# Department of Trivia: Geographical Location — Olympia, WA

The chantry resides a bit north of Olympia in a wooded area. The extensive property is owned by the chantry and surrounded by a dense tree population, thicket and brush. To the people of Olympia, the area appears to house a therapeutic youth group home, for troubled teens. This works as a perfect repellant for the good citizens of Olympia, who most of the time will strictly forbid their kids to fraternize with those definitely bad influences.

The property includes even a stretch of beach at the [Ellis cove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Cove) segment of [Budd Inlet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Inlet). There you’ll see occasional joggers and dog walkers, but even those usually hold their distance to the main property.

## City and wider Area

### Olympia

Olympia, WA, is a city of about 50.000 residents. It is located in Thurston County, at the shore of Budd inlet. Budd inlet is the Southernmost arm of [Puget sound](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound), a saltwater bay that is bordered by, among others, the cities of Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia.

The city houses a [public state-related college](https://www.evergreen.edu/) and a [community college](https://spscc.edu/). In the directly connected neighboring town of Lacey a [private, Catholic university](https://www.stmartin.edu/) can be found.

The economy is dominated by light industry, especially timber, firearms and ultra-light aircrafts. In addition city and region creates significant revenue through tourism, [mineral water](http://olympiawa.gov/city-services/parks/parks-and-trails/artesian-well-commons), [breweries](http://well80.com/) and interestingly: a vibrant [independent music industry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Olympia).

A number of smaller cites connect, merge and interlock at the shores of the Puget sound. Together they form to the Greater Seattle area.

### Indigenous lands

In the wider area a number of Indigenous controlled areas can be found. Among them the [Nisqually Nation](http://www.nisqually-nsn.gov/), the [Skokomish Tribe](http://www.skokomish.org/), the [Squaxin Island Tribe](https://squaxinisland.org/), the [Chehalis Reservation](https://www.chehalistribe.org/), the [Puyallup Reservation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyallup_people), the [Snoqualmie Reservation](https://www.snoqualmietribe.us/), the [Muckleshoot Reservation](http://www.muckleshoot.nsn.us/), the [Port Madison Reservation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Madison_Indian_Reservation) of the [Suquamish Tribe](https://suquamish.nsn.us/) and some smaller areas.

### National parks

Olympia is surrounded by several national parks.

## Travel & Commute Durations

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-place%2Fvenue-mot-trav" style="width: 58.2143%; height: 742.983px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);"><thead><tr style="height: 29.7017px;"><th style="width: 61.8748%; height: 29.7017px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">**Place/Venue**</th><th style="width: 17.4151%; height: 29.7017px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">**MoT**</th><th style="width: 20.6932%; height: 29.7017px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">**Travel Time**</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="height: 29.7017px;"><td colspan="3" style="height: 29.7017px; width: 99.9831%; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">**OLYMPIA**  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td rowspan="4" style="height: 141.193px; width: 61.8748%; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">**City Center**  
</td><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚗</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[17 min](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Olympia,+Washington,+USA/@47.0337655,-122.9098191,14.75z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491c9c1ae285569:0x4f146197e2881b83!2m2!1d-122.9006951!2d47.0378741!3e0)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚲</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[20 min](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Olympia,+Washington,+USA/@47.0535169,-122.9140653,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491c9c1ae285569:0x4f146197e2881b83!2m2!1d-122.9006951!2d47.0378741!3e1)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚌 Public</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[30 min](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Olympia,+Washington,+USA/@47.0539318,-122.9096486,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491c9c1ae285569:0x4f146197e2881b83!2m2!1d-122.9006951!2d47.0378741!3e3)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚶</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[1 h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Olympia,+Washington,+USA/@47.0539318,-122.9141352,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491c9c1ae285569:0x4f146197e2881b83!2m2!1d-122.9006951!2d47.0378741!3e2)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7017px;"><td colspan="3" style="height: 29.7017px; width: 99.9831%; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">**AIRPORT 🛬 🛫**  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 35.2983px; width: 61.8748%; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[Seattle-Tacoma International](https://www.portseattle.org/sea-tac)  
(from Olympia central)  
</td><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚗</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[1 h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Seattle-Tacoma+International+Airport,+International+Boulevard,+Seattle,+WA,+USA/@47.2000851,-122.835503,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5490435542eafefd:0x99d3d9c4c7dc37b7!2m2!1d-122.3088165!2d47.4502499!3e0)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7017px;"><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 29.7017px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚌 Public</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 29.7017px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">2 h</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7017px;"><td colspan="3" style="height: 29.7017px; width: 99.9831%; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">**SEATTLE**  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 35.2983px; width: 61.8748%; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">**Downtown Seattle**  
</td><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚗</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[1 h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Downtown+Seattle,+Seattle,+WA,+USA/@47.3230631,-122.9944929,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x54906ab6b122572d:0x4cc65f51348e1d43!2m2!1d-122.3343709!2d47.6050242!3e0)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚌 Public</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[2+ h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia+Transit+Center,+Olympia,+WA+98501,+United+States/Downtown+Seattle,+Seattle,+WA,+USA/@47.3211742,-122.8627578,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x549175195cf991db:0x31fe786d44e484df!2m2!1d-122.9000319!2d47.046299!1m5!1m1!1s0x54906ab6b122572d:0x4cc65f51348e1d43!2m2!1d-122.3343709!2d47.6050242!3e3)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 35.2983px; width: 61.8748%; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[**Ada’s Technical Books and Café**](https://www.adasbooks.com/)  
</td><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚗</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[1 ½ h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Ada's+Technical+Books+and+Cafe,+15th+Avenue+East,+Seattle,+WA,+USA/@47.330751,-122.9944929,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5490152efda744b9:0xab8510e7a942511a!2m2!1d-122.3129012!2d47.6226899!3e0)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚌 Public</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[2 ½ h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/47.0463058,-122.9000589/Ada's+Technical+Books+and+Cafe,+15th+Avenue+East,+Seattle,+WA,+USA/@47.0444721,-122.9106033,14.25z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x5490152efda744b9:0xab8510e7a942511a!2m2!1d-122.3129012!2d47.6226899!3e3)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="width: 61.8748%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">**[LIVING COMPUTERS museum + labs](https://livingcomputers.org/)**</td><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚗</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[1 ½ h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Living+Computers:+Museum+%2B+Labs,+2245+1st+Ave+S,+Seattle,+WA+98134,+United+States/@47.2569196,-122.835503,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x54904026539a7541:0x8fddb08367cd4701!2m2!1d-122.3346691!2d47.5824616!3e0)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="width: 61.8748%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[**Seattle Retro-Computing Society**](https://sea-rcs.org/)</td><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚗</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[1 ½](https://maps.app.goo.gl/KDsEvhq332NQRhpY6) h</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7017px;"><td style="width: 61.8748%; height: 29.7017px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">**HACK- &amp; MAKERSPACES, FABLABS**</td><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 29.7017px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);"> </td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 29.7017px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94); width: 61.8748%;">[**OlyMEGA Makerspace**](https://olymega.org/)  
</td><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚗</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[7 min](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/OlyMEGA+Makerspace,+4th+Avenue+East,+Olympia,+WA,+USA/@47.06081,-122.89529,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491751eb2f26d13:0x4f4510122a3dab61!2m2!1d-122.8985475!2d47.0454926!3e0)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚲</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[13 min](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/OlyMEGA+Makerspace,+4th+Avenue+East,+Olympia,+WA,+USA/@47.0577515,-122.9130084,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491751eb2f26d13:0x4f4510122a3dab61!2m2!1d-122.8985475!2d47.0454926!3e1)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94); width: 61.8748%;">[**Lacey Maker Space**](http://laceymakerspace.org/)  
</td><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚗</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[20 min](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Lacey+MakerSpace,+Zaverl+Hall,+Baran+Drive+Southeast,+Lacey,+WA,+USA/@47.0579002,-122.893395,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x54910b4651ac40f5:0x9f8607e2d949e32e!2m2!1d-122.8224213!2d47.0396811!3e0)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚲</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[30 min](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Lacey+MakerSpace,+Zaverl+Hall,+Baran+Drive+Southeast,+Lacey,+WA+98503,+United+States/@47.0515429,-122.8945591,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x54910b4651ac40f5:0x9f8607e2d949e32e!2m2!1d-122.8224213!2d47.0396811!3e1)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.2983px;"><td style="width: 61.8748%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">**[Black Lodge Research](https://www.blacklodgeresearch.org/)**</td><td style="width: 17.4151%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">🚗</td><td style="width: 20.6932%; height: 35.2983px; border-color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">[1 ½ h](https://maps.app.goo.gl/LTWPg5QcUokEwg5A6)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table id="bkmrk-place%2Fvenue-mot-trav-1"><thead><tr><th>Place/Venue</th><th>MoT</th><th>Travel Time</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="3">**NATURE / QUINTESSENCE**  
</td></tr><tr><td>[\*\*Grays Harbor Lighthouse](https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=117)/Pazifik\*\*</td><td>🚗</td><td>[1 ½ h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Grays+Harbor+Lighthouse,+Westport,+WA,+USA/@46.9661106,-124.0611593,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x549245100e686627:0xded4e6b5216d66d7!2m2!1d-124.1168967!2d46.8882077!3e0)</td></tr><tr><td>[\*\*Mt Rainier National Park](https://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm)/[Mount Rainier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier)\*\*</td><td>🚗</td><td>[2h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Mount+Rainier,+Washington,+USA/@47.0257534,-122.8882685,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5490d193f70860fb:0x5b5e4fe17ad6b707!2m2!1d-121.7603229!2d46.8523075!3e0)</td></tr><tr><td>[\*\*Mt St Helens](https://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/cs/main/!ut/p/z0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjo8zijQwgwNHCwN_DI8zPwBcqYKBfkO2oCADIwpjI/?pname=Mt+St.+Helens+National+Volcanic+Monument+-+Home&ss=110623&pnavid=null&navid=091000000000000&ttype=main&cid=null)/[Johnston Ridge Observatory](https://www.fs.fed.us/visit/destination/johnston-ridge-observatory)\*\*</td><td>🚗</td><td>[2h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Johnston+Ridge+Observatory,+Spirit+Lake+Highway,+Toutle,+WA,+USA/@46.6780437,-123.1631801,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5496a29af9bcfdff:0xae945e5cbbdfb8ed!2m2!1d-122.2172989!2d46.2753279!3e0)</td></tr><tr><td>[**Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument**](https://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/cs/main/!ut/p/z0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjo8zijQwgwNHCwN_DI8zPwBcqYKBfkO2oCADIwpjI/?pname=Mt+St.+Helens+National+Volcanic+Monument+-+Home&ss=110623&pnavid=null&navid=091000000000000&ttype=main&cid=null)</td><td>🚗 &amp; 🚶</td><td>[2h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Mount+St.+Helens+National+Volcanic+Monument,+3029+Spirit+Lake+Hwy,+Castle+Rock,+WA+98611,+United+States/@46.6604627,-123.1640797,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x54969956f1476a01:0xdb19f41c06e23e42!2m2!1d-122.1966618!2d46.2401661!3e0)</td></tr><tr><td>[\*\*Olympic National Forest](https://www.fs.usda.gov/olympic/)/[Coho Campground](https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/olympic/recarea/?recid=47807)\*\*</td><td>🚗</td><td>[2h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Coho+Campground,+Washington,+USA/@47.191834,-123.5386656,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491e54dbe0fbecb:0x4d2a59b1fc36b2f4!2m2!1d-123.6047856!2d47.3903803!3e0)</td></tr><tr><td>[\*\*Mt Adams](https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/giffordpinchot/recarea/?recid=80023)/[Twin Falls Campground](https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/giffordpinchot/recarea/?recid=31682)\*\*</td><td>🚗</td><td>[3h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Twin+Falls+Campground,+Washington,+USA/@46.6442647,-122.8662498,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x5496f3d014e8fa1d:0x922ea8fc4720b6a7!2m2!1d-121.6686387!2d46.2151356!3e0)</td></tr><tr><td>[\*\*Olympic National Park](https://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm)/[Olympic Hot Springs](https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/olympic-hot-springs)\*\*</td><td>🚗</td><td>[4h](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Olympia,+Washington+98506,+USA/Olympic+Hot+Springs,+WA,+USA/@47.5381131,-124.55827,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5491754e96ee8701:0xa442fe802c734aad!2m2!1d-122.8954029!2d47.0699922!1m5!1m1!1s0x548e4ed5cd4f90eb:0x9c8b68efc98445ad!2m2!1d-123.6882494!2d47.9761993!3e0)</td></tr></tbody></table>