Visit highlights of three Western states -- California, Oregon and Washington -- in a 35-hour train trip with Amtrak. Hop aboard the Coast Starlight and travel through Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Portland and Seattle. Watch the Pacific Ocean from your window as you pass along the shore line. See the snowy mountaintop of Mount Shasta in Northern California and the continuous ridges of the Cascade Mountain Range extending through all three states on the trip. The National Park Service has park guides from the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park onboard the train. You will be able to listen to experts provide information as you travel through Seattle, Washington, in addition to Klamath Falls, Portland, and Eugene in Oregon. Coach and sleeping cars are available for your choice of accommodations.
Ride the rails through the national park of the Western U.S. with Vacations by Rail. Spend 14 days traveling from Illinois to Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Experience the wildlife and natural beauty found at Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Glacier national parks. Go floating down the Snake River at Grand Teton, and watch the spewing of Old Faithful while touring Yellowstone National Park. Visit the Arches National Park in Utah, before traveling to Jackson Hole in Wyoming. Enjoy a relaxing day at the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort in Montana. In Yellowstone, stay for three nights, and enjoy hotel stays that last at least two consecutive nights at each of the other overnight destinations. Each train trip is limited to 30 passengers, and a professional tour guide manages all of the details, from meals to sightseeing tours.
Spend 14 days onboard Amtrak with America by Rail for a tour of the Western U.S from California to South Dakota. Visit the Buffalo Bill Historic Center while touring Cody, Wyoming, and learn how life existed during the frontier days. Tour the Mt. Rushmore National Monument featuring four American historic heroes. In the Black Hills of South Dakota, see the Crazy Horse Monument featuring the image of the Lakota warrior on his horse carved from the side of Thunderhead Mountain. Walk the streets of Deadwood, lined with casinos and saloons, including the infamous Saloon No. 10 where Wild Bill Hickok was killed. Look out for buffalo when you cross into Custer State Park and its prairie grasslands. While on this trip, stay in first-class hotel accommodations for 11, and enjoy the service of 21 meals.
