| AREA (total) | 71,303 square miles |
| AREA (land) | 66,582 square miles |
| AREA (water) | 4,721 square miles |
| HIGHEST POINT | MT. RAINIER 14,410 feet |
| COASTLINE | 157 miles |
| TIDAL SHORELINE | 3,026 miles |
| FEDERALLY OWNED LAND | 28.3% (1991) |
| NATIONAL FOREST LAND | 10,061,000 acres (1992) |
| NATIONAL PARK LAND | 1,912,000 acres |
| Hells canyon is the deepest gorge in North America (5000 ft deep). | |
| Lake Chelan has its surface 1,100 feet above sea level and it's bottom is 400 feet below sea level. | |
| San Juan county is the states smallest county. | |
| Snoqualmie falls are 100 feet higher than Niagara falls. | |
| Fairy (Ferry?) Falls is the highest falls in the state (701 feet). (Near Paradise, Mt. Rainier) | |
| La Push is the western most town in the contiguous United States. | |
| The Long Beach peninsula is the longest natural beach in the United States. | |
| The strongest recorded earthquake in Washington was April 14th 1949 (7.1). | |
| The 5 mile long Emmon glacier on Mount Rainier is the longest in the continental United States. | |
| 80% of the glacial ice in the U.S is found in Washington State. | |
| The geographic center of Washington is in Chelan, 10 miles WSW of Wenatchee. | |
| The westernmost point in the continental United States is Cape Alava. | |
| Mount St.Helen's lost 1,131 feet of elevation in the May 1980 eruption and spewed forth about 1 cubic mile of dust, ash and debris. | |
| There are over 40,000 miles of rivers and streams in the State. | |
| There are more than 8000 lakes in the State. | |
| There are three National Parks. | |
| Nine National Forests. | |
| One hundred State Parks. | |
| Washington is the third smallest state west of the Mississippi. (Corrected by Prof. Dale Durran)...Thanks! | |
| The largest lake in Washington is Lake Chelan. | |
| Mount Rainier was first climbed in 1870 by P.B. VanTrump and General Hazard Stevens. | |
| The longest, natural sandspit in the United States is the Dungeness Spit. | |
| The Ginkgo Petrified Forest is the largest in the world. | |
| At low tide, there can be up to 786 islands in the Puget Sound. | |
| The Cascade Railroad Tunnel is one of the longest railroad tunnels in North | |
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