East Olympia, Washington | |
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Coordinates: 46°58′03″N 122°50′08″W / 46.96750°N 122.83556°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | Thurston |
Elevation | 220 ft (70 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP code | 98540 |
Area code | 360 |
GNIS feature ID | 1504649 [1] |
East Olympia is an unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington, United States. The community is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southeast of downtown Olympia.
The Olympia area's station on Amtrak's Coast Starlight line was located in East Olympia before it moved to Lacey in 1994. [2]
Rural lands immediately southeast of the community were under consideration, beginning in 2022, for a proposed new airport to "help meet commercial and cargo demand" for Washington state. [3] [4]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, East Olympia has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. [5]