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Omak (/ oʊ ˈ m æ k / o-MAK [3]) is a city located in the foothills of the Okanogan Highlands in north-central Washington, United States.With a population of 4,860 residents as of 2020, distributed over a land area of 3.43 square miles (8.9 km 2), Omak is the largest municipality of Okanogan County and the largest municipality in Central Washington north of Wenatchee.
State Route 215 (SR 215) is a 6.24-mile long (10.04 km) state highway serving Okanogan County in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway travels northeast parallel to the Okanogan River from SR 20 in Okanogan to SR 155 Spur in Downtown Omak. SR 215 turns east to end at an intersection with SR 20 and U.S. Route 97 (US 97) in North Omak.
At the intersection of Omak Avenue and Dayton Street, a spur route of State Route 155 begins and continues west along Omak Avenue to terminate at State Route 215 in downtown Omak. This was the original alignment of State Route 155 before U.S. Route 97 was realigned onto its current bypass.
U.S. Route 97 (US 97) in the U.S. state of Washington is a 322-mile (518 km) route which traverses from the Oregon state line at the northern end of the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge in Maryhill, north to the Canada–US border in Okanogan County near Oroville.
State Route 20 (SR 20), also known as the North Cascades Highway, is a state highway that traverses the U.S. state of Washington.It is the state's longest highway, traveling 436 miles (702 km) across the northern areas of Washington, from U.S. Route 101 (US 101) at Discovery Bay on the Olympic Peninsula to US 2 near the Idaho state border in Newport.
Okanogan County (/ ˌ oʊ k ə ˈ n ɑː ɡ ən /) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,104. [2] The county seat is Okanogan, [3] while the most populous city is Omak. Its area is the largest in the state. [4]
Disautel Pass (el. 3252 ft./991 m.) is a mountain pass in the state of Washington. [1] It is traversed by State Route 155 between Grand Coulee and Omak, and is located on the Colville Indian Reservation about 12 miles Northwest of Colville Indian Agency.
The United States Army Air Forces built the airport around 1942, when it was known as the Okanogan Flight Strip and Omak Flight Strip. [4] The initial construction, which was completed in 1943, [5] consisted of a 4,654-foot (1,419 m) long, 150-foot (46 m) wide paved runway running north and south, with graded sides and overrun areas which were 175 feet (53 m) wide. [6]