You may be coming for wine tasting, but don’t miss all there is to do in Union Gap.

Central Washington Agricultural Museum — Interactive exhibits transport you back to a simpler time at this 19-acre, open-air museum. Displays include historic equipment, tools and things needed for everyday life on the farm.  Don’t miss the new “History of the Yakima Valley Wine Region” exhibit. Coming in 2010!

Beautiful Parks
Ahtanum Youth Park — This huge park offers picnic facilities, basketball courts, a BMX Track, soccer fields, an equestrian arena and meeting space for groups.

Fulbright Park —  Adjacent to the Agricultural Museum, this park offers creekside covered picnic facilities and more than 30 acres to play football, fly remote control airplanes or play Frisbee with your dog.

Pioneer Graveyard — Established in 1865, the Pioneer Graveyard is the resting place of many of the Yakima Valley’s original settlers. Visiting the graveyard is a fascinating and solemn experience when you realize the sacrifices made to settle this Western frontier.

Fruit and Vegetable Stands — Local produce stands can be found up and down Main Street offering fresh fruits and vegetables from the the fields. There are also many U-pick opportunities at local farms.

Saving up to 20% on your entire Washington Wine Country vacation is easy!

Valid Nov. 15, 2009 – Feb. 11th, 2010

1. Download and print this e-card to save 20% off the Best Available Rate at all Union Gap hotels. Call the hotel directly to make your reservation and let them know you’ve downloaded the “Stay in the Gap Stay and Save e-card.”   (click the image at right to download your e-card)

2.  Take the e-card with you on your visit and have the hotel validate your stay.

3. Take the e-card with you to the following retailers to save up to 20% on shopping, restaurants and more.  The list below shows how much of a discount each business is offering.

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In an effort to preserve the agricultural heritage of the Yakima Valley and Central Washington, the late Ted Falk first introduced the idea of a farm equipment museum to a small group of interested people in November 1978. The next year the Central Washington Agricultural Museum was founded on March 15, 1979, as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization governed by a Board of Directors with a volunteer staff.

The large task of collecting and restoring antique farm machines and tools has been the passion of these farmers for all these years. They have painstakingly restored their father’s, grandfather’s and great grandfather’s equipment. Displays include turn of the century tractors, thrashers and sorters, the Magness Room displaying over 3,000 antique hand tools and  a steam engine used to power the Old Naches sawmill.  Visitors will also find collection of bells from the valley schools, an early working sawmill, and the home of the first tractor developed to work in orchards, the Lindeman Tractor.  All of this and much more has combined to create the Central Washington Agricultural Museum, the largest outdoor museum in the Pacific Northwest.

The museum is staffed by an all volunteer workforce of knowledgeable and friendly people who restore the equipment on display and create active demonstrations of how the equipment was used. Call for event times or to arrange a special showing.

See the Ag Museum and the Antique Farm Expo on PBS’s America’s Heartland! Ag Museum on PBS – America’s Heartland

There is no fee for entering the museum,  however a donation is suggested.

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Whether you’re in the Yakima Valley for a convention, sporting event or wine tasting, you’ll want to stay close to the action.

All three Union Gap hotels sit across the street from the major shopping district in Washington Wine Country. Macy’s, Sears, Borders Books, Old Navy, Pier One Imports and more than 80 specialty stores sit right outside your hotel room door.  Multiple dining options can also be found, from steak and seafood to terriyaki and everything in between. There’s just no other place in the valley that offers so much within walking distance of your hotel.  When visiting the Yakima Valley, you’ll want to Stay in The Gap….Union Gap!

Click on a link below to be taken to that hotel’s booking site!

Calling all Shopaholics!  Macy’s, Old Navy, Borders Books, Sears, Pier One Imports and 80 other retailers are all are within walking distance of the hotels.  Just walk across the street and you’re there!  Shopaholics will never have to suffer when visiting Washington Wine Country.

Like access to a large variety of restaurants when you travel?

Outback Steakhouse, Applebees, Sea Galley, Shari’s and 25 other restaurants are literally right out the front door of your hotel room.