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Sacajawea Historical State Park
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Sacajawea Historical State Park

Pasco, Washington
visited 21 May 2021
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This park honors the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers, the Lewis and Clark expedition that reached this point in October 1805, and, of course, it bears the name of the native Shoshone guide who helped them make this journey.

I timed my visit hoping for sunset views along the river. Alas, the weather had other plans for my photography that day, but my timing also meant that I missed the opening hours for the interpretive center.

The highlight of my time there was the panoramic views of the two rivers:

A wide panoramic view across a broad, calm river under a heavy overcast sky, with a low tree-lined shore and distant hills on the far side and a rocky, tree-framed bank in the foreground on both sides.
A large circular raised planter with a dark gray stone rim set in a grassy park near a river, planted with clumps of native bunchgrass and sparse wildflowers, with an inscription reading “The Snake and Columbia rivers once converged at a point of land” carved into the rim. Trees and the water of the river are visible in the background under an overcast sky.
The curved beige Art Deco facade of the Sacajawea Museum, its name carved in a decorative stone band above an entrance fitted with ornate white geometric wrought-iron gates. A checkered pink and gray tile patio sits in the foreground, with sagebrush and leafy trees framing the building under an overcast sky.
A grassy waterfront park shaded by large leafy deciduous trees, with picnic tables scattered on the green lawn and a calm river stretching to low hills on the hazy horizon under an overcast sky.
A wooden picnic shelter with a cedar-shingle hipped roof and a low river-rock base, holding a picnic table, set in a grassy clearing at Sacajawea Historical State Park in Pasco, Washington. Stone steps lead up a landscaped mound of rocks and wildflowers toward the shelter, framed by leafy green trees under an overcast gray sky.
A gravel path curves through the green lawns of Sacajawea Historical State Park under a heavy, overcast gray sky, lined with leafy deciduous trees, evergreens, and a small building, with a river visible in the distance.
A broad, calm river under a heavy gray overcast sky, with a silhouetted steel truss railroad lift bridge and industrial grain elevators in the distance. Green trees and brush line the left bank in the foreground.
A calm boat launch and floating docks at Sacajawea Historical State Park under a heavy, overcast evening sky, with still water reflecting the gray and lavender clouds. A small boat sits moored at a dock, with a parking area, a restroom building, trees, and transmission towers lining the far shore.

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