Lower Wanapum Dam
Lower Wanapum Dam is a parking area in Kittitas, Washington. Access is restricted and requires permission. Lower Wanapum Dam is situated nearby to the public building Wanapum Dam Visitor Center, as well as near Wanapum Turbine.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 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 2,400 feet west of Lower Wanapum Dam.
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 Dam.
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 Dam.
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 Dam.
Lower Wanapum Dam
- Category: transportation
- Location: Kittitas, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.87718° or 46° 52′ 38″ northLongitude
-119.96168° or 119° 57′ 42″ westOperator
Grant County PUDOpen location code
85R2V2GQ+V8OpenStreetMap ID
way 769978662OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wanapum Dam Visitor Center and Wanapum Turbine.
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