Watershed Park

Watershed Park is a 153-acre temperate rain forest public park located in Olympia, Washington that supplied almost all the city's water from privately established wells in the late 1800s.

Photo: Jer Hughes, Public domain.

Type: Forest
Description: park in Washington, United States of America
Address: 2500 Henderson Boulavard Southeast, Olympia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Washington State Capitol and Hazard Lake.

Washington State Capitol

Government building

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The Washington State Capitol in Olympia is the home of the government of the state of Washington. It contains the chambers of the Washington State Legislature, offices for the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and state treasurer.

Hazard Lake

Lake

Hazard Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Washington. Hazard Lake was named after Hazard Stevens, who operated a farm near the site.

Tivoli Fountain

Fountain

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The Tivoli Fountain is installed on the Washington State Capitol campus in Olympia, Washington, United States. It is a replica of a Roman-style fountain in Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, which itself was inspired by fountains of Villa d’Este in the Italian Renaissance garden style.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Olympia and Tumwater.

Olympia

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Olympia is the capital of Washington State, and the seat of Thurston County in the South Sound region. The small city of 56,000 has a diverse economic base, and is a breeding ground for alternative culture in the Pacific Northwest, having spawned or influenced many of the region's better-known personalities.

Tumwater

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Tumwater is a city in Thurston County, Washington, United States. The population was 25,350 at the 2020 census. The city is situated near where the Deschutes River enters Budd Inlet, the southernmost point of Puget Sound; it also borders the state capital of Olympia to the north.