Black Hills (Washington)

For other uses, see Black Hills (disambiguation).
Black Hills
Black Hills behind the state capitol building in Olympia
Highest point
PeakCapitol Peak
Elevation2,664 ft (812 m)
Coordinates46°58′22″N 123°08′11″W / 46.97278°N 123.13639°W / 46.97278; -123.13639
Geography
Black Hills is located in Washington (state)
Black Hills
Black Hills
Location of the Black Hills
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
RegionWestern Washington
Range coordinates46°59′14″N 123°08′16″W / 46.9873190°N 123.1376480°W / 46.9873190; -123.1376480
Parent rangeWillapa Hills

The Black Hills are a small range of hills in Thurston and Grays Harbor counties of Washington. They are widely considered a subset of the Willapa Hills, however, the line parent of the Black Hills is Rock Peak, in the Olympic Mountains.[1] 2,664-foot (812 m) Capitol Peak is the highest peak in the range.

The Black Hills takes its name from the Black River.[2] A former variant name was "Black Mountains".[3]

The Capitol State Forest has roughly the same boundaries as the Black Hills.

The high school A.G. West Black Hills, Tumwater, Washington, is named for the hills, as is the local soccer club the Blackhills Football Club. Capital Medical Center on the west side of Olympia was named Black Hills Community Hospital from its opening in 1985 until 1991.[4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ "Larch Mountain". Peakbagger. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Thurston County Place Names: A Heritage Guide" (PDF). Thurston County Historical Commission. 1992. p. 5. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Indian Tribes of Washington Territory" (map). Washington Secretary of State. 1966 [1876]. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  4. ^ "Black Hills Community Hospital". Region X hospital mortality information. Department of Health and Human Services. 1989. p. 179.
  5. ^ About Capital Medical Center – our history, Multicare, accessed November 28, 2022


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