Nelson Island

Places of Interest

Richland Public Library

Library

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Richland Public Library is situated 2 miles southwest of Nelson Island.

Washington State University Tri-Cities

University

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Washington State University Tri-Cities is one of six campuses that make up Washington State University. It is located along the Columbia River in northern Richland, Washington. Washington State University Tri-Cities is situated 2 miles north of Nelson Island.

Places in the Area

Richland

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Richland is a city of 51,000 people in the Columbia River Plateau, where the Yakima River flows into the Columbia. It is the closest city to the Hanford Nuclear Site, where development of its historic nuclear reactor lead to a large national research lab and a waste remediation effort that is the single largest construction project in the country.

West Richland

Town

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The Columbia River Plateau, sometimes called the Columbia River Basin, is a broad plateau in Washington State where the Columbia River rolls its way between the Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountain foothills. West Richland is situated 4 miles west of Nelson Island.

Richland Y

Locality

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Richland is a city in Benton County, Washington, United States. It is located in southeastern Washington at the confluence of the Yakima and the Columbia Rivers. Richland Y is situated 4½ miles south of Nelson Island.

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