List of Counties

List of Towns

Points of Interest

Capital: Olympia

Largest city: Seattle

Highest point: Mount Rainier 14,410 ft

Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 ft

Admission to Union: November 11, 1889 (42nd)

State nickname: The Evergreen State

Lebowski Fest in Tukwila

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond

Starbucks Headquarters, Seattle

The State dance, adopted in 1979, is the Square Dance

Three ships of the United States Navy, including two battleships, have been named USS Washington in honor of the state.

Chinook Pass

The geographic center of Washington, Ellensburg hosts Washington’s largest rodeo

Coulee Corridor

Puyallup has one of the world’s 10 largest fairs

Strait of Juan de Fuca Hwy

Andrew Anderson Marine Park and Lowell Johnson Park, better known as the Ol' Swimming Hole

Moutains to Sound Greenway

State of Washington

Washington state seal

About Washington

Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute.

Washington state of the Pacific Coast had many established tribes of Native Americans, each with its own unique culture. Today, they are most notable for their totem poles and their ornately carved canoes and masks.

Washington is part of a region known as the Pacific Northwest

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