Hanford Pit
Hanford Pit is a mine in Benton, Washington. Hanford Pit is situated nearby to American Rock Produects Kiona Quarry, as well as near the nature reserve Paul Keith Wetland Reserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Candy Mountain and Goose Gap.
Candy Mountain
Peak
Photo: DJ Cane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Candy Mountain is a small mountain located just outside West Richland, Washington. Candy Mountain rises above the Tri-Cities, located between Badger Mountain to the south and Red Mountain to the north.
Goose Gap
Mountain saddle
Photo: Allen4names, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goose Gap is a small pass connecting Badger Mountain to Candy Mountain to the west of Richland, Washington. It lies significantly higher than most of the Tri-Cities and is crossed by Interstate 182 just after its western terminus. Goose Gap is situated 2½ miles southeast of Hanford Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Richland and Benton City.
West Richland
Town
Photo: Williamborg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 3 miles northeast of Hanford Pit.
Benton City
Town
Photo: Williamborg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benton City is a city in Benton County, Washington, United States. It is also included in the Tri-Cities metropolitan area, which consists of both Benton and Franklin counties. Benton City is situated 5 miles west of Hanford Pit.
Richland
Photo: PNWCorbin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Hanford Pit
- Type: Mine
- Categories: quarry and industry
- Location: Benton, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.26655° or 46° 15′ 60″ northLongitude
-119.38775° or 119° 23′ 16″ westOpen location code
85R27J86+JWOpenStreetMap ID
node 585374892OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=mine
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