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Map of Washington State Patrol districts (replacing File:WA - Washington State Patriol Districts.gif). Source Self, map derived from File:Map of Washington highlighting Yakima County.svg, see file description on Commons for additional details on source. Colors taken from File:Washington State Patrol (logo).svg. Arial Black font used for numeral ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the US state of Washington. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 260 law enforcement agencies employing 11,411 sworn police officers, about 174 for each 100,000 residents. The state has the lowest ratio of police ...
In 1937, four years after the force was reconstituted as the Washington State Patrol, blue uniforms were adopted and neckties were replaced with bowties; the longer form of neckwear had a tendency to flap in the breeze when a trooper was on motorcycle duty. [2] The State Patrol switched from wearing peaked hats to campaign hats in 1963. [5]
This is a list of natural lakes and reservoirs located fully or partially in the U.S. state of Washington. Natural lakes that have been altered with a dam, such as ...
Blue Lake Peak is a 7,808-foot (2,380-metre) mountain summit in the North Cascades of Washington state. It is located in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest on the shared border of Okanogan County and Chelan County. The peak is situated south of Early Winters Spires, Liberty Bell Mountain, and Washington Pass.
Nolte State Park is a 117-acre (47 ha) Washington state park located 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Enumclaw and just south of Cumberland at the western edge of the Cascade Mountains, with 7,174 feet (2,187 m) of shoreline on Deep Lake near the Green River Gorge. [3]
By 1960 the number of state parks had increased to 130. In 2003, the Washington State Legislature introduced a $5-a-day parking fee, meant to fund park-related construction projects; more than a quarter of the fees collected went into the fee-collection system itself. [3] Park use decreased more than 15% under the fees.
Lake Saint Clair is a lake in the U.S. state of Washington. [2] The lake has a surface area of 244 acres (99 ha) and reaches a depth of 110 feet (34 m). [3] The lake's name is a transfer from Lake St. Clair, in Michigan. [3] The lake has four islands, two of them named (Dollar and Goat).