Grand Coulee
Grand Coulee is an ancient river bed in the U.S. state of Washington. This National Natural Landmark stretches for about 60 miles southwest from Grand Coulee Dam to Soap Lake, being bisected by Dry Falls into the Upper and Lower Grand Coulee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Duk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 1,079 feet
- Description: ancient river bed in the U.S. state of Washington
- Also known as: “Grand Coolley”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Soap Lake.
Soap Lake
Lake
Soap Lake is a meromictic soda lake in the town of Soap Lake, Washington formed by the Missoula Floods at the foot of the Grand Coulee. The lake gets its name from the naturally occurring foam that gives its water a soapy appearance, and because the lake's mineral-rich waters have a slick, soapy feel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soap Lake and Ephrata.
Soap Lake
Photo: Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Soap Lake is a town of 1,600 people in Columbia River Plateau of Washington State. The lake's naturally occurring foam gives its water a soapy appearance, and the lake's mineral-rich waters have a slick, soapy feel.
Ephrata
Photo: Senapa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ephrata is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Washington, United States. Its population was 8,477 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 8,718 in 2024.
Grand Coulee
- Categories: protected area and landform
- Location: Grant, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Grand Coulee from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Grand Coulee” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Grand Coulee”
- Catalan: “Grand Coulee”
- Cebuano: “Grand Coulee (walog sa Estados Unidos, Washington, Grant County, lat 47,39, long -119,49)”
- Cebuano: “Grand Coulee”
- Chinese: “Grand Coulee”
- Chinese: “大古力”
- Dutch: “Grand Coulee”
- Esperanto: “Grand Coulee”
- Finnish: “Grand Coulee”
- French: “Grand Coulee”
- Galician: “Grand Coulee”
- German: “Grand Coulee”
- Hebrew: “גרנד קולי”
- Hungarian: “Grand Coulee”
- Italian: “Grand Coulee”
- Japanese: “グランド・クーリー”
- Japanese: “グランドクーリー”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis tarpeklis”
- Portuguese: “Grande Coulée”
- Russian: “Гранд-Кули”
- Slovenian: “Grand Coulee”
- Spanish: “Grand Coulee”
- Swedish: “Grand Coulee”
- Wu Chinese: “大古力”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Grand Coulee”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lakeview and Lakeview Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lower Grand Coulee and Calling the Healing Waters Sculpture and Sundial.
Washington: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Seattle, Olympia, Tacoma, and Spokane.
Curious Valleys to Discover
Uncover intriguing valleys from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grand Coulee”. Photo: Duk, CC BY-SA 3.0.