Yakima Firing Range

Name:	Yakima Firing Range
Category:	Military
Archive ID#:	WA3164
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Description:	A 500 square mile training and firing range in eastern Washington state, near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, used by soldiers from Fort Lewis (located south of Tacoma) and all other branches of the armed services. The largest military landspace in Washington State. Some practice bombing takes place here, though the primary use is as a firing range for guns, mortars, grenades, and cannons. Used by British, Japanese, and other allied armed forces. Most of the roads are unpaved, and after a modest cantonment area near the highway, the principal structure is the Range Control building, a few miles into the range. Across from this building is the highly secure and sensitive "Yakima Research Station," known to be an NSA satellite monitoring station.
Location:	110 miles SE of Seattle, five miles NE of Yakima (POINT(-120.0853729248 46.709971358143)) (show on map)
Address:	WA
Links:	http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/yakima.htm http://www.lewis.army.mil/yakima/
LCS:	Military, Training / Testing / Bombing Range
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