The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Pacific Northwest

Stop 11 · Days 494–495

Olympia

Olympia, WA

Washington's capital at the southern tip of Puget Sound — a grand domed statehouse and an easygoing waterfront.

Where to stay

  • A downtown Olympia hotel

    Near the Capitol and the waterfront.

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You gotta eat this

  • Olympia oysters

    The tiny native oyster of these very waters.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 494Day 494 — The StatehouseFull day · 4h planned
  2. 495Day 495 — Out to the peninsulaDrive day · 2h drive

What this stop is made of

  • Cities & Metros
  • State Capitols