Washington State Facts

Overview Capital - Olympia Largest City - Seattle Statehood - November 11, 1889 (42nd) Nickname - "The Evergreen State" State Bird - Willow Goldfinch State Flower - Pink Rhododendron State Tree - Western Hemlock

Washington State Flag

Geography

• Size - Approximately 360 miles by 240 miles
• Area - 18th largest state in the United States
• Highest Point - Mount Rainier (14,410ft)
• Lowest Point - Sea level (0 ft)
• Average Elevation - 1700 ft

People

• Population - 5.8 million (14th in the United States)
• Median Income - $48,688 (14th in the United States)
• Agriculture - Apples, cattle, dairy, potatoes, seafood, wine
• Industry - Aerospace, software, tourism, wood products

Travel Information

• Time Zone - Pacific: UTC-8/-7
• Major Airports - Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Spokane International Airport (GEG)
• National Parks - Mount Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park, North Cascades National Park
• Interstates - I-5, I-82, I-84, I-90, I-182 (Tri-Cities), I-205 (Vancouver), I-405 (Seattle)
• Area Codes - 206 (Seattle), 253 (Tacoma), 360 (Western Washington), 425 (Puget Sound), 509 (Eastern Washington)

Sports Teams

• NFL Football - Seattle Seahawks
• MLB Baseball - Seattle Mariners
• NBA Basketball - Seattle SuperSonics
• WNBA Basketball - Seattle Storm

Facts and Points of Interest

• Ape Cave - At Mount Saint Helens, a 2.5 mile long lava tube.
• Boeing Everett Factory - The largest building by volume in the world, 11 stores high and over 98 acres.
• Dry Falls - The remnant of catastrophic ice-age floods, and the site of the largest waterfall in all of history.
• Emmons Glacier - On Mount Rainier, the largest glacier in the United States outside of Alaska.
• Grand Coulee Dam - The largest electricity plant and concrete structure in the United States.
• Hells' Canyon - The deepest gorge in the Unites States.
• Lake Chelan - One of the deepest lakes in the world.
• Olympic National Park - The wettest point on the continental United States, and also the largest expanse of designated wilderness area in the US outside of Alaska, and several of the largest trees in the world.
• Washington State Ferry System - Third largest ferry system in the world.