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Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park/Wanapum Recreational Area is a geologic preserve and public recreation area covering 7,124-acre (2,883 ha) on the western shoreline of the Columbia River's Wanapum Reservoir at Vantage, Washington.
State Thousands of logs petrified in lava flows. Part of Ginkgo/Wanapum State Park. Grand Coulee: 1965: Grant: Federal, state, private An illustration of a series of geological events. Grande Ronde Feeder Dikes: 1980: Asotin: Private
Vantage is known for Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park and its associated Wanapum Recreational Area, as a base camp for those attending nearby Gorge Amphitheatre, and its rock climbing. [ 11 ]
About 60 Wanapum petroglyphs were blasted from the rock before being flooded; they may be viewed at Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park.. The Wanapum Heritage Center Museum displays artifacts of the time before the dams, [6] while the Wanapum River Patrol keeps watch over the ancestral lands, monitoring locations of special significance to the Wanapum to protect those places from depredation ...
Wanapum Lake is a reservoir on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. It was created in 1963 with the construction of Wanapum Dam . It stretches from there upstream to the Rock Island Dam .
Oct. 9—MATTAWA — In celebration of Washington State Archaeology Month, the Wanapum and Grant Public Utility District are holding two Archaeology Day events at the Wanapum Heritage Center.
Oct. 16—The Wanapum Heritage Center hosted its 25th annual Archeology Day events Oct. 9 and 10. The first day of the event was dedicated to students with various schools attending including ...
The bridge separates the Ginkgo Petrified Forest and Wanapum Recreational Area State Park on the western bank of the Columbia. The current bridge is the second Vantage Bridge. The first was built in 1927 as part of the Sunset Highway (later US 10 ), a precursor to I-90.