Sometimes travel decisions are as simple as character movement in 1980s videogames. For a destination last weekend, I pushed the joystick up and to the left as far as it would go, and a few hours later ended up in the north-westernmost part of the continental US.

Cape Flattery (which will get you nowhere except Tatoosh Island) is part of the territory of the q^wi·q^wi·diččat nation. Buying a visitor’s pass at tribal headquarters (or at Washburn’s General Store) entitles you to drive out to the trailhead, where a 3/4 mile, mostly-flat hike takes you to the view seen above. Watch for nesting bald eagles on the way — they seem to enjoy ocean-front real estate.