Washington Landmarks Map
A free printable illustrated map of Washington for kids. It shows 7 landmarks and natural places and 4 industries where they really are, along with the state symbols, 6 cities and a box of key facts. It comes in color and in ink-saving black and white, sized for US Letter paper.
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Color or black and white.
Both are free, sized for US Letter paper, and come as a PDF to print or a PNG image for slides.
Color
The full-color map, for a wall display or a color printer.
Black and white
The same map with no color or shading. Prints cleanly on a classroom printer and saves ink.
What is on the Washington map
Every picture sits at its real location in Washington, with a one-line fact beside it. Olympia, the capital, is marked with a star.
Landmarks and natural places
- Mount Rainier: An active volcano and the state’s tallest peak.
- Columbia River: The largest river in the Pacific Northwest.
- Palouse Falls: Carved by massive Ice Age floods long ago.
- Space Needle: Built in 1962 for the Century 21 Exposition.
- Cape Flattery: The northwesternmost point of the contiguous US.
- Whitman Mission: A historic site on the Oregon Trail from 1836.
- Spokane River Falls: A sacred gathering place for Native tribes.
What Washington makes and grows
- Apples: Washington grows more apples than any other state.
- Walla Walla Sweet Onion: This sweet vegetable is harvested by hand.
- Wheat Farming: Grown in the dry, rolling hills of the east.
- Grand Coulee Dam: This massive concrete dam makes clean power.
State symbols
- American Goldfinch: This bright yellow bird loves eating wild seeds.
- Coast Rhododendron: Chosen by women in 1892 for a world’s fair.
- Western Hemlock: This giant evergreen can grow over 200 feet.
- Olympic Marmot: This furry mammal lives only in Washington.
- Orca: These black and white whales hunt in families.
Washington key facts
From the box on the map
- Nickname
- The Evergreen State
- Capital
- Olympia
- Largest city
- Seattle
- Became a state
- November 11, 1889 (42nd)
- State bird
- Willow Goldfinch (American Goldfinch)
- State flower
- Coast Rhododendron
- State tree
- Western Hemlock
- Motto
- By and by (Al-ki)
Cities shown
- Olympia (capital)
- Seattle
- Spokane
- Tacoma
- Vancouver
- Yakima
The outline, rivers and cities are drawn from map data. Pictures of crops and industries are placed in a part of the state where each is typical.