I’m not sure of where you live, but both of these are national parks, so start there. We found Crescent Lodge on a whim because we were driving the peninsula. There is so much more on the peninsula that it’s hard to tell you everything. That etc. at the end is a lot.

• La Push
• Sol Duc Hot Springs
• Waterfalls
• Hoh Forest
• Hurricane Ridge
• etc.

For Paradise Inn, you stop there if you ever go to Mt Rainier from the Seattle side. It’s like going back in time.

My best suggestion is to look at state’s brochures of where you live. I think they all have them. Texas advertises in Seattle, which results in a giant fuck you to the ads, but so does California, Arizona and Utah. Oregon has catalogs on the ferry with cool things to do. Not really a process, but look around at your tourist parks and ports for info kiosks or stands.

This is pretty great too https://www.alltrails.com/us Also, Washington has a trails guide and app that is amazing for it specifically, your state might too. https://www.wta.org/go-outside/map