Lower Wanapum Boat Launch

Lower Wanapum Boat Launch is a slipway in Kittitas, Washington. Lower Wanapum Boat Launch is situated near the public building Wanapum Dam Visitor Center, as well as near Wanapum Turbine.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Wanapum Dam.

Wanapum Dam

Power station

Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.

Wanapum Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric project located on the Columbia River downstream from Vantage, Washington where Interstate 90 crosses the Columbia from Grant County into Kittitas County. Wanapum Dam is situated 1,900 feet west of Lower Wanapum Boat Launch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beverly and Schwana.

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 3½ miles southeast of Lower Wanapum Boat Launch.

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 4 miles southeast of Lower Wanapum Boat Launch.

Vantage

Village

Vantage is a census-designated place in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 54 at the 2020 census. Vantage is situated 5 miles north of Lower Wanapum Boat Launch.

Lower Wanapum Boat Launch

Type: Slipway
Categories: recreation area and transport
Location: Kittitas, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.87698° or 46° 52′ 37″ north

Longitude

-119.96342° or 119° 57′ 48″ west

Operator

Grant County PUD

Open location code

85R2V2GP+QJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7188099239

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=slipway

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Wanapum Dam Visitor Center and Wanapum Turbine.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lower Wanapum Boat Launch and Lower Wanapum Dam.

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