Washington - North Cascades National Park

North Cascades National Park is different in that there is not one attraction such as Mt. Rainier or the Olympic Mts. to describe its attraction as a National Park. It's attraction rather is WA-20, the North Cascades Highway, which goes through the park over the rugged North Cascades. It is the longest mountain pass crossing the Cascades in this state, and it goes over 2 passes: Washington Pass and Rainy Pass. If there is one scenic attraction for this National Park I believe it would be the scenery in and around Ross Lake east of Diablo, and Marblemount described by other posters here.

When I am at Mt. Rainier or Olympic NP's I "feel" like I am in a NP. Not so at North Cascades NP. I feel like I'm on a beautiful drive through very rugged mountains.