Priest Rapids
Priest Rapids was a narrow, fast-flowing stretch of the Columbia River, located in the central region of the U.S. state of Washington. It was flooded by the construction of the Priest Rapids Dam in the 1950s.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mattawa and Schwana.
Mattawa
Village
Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.
Mattawa is an incorporated city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,335 at the 2020 census. Mattawa is situated 3½ miles east of Priest Rapids.
Schwana
Hamlet
Schwana is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Grant County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 215. Schwana is situated 5 miles northeast of Priest Rapids.
Beverly
Hamlet
Beverly, Washington, United States, is a small unincorporated community along the banks of the Columbia River in central Washington state. The community, which consists of a few hundred residents, is a few miles downriver from Wanapum Dam and is nestled at the base of Sentinel Gap, a water gap in the Saddle Mountains that predates the Columbia River. Beverly is situated 6 miles north of Priest Rapids.
Priest Rapids
- Type: Rapids
- Description: Section of the Columbia River in Washington State
- Category: body of water
- Location: Kittitas, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.75485° or 46° 45′ 18″ northLongitude
-119.97227° or 119° 58′ 20″ westElevation
489 feet (149 metres)Open location code
85R2Q23H+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 356542316OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=rapids
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Priest Rapids” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Priest Rapids”
- French: “Priest Rapids”
- French: “rapides de Priest”
- French: “Rapides de Priest”
- German: “Priest Rapids”
- Japanese: “プリースト急流”
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