A View from Sequim, originally uploaded by ePut.

Views in the Pacific Northwest and, specifically, the Olympic Peninsula, are generally stellar. Puget Sound or the Strait of Juan de Fuca, two mountain ranges, volcanoes towering 10,000 to 14,000 feet above sea level… how can your jaws not drop in wonder?

The views from Sequim are spectacular – like the one above, seen from Bell Hill. Views from Sequim have all the elements listed above, plus the following: Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands and Whidbey Island on the horizon; and the Olympic Mountains pressing at your back as you look out over lush flat fields to the Salish Sea.

If you haven’t yet experienced the beauty of Sequim, hurry.