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Washington State Route 821. State Route 821 ( SR 821) is a state highway in central Washington state. It runs for 25 miles (40 km) through the Yakima Canyon, following the meandering Yakima River between Selah and Ellensburg. Both ends of the highway are at interchanges with Interstate 82 (I-82) and U.S. Route 97 (US 97).
The Yakima River is a tributary of the Columbia River in south central and eastern Washington state, named for the indigenous Yakama people. Lewis and Clark mention in their journals that the Chin-nâm pam (or the Lower Snake River Chamnapam Nation) called the river Tâpe têtt [6] (also rendered Tapteete), [7] possibly from the French tape-tête, meaning "head hit".
Umtanum Ridge Water Gap is a geologic feature in Washington state in the United States. It includes the Yakima Canyon (or " Yakima River Canyon "), and is located between the cities of Ellensburg and Yakima in central Washington. [1] Washington State Route 821 (formerly numbered "U.S. Route 97") was once the main route between Ellensburg and ...
Yakima Indian Painted Rocks. Indian Painted Rocks is a tiny state park (approximately 2,000 sq ft (200 m 2 )) right outside Yakima, Washington at the intersection of Powerhouse and Ackely Roads. The Indian rock paintings, also known as pictographs are on a cliff of basaltic rocks parallel to the current Powerhouse road which was once an Indian ...
Black Canyon Fire burns 4,500 acres in Yakima County, residents evacuate. YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. - The Black Canyon Fire burning in central Washington has charred an estimated 4,500 acres, and some ...
Former. ← SR 821. → SR 900. State Route 823 ( SR 823) is a state highway in Yakima County, Washington, United States. It runs for 5.6 miles (9.0 km) from an interchange with U.S. Route 12 (US 12) and through the city of Selah to a junction with SR 821. A portion of the highway runs in the median of Interstate 82 (I-82), its parent route, as ...
Bumping River, Tieton River. The Naches River is a tributary of the Yakima River in central Washington in the United States. Beginning as the Little Naches River, it is about 75 miles (121 km) long. [4] After the confluence of the Little Naches and Bumping River the name becomes simply the Naches River. The Naches and its tributaries drain a ...
Apr. 3—A ranch property and popular boat launch in the Yakima River Canyon are now in public hands. The Bureau of Land Management announced this week that it has taken ownership of 647 acres in ...