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- Washington is the only state named after a U.S. president (George Washington).
- Nearly one hundred Orca whales, in three family pods, reside in the San Juan Islands during the summer months.
- The Space Needle in Seattle, built for the 1962 World’s Fair, attracts more than a million visitors each year.
- Mount St. Helens is the only volcano in the continental United States to erupt in recent history. The 1980 eruption devastated an area of 250 square miles (400 sq km).
- Washington’s Grand Coulee Dam is one of the largest hydroelectric facilities in the world.
- Washington’s state flag is the only state flag that is green.
- Lake Chelan was once a river, but glaciers blocked the river with dirt and rock, thus creating a lake.
- One of the world’s largest totem poles is in Tacoma. It is 105 feet (32 m) high.
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