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Olmstead Place State Park, Ellensburg, WA

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Olmstead Place State Park

A preserved 19th-century homestead farm in Kittitas County showing pioneer family life and farm equipment.

921 N Ferguson Road, Ellensburg, WA 98926 · Ellensburg, WA

About Olmstead Place State Park

This Washington state park preserves a working pioneer farm in Kittitas County. Visitors can walk the grounds or book a tour to see how homesteading families lived in the late 1800s. Exhibits and buildings include old farm equipment, a schoolhouse, an original cabin, and the Smith family house and barns. Trails follow Coleman Creek, and the grounds include a heirloom garden and local wildlife. Winter visitors can ski and snowshoe in the fields without a Sno-Park permit. The park is day-use only.

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