The Palouse is a rolling agricultural region in southeastern Washington and northern Idaho, about five to six hours east of Seattle. What you see here are hills — hundreds of them, shaped by ancient wind-deposited soil called loess — covered almost entirely in wheat and lentil fields that ripple and change colour through the seasons. The landscape is quietly spectacular in a way that surprises people who expect flat farmland.
Pullman, home to Washington State University, is the main town and a reasonable base for exploring. Nearby Palouse Falls State Park has a dramatic waterfall that drops nearly 60 metres into a basalt canyon. Moscow, Idaho, just across the state line, adds a second small city's worth of restaurants and services.
