Experience Olympia & Beyond Visitor Center

Visitor center for Washington's capital region at the foot of the Capitol campus, with maps, guides and trip help for Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater.

103 Sid Snyder Ave SW · Olympia, WA

About Experience Olympia & Beyond Visitor Center

Experience Olympia & Beyond is the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater Visitors & Convention Bureau, the destination organization for Thurston County. Its visitor center on Sid Snyder Avenue sits beside the Washington State Capitol campus and stocks the regional visitor guide, maps and event listings, with staff who can point you to the Capitol tours, the Olympia Farmers Market, craft breweries and Salish Sea shoreline. A visitor hotline runs daily from 10 to 5. Free visitor guides are also stocked at the Timberland Regional Library branches.

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Experience Olympia & Beyond Visitor Center: brochure

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Experience Olympia & Beyond Visitor Center, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Sports & Outdoors
Percival Landing Park
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A waterfront park on Budd Bay in downtown Olympia, with a long boardwalk, moorage, and gathering spaces.
0.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Shopping
Capital Mall
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A shopping center in Olympia with more than 100 stores, a mix of restaurants, and a 14-screen cinema.
Transit: reachable by public transit
1.7 mi awaySwitch it up: Shopping
Sports & Outdoors
Tolmie State Park
Under $25
Day-use shoreline park on Nisqually Beach with trails, shellfishing, and an underwater reef popular with divers.
8.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Sightseeing
Local Gem
Gig Harbor
No admission fee
A Puget Sound harbor town with waterfront shops, galleries, hiking trails, and boat charters near Tacoma, Washington.
Transit: reachable by public transit
25 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
Family Favorite
Chehalis-Centralia Railroad
$25–$50
Heritage excursion train running seasonal rides through the Chehalis River Valley in southwest Washington.
27 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
Local Gem
Auburn
No admission fee
Regional guide and business network for Auburn, Washington and the neighboring cities of Algona and Pacific.
Transit: reachable by public transit
37 mi awayMore like this