THURSTON COUNTY IN PACIFIC CASCADE REGION
Contacts
Walt Pulliam
Communication Sites Program Manager
360-902-1774
[email protected]
Lois Anderson
Communication Sites Manager
360-902-1686
[email protected]
Includes Communication Sites
Capitol Peak
Crawford Mountain
Perry Creek
Summit Lake
CAPITOL PEAK COMMUNICATION SITE – See Picture
REGION
Pacific Cascade
SITE CLASS
1
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
NW¼ SW¼, Section 12, Township 17 North, Range 4 East, W.M.
COUNTY
Thurston
ELEVATION
2,660 Feet
LATITUDE
46 Degrees 58 Minutes 23 Seconds, North
LONGITUDE
123 Degrees 08 Minutes 16 Seconds, West
BUILDINGS
The department owns two buildings. There are three privately owned
buildings.
TOWERS
The department owns three towers. A 60’ and a 160’ tower service one
building, a 160’ tower services the other building. There are five privately
owned towers.
POWER
Service is available and provided by Puget Sound Energy. There are
emergency generators in the DNR buildings.
TELEPHONE
Service is available and provided by Qwest.
ACCESS
The site has legal and physical access, which is gated. The road is a gravel
forest road and is not plowed in the winter.
COVERAGE
Extends south to Chehalis, north to Seattle, west to Grays Harbor, and east
to the Cascade Mountains. Provides excellent coverage of I-5 corridor.
NOTES
There is state land available for development. Frequencies in use available
upon request.
CRAWFORD MOUNTAIN COMMUNICATION SITE – See Picture
REGION
Pacific Cascade
SITE CLASS
2
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
NE¼ SE¼, Section 26, Township 16 North, Range 1 West, W.M.
COUNTY
Thurston
ELEVATION
1,440 Feet
LATITUDE
46 Degrees 50 Minutes 35 Seconds, North
LONGITUDE
122 Degrees 45 Minutes 48 Seconds, West
BUILDINGS
The department owns one building. There are privately-owned buildings.
TOWERS
Privately owned 30’ and 80’ tower.
POWER
Available and provided by Puget Sound Energy.
TELEPHONE
Available
ACCESS
Site has legal and physical access which is gated. The road is a gravel forest
road and is not plowed in the winter.
COVERAGE
South to Chehalis, north to Olympia, west to Rochester, and east to the
Puyallup valley.
NOTES
There is state land available for development. Frequencies in use and
available.
PERRY CREEK COMMUNICATION SITE
REGION
Pacific Cascade
SITE CLASS
2
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
SW, NE, SE, Section 16, Township 18 North, Range 3 East, W.M.
COUNTY
Thurston
ELEVATION
650 Feet
LATITUDE
47 Degrees 02 Minutes 33 Seconds, North
LONGITUDE
123 Degrees 03 Minutes 26 Seconds, West
BUILDINGS
None - Cell site.
TOWERS
BPA transmission tower.
POWER
None
TELEPHONE
None
ACCESS
Private
COVERAGE
East to Olympia, west to Elma.
SUMMIT LAKE COMMUNICATION SITE
REGION
Pacific Cascade
SITE CLASS
3
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
SE¼ NW¼, Section 17, Township 18 North, Range 3 West, W.M.
COUNTY
Thurston
ELEVATION
350 Feet
LATITUDE
47 Degrees 02 Minutes 45 Seconds, North
LONGITUDE
123 Degrees 05 Minutes 28 Seconds, West
BUILDINGS
There is one privately owned building on site.
TOWERS
There is one privately owned 100’ tower.
POWER
Available
TELEPHONE
Available
ACCESS
The site has legal and physical access which is gated. The road is a gravel
forest road which is not plowed in the winter.
COVERAGE
East to Olympia, west to McCleary. Provides gap coverage for Hwy 101 and
Hwy 8 west of Olympia.