{"id":15757,"date":"2015-04-06T15:49:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T21:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/?p=15757"},"modified":"2017-04-10T11:57:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T17:57:15","slug":"cruises-on-the-columbia-and-snake-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/2015\/04\/cruises-on-the-columbia-and-snake-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruises on the Columbia and Snake Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Columbia and Snake rivers<\/strong> are located in the Pacific Northwest. River cruises are usually between <strong>Portland, Oregon<\/strong> and <strong>Clarkston, Washington<\/strong>. However, some itineraries begin or end in Spokane or Vancouver, Washington. A pre-cruise hotel stay is sometimes included in the package.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, a cruise on the Columbia and Snake\u00a0rivers takes travelers through scenic areas surrounded by mountains and gorges, including the <strong>Cascade Mountain Range<\/strong>, <strong>Columbia River Gorge<\/strong> and <strong>Hells Canyon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12450\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12450\" src=\"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Queen_of_the_West_ext.jpg\" alt=\"American Cruise Line's recently refurbished Queen of the West recently returned to the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest. Photo courtesy of American Cruise Lines.\" width=\"575\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Queen_of_the_West_ext.jpg 575w, https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Queen_of_the_West_ext-280x156.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Cruise Line&#8217;s recently refurbished Queen of the West recently returned to the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest. Photo courtesy of American Cruise Lines.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>About the Columbia &amp; Snake\u00a0Rivers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Columbia River<\/strong> begins in British Columbia, Canada. It flows for 1,243 miles from Canada through the U.S. states of \u00a0Washington and Oregon. Cruises on the Columbia River are between Portland, Oregon\u00a0and Richland, Washington,\u00a0where it forms a confluence with the Snake and Yakima rivers.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Snake River<\/strong> flows through four U.S. states &#8211; Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. It&#8217;s \u00a01,078 miles long and is the largest tributary of the Columbia River. The river begins in the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. Cruises on the Snake River are between Richland and Clarkston, Washington.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/articles-america-river-cruises\/cruises-on-the-columbia-and-snake-rivers\/\">Continue reading &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Columbia and Snake rivers are located in the Pacific Northwest. River cruises are usually between Portland, Oregon and Clarkston, Washington. However, some itineraries begin or end in Spokane or Vancouver, Washington. A pre-cruise hotel stay is sometimes included in the package. Located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, a cruise on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,437,317,233,235,483],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}