West Richland Heights

West Richland Heights is a residential area in Benton, Washington. West Richland Heights is situated nearby to the fire station Benton County Fire District #4, as well as near the Hindu temple Hindu Society of Eastern Washington.

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. Candy Mountain is situated 1½ miles southwest of West Richland Heights.

Goose Gap

Mountain saddle

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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 south of West Richland Heights.

Duportail Bridge

Bridge

The Duportail Bridge is a four-lane bridge in Richland, Washington, United States, over the Yakima River and Columbia Canal. It opened on December 16, 2020, and connects the Queensgate area with downtown Richland via Duportail Street. Duportail Bridge is situated 2½ miles southeast of West Richland Heights.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Richland and Richland.

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 1½ miles north of West Richland Heights.

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.

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 6 miles southeast of West Richland Heights.

West Richland Heights

Type: Residential area
Location: Benton, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.27835° or 46° 16′ 42″ north

Longitude

-119.35034° or 119° 21′ 1″ west

Open location code

85R27JHX+8V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1435950776

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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