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Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It had a population of 55,605 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the state of Washington's 23rd-most populous city. Olympia borders Lacey to the east and Tumwater to the south.
The Natural Resources Building is a government building in Olympia, Washington that houses Washington's Department of Natural Resources, Department of Fish & Wildlife, and Department of Agriculture. [1]
It was founded in 1887 at a location in Olympia and moved to its current campus near Lacey in 1971. [79] [80] The Capital Medical Center in Olympia, operated by MultiCare Health since 2021, has 107 beds and an off-campus emergency room in Lacey. [81] [82] It was built in 1985 to address a shortage in hospital capacity in the South Puget Sound ...
Universities and colleges in Olympia, Washington (2 C, 3 P) W. Washington State Capitol campus (23 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Olympia, Washington"
Grass Lake Nature Park is a nature reserve in Olympia, Washington. [1] The park has an area of 195.71 acres (79.20 ha). [2] The central feature of the park is Grass Lake, a reservoir dammed in 1966. [3] Swamp grass in the lake accounts for the name. [3] The lake and surrounding wetland has been owned by the City of Olympia since the 1980s. [2]
Squaxin Park is a public park located in Olympia, Washington. Established in 1905, it was the city's first waterfront park, providing access to the Budd Inlet of Puget Sound. [1] The park was formerly known as Priest Point Park, but was renamed in 2022 after the Olympia City Council unanimously voted to change it to honor the local Squaxin ...
Watershed Park is a 153-acre temperate rain forest public park located in Olympia, Washington that supplied almost all the city's water from privately established wells in the late 1800s. The city acquired and operated the wells starting in 1917 until the 1950s when the municipal water source was replaced.
Artesian Commons is a 0.2-acre (0.081 ha) park in downtown Olympia, Washington built in May 2014 around an artesian spring. It is described by the city as Olympia's first urban park (Sylvester Park in the Olympia Downtown Historic District is state-owned). [1]