Black Hills (Washington)

Range of hills in the State of Washington, United States

For other uses, see Black Hills (disambiguation).

Black Hills

Black Hills behind the state capitol building in Olympia

Highest point
Peak| Capitol Peak
Elevation| 2,664 ft (812 m)
Coordinates| 46°58′22″N 123°08′11″W﻿ / ﻿46.97278°N 123.13639°W﻿ / 46.97278; -123.13639
Geography

Black Hills

Location of the Black Hills

Country| United States
State| Washington
Region| Western Washington
Range coordinates| 46°59′14″N 123°08′16″W﻿ / ﻿46.9873190°N 123.1376480°W﻿ / 46.9873190; -123.1376480
Parent range| Willapa Hills

The Black Hills are a small range of hills in Thurston and Grays Harbor counties of Washington. They are widely considered a subset of the Willapa Hills, however, the line parent of the Black Hills is Rock Peak, in the Olympic Mountains.[1]

The tallest peak in the range is Capitol Peak with a 2,664-foot (812 m) height.

The Black Hills takes its name from the Black River.[2] A former variant name was "Black Mountains".[3]

The Capitol State Forest has roughly the same boundaries as the Black Hills.

The high school A.G. West Black Hills, Tumwater, Washington, is named for the hills, as is the local soccer club the Blackhills Football Club. Capital Medical Center on the west side of Olympia was named Black Hills Community Hospital from its opening in 1985 until 1991.[4][5]

## Notes

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1. ^ "Larch Mountain". Peakbagger. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
2. ^ "Thurston County Place Names: A Heritage Guide" (PDF). Thurston County Historical Commission. 1992. p. 5. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
3. ^ "Indian Tribes of Washington Territory" (map). Washington Secretary of State. 1876 [1876]. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
4. ^ "Black Hills Community Hospital". Region X hospital mortality information. Department of Health and Human Services. 1989. p. 179.
5. ^ "Our History". MultiCare. Retrieved 2025-06-16.

## External links

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* Media related to Black Hills (Thurston County, Washington) at Wikimedia Commons
* "Black Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2025-06-15.

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Washington hills and ridges

Eastern
Washington|

| Yakima Fold Belt|

* Ahtanum Ridge
* Badger Mountain
* Beezley Hills
* Candy Mountain
* Columbia Hills
* Frenchman Hills
* Horse Heaven Hills (Jump Off Joe)
* Manastash Ridge
* Rattlesnake Hills
* Rattlesnake Mountain
* Red Mountain
* Saddle Mountains
* Snipes Mountain
* Umtanum Ridge
* Wahluke Slope
* Yakima Ridge

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Steptoes|

* Kamiak Butte
* Steptoe Butte

Other|

* Dishman Hills
* Palouse Hills

Western
Washington|

| Pacific Coast Ranges
incl. Olympic Mountains foothills|

* Black Hills (Capitol Peak, Larch Mountain)
* Doty Hills
* Satsop Hills
* Willapa Hills (Boistfort Peak)

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Other|

* Blue Hills
* Issaquah Alps
* Kitsap County
* Puget Lowland

Related|

Olympic–Wallowa Lineament

List of mountain ranges in Washington

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