Colfax Washington 
Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center

Welcome to Colfax! In the heart of the Palouse.

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Grounded in our hometown values and agrarian roots, we are the county seat of Whitman County. Come experience small town America,  with 2,846 residents calling Colfax home.

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Colfax enjoys a healthy mix of history, unique locally owned businesses, rural and urban neighborhoods, amazing all season recreation, and culture.

 

People come from all over the world to photograph the Palouse, ride bikes on our network of trails and gravel roads, hike or snowshoe on area trails and play in nearby lakes or rivers. Enjoy our Street art and galleries, eat and shop at unique locally owned businesses. Visit the Perkins House for a tour of our founder's Victorian mansion or book a Haunted Hospital tour of the amazing Saint Ignatiaus Hospital.

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We look forward to seeing you soon. Come Explore Colfax!

 

 

Places to Stay

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Best Western

RtE 26  Farmhouse

Hilltop RV park

Palouse Empire Fairgrounds RV Park

Steptoe butte RV Park

 

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Things to Do

All four seasons are amazing on the Palouse

 

 

• The Codger Pole- downtown Colfax monument to a 1938 football game.

• The Perkins House Museum- Founder's home and lovely Victorian home

• Saint Ignatius Hospital -Historical and Haunted Tours

• Golf Colfax Golf course a beautiful 9-hole course nestled in Colfax.

• Enjoy downtown Colfax's shops, wine bar & gallery, restaurants and coffee shops.

• Check the Events Calendar to see what events are happening in Colfax.

  • Palouse Empire Fair

  • The Palouse Empire Treshing Bee

  • Morgan Family Plowing Bee

  • Snake River Family Festival

  • Colfax Fly In

  • Trick or Treat on Main Street- Friday before Halloween

  • Colfax Winterfest- First Saturday in December

  • Colfax Corks & Caps Family Fun Festival- third Saturday in July

• Whitman County Library downtown Colfax- Designed by local Spokane architect, Warren C. Heylman

• Palouse River Trail-Lovely hike in Colfax, 5 miles round trip, flat walk along the Palouse River

• Kamiak Butte State Park

• Steptoe Butte Park

• Boyer Park and Marina on the Snake River- Snake River Family Festival , second Saturday in June

• Visit nearby Washington State University, Eastern Washington University & University of Idaho- which have beautiful campuses

• Photography is amazing in any season in the Palouse, but please ask for permission, even empty fields are likely private property

• Stay in Colfax and visit nearby historic Elberton, Palouse, LaCrosse, Malden and Tekoe.

• The Palouse to Cascades Trail - Trail Head is in nearby Tekoa, Washington. 

• Tour the Dams and Fish ladders on the Snake River

• Fishing and Hunting, you must have landowner permission.

• Palouse Falls - near Washtucna, West of Colfax

• Webb's Slough - Sprint Boat Racing

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• Come Stay in Colfax and Play on the Palouse.