Booking a Hotel in Kelso, WA

Kelso is a beautiful city near Mount St. Helens that offers many opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. The largest park is Tam O'Shanter Park, which runs along the Coweeman River. This multi-use park in Kelso has it all from fields and courts for baseball, softball, soccer, and basketball to children’s playgrounds, horseshoe pits, and access to a regional trail system. The Catlin Rotary Spray Park offers a water spray play area that is the perfect place to cool off in the summer. Discover local history at the Cowlitz County Historical Museum, which collects and preserves information and artifacts that tell the story of the region. Relax indoors at the Kelso Theater Pub, a historic live-theater-turned-cinema where you can enjoy an artisanal pizza and beer while you watch a movie. Kelso hosts the annual Highlander Festival at Tam O'Shanter Park offering visitors a whole weekend of Scottish & Celtic culture, with fun that includes the Highland Dance Competition, Highland Games, Scottish craft and food vendors, Scottish music, and much more.

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