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On April 25, 2022, the Olympia City Council unanimously approved the name change to Squaxin Park. The park’s name now reflects the Tribe’s long history in this area, the park’s central role as a place of community and gathering and the Tribe’s concern for acknowledging its past and present, and future stewardship of the park’s natural ...
2600 East Bay Drive Northeast, Olympia, WA 98506. Reach out directly. Visit website Call Email. Full view. ... Squaxin Park - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)
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Hiking Squaxin Park (Priest Point) With amenities aplenty, Squaxin Park (formerly Priest Point Park) serves a wide community of users. The area — originally Native land that was turned into a mission, then a park — was renamed to acknowledge the indigenous people who were on the land before settlers. The park is a beautiful greenspace.
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Squaxin Park (Priest Point Park) today (2012) photograph by Deborah Ross. Originally a Native American settlement, the area just north of Olympia was settled by Europeans in 1848, when a French Oblate Mission was established here in the very first years of Olympia’s birth. The mission of the French-speaking Catholic priests was headed by ...
Admin Office: PO Box 1394, Olympia, WA 98507 Admin Phone: (360) 704-7544 Visitor Services Hotline: (360) 763-5656 info@experienceolympia.com
48 reviews and 135 photos of SQUAXIN PARK "This is a hidden gem of a park in the beautiful city of Olympia, WA. Priest Point park is named after the Catholic school and chapel built for native American Indians. Today it is a wooded park along Olympia's shoreline. They have a great kid's park that has wheelchair accessible play structures and ...
- 2600 E Bay Dr NE Olympia, WA 98506
According to users from AllTrails.com, the best place to hike in Squaxin Park is Ellis Cove Trail, which has a 4.5 star rating from 1,352 reviews. This trail is 1.6 mi long with an elevation gain of 114 ft.
