Fishing

Walla Walla is a fly fisher’s paradise, giving you the drop on unsuspecting trout, smallmouth bass, and the mighty steelhead. Stone Creek Fly Fishers (509/520-7039, http://stonecreekflyfishers.com) teaches introductory classes for beginners, including special classes for women and children. Guide service is also available.

Swimming

Outdoor summer-only swimming pools (509/527-1099) include one in Jefferson Park (9th Ave. and Malcolm St.) and a 50-meter pool on Rees Avenue at Sumach Street.

Golf

Veteran’s Memorial Golf Course (201 E. Rees Ave., 509/527-4507, http://vetsgolf.com), off Highway 12, is an 18-hole course open to the public. Greens fees are $29 for 18 holes or $16.75 for just the front nine.

Camping

For information on hiking and camping in the Blue Mountains of Umatilla National Forest, visit the Walla Walla Ranger Station (1415 W. Rose St., 509/522-6290, www.fs.fed.us/r6/uma).

RVs can park and dump at Four Seasons RV Resort (1440 Dalles Military Rd., 509/529-6072, $28 per night or $168 for seven days), a privately run campground.

Tent campers can pitch at Lewis and Clark Trail State Park (509/337-6457), 26 miles northeast of Walla Walla. Standard tent sites large enough to fit RVs are available April 1–September 15. Primitive sites are open year-round. No reservations are accepted at this park.

© Ericka Chickowski from Moon Washington, 8th edition