Official Name: | Amanda Park, Washington |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Washington#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Amanda Park |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Washington |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Grays Harbor |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 22.0 |
Area Land Km2: | 21.3 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.7 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 162 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 219 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 98526 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 53-01780 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2584944 |
Amanda Park is a census designated place on the Olympic Peninsula in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States,[2] along U.S. Route 101. Olympic National Park and Lake Quinault are directly to the north. As of the 2010 census the population was 252.[3]
The community is near the northern border of Grays Harbor County, on the Quinault River at the outlet of Lake Quinault. It is in the northeast corner of the Quinault Indian Nation. U.S. 101 passes through the center of the community, leading northwest to Queets on the Pacific coast and south to Aberdeen. The Quinault Valley entrance to Olympic National Park is accessible from North Shore Road, which leaves US 101 at the northern edge of the CDP.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Amanda Park CDP has a total area of 22sqkm, of which 21.3sqkm are land and 0.7sqkm, or 3.24%, are water.[3]
With an average annual precipitation of, Amanda Park is one of the rainiest locations in Washington state. Despite heavy annual precipitation due to strong influence from the nearby Pacific, Amanda Park's climate still has a significant drying trend in July to classify it as a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb).