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Kamiak Butte County Park is located in Whitman County, Washington between the towns of Palouse and Pullman in Eastern Washington, near the border of Idaho. It is named after Chief Kamiakin of the Yakama tribe. Most of the park's 298 acres (121 ha) consist of timberland on the northern slopes of Kamiak Butte.
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Steptoe Butte is a quartzite island jutting out of the silty loess of the Palouse hills in Whitman County, Washington, in the northwest United States. The 3,612-foot (1,101 m) butte is preserved as Steptoe Butte State Park Heritage Site , a publicly owned 150-acre (61 ha) recreation area located 12 miles (19 km) north of Colfax .
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The Yakama Nation referred to Rattlesnake Mountain as Lalíik, meaning "land above the water".Some historians speculate that the origin of the name Lalíik refers to the inundation of the Columbia River Plateau during the Missoula Floods, as Rattlesnake would have been one of the few mountains not completely inundated by flood waters reaching depths of 1200 ft (366 m).
Kelly Butte is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America. [5] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean , and travel east toward the Cascade Mountains . As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks of the Cascade Range ( Orographic lift ), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain ...
Jump off Joe is a butte in the Horse Heaven Hills south of Kennewick in the U.S. state of Washington.Jump off Joe rises above the Tri-Cities and is visible throughout much of the region, including in parts of Umatilla and Morrow Counties in Oregon to the south.