There are countless abandoned places in Washington. Some are more creepy, and home to numerous haunted legends. Others are fascinating simply because they’re hidden behind nature. Check out these ten abandoned buildings in Washington state that are slowly being reclaimed by the Earth:
- An abandoned motel & gas station just outside of the Grand Coulee area.
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Dan Ox/Flickr
Dan Ox/Flickr Grand Coulee, WA 99133, USA
Dan Ox/Flickr This vintage service station may not pump your gas anymore, but it’s definitely an interesting sight to see near Hartline.
- These steps were captured at an abandoned missile site on Cougar Mountain.
JF / Flickr From this perspective, you can see the steps leading from the administration section of the base all the way up to the radar section. Cougar Mountain, Washington 98059, USA
- The Cowlitz Motel and RV Park has been empty for years.
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John Lloyd/Flickr This abandoned resort can be found just off I-5 between Toledo and Vader. Besides a great camping spot, they used to offer golf, whitewater paddling, fishing, swimming and plenty of other spectacular amenities.
- Gravity seems to be slowly reclaiming this grain elevator by the Palouse.
Andy Tolsma As seen near Pullman (2012). Pullman, WA 99163, USA
- Here’s a remaining structure from the Northern State Mental Hospital.
Brent M/Flickr A few of the buildings here are still in use as Job Corps facilities, but there’s still a number of unoccupied structures that stand. This is definitely one of the coolest and most unexpected abandoned places in Washington! You can head out and explore this deteriorating (and haunted) recreation area if you dare in Sedro-Woolley. Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284, USA
- The remains of an old schoolhouse in the ghost town of Melmont.
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JF The building originally had three stories, but the top two were taken down so the wood could be used for construction elsewhere. If you’re up for adventurous hike, you can find this abandoned place in the Mount Rainier area. Melmont Ghost Town Hike, 23689 Mowich Lake Rd, Carbonado, WA 98323, USA
- This old, forgotten hay barn was seen along the side of a dirt road in rural Eastern Washington.
Ed Suominen/Flickr Wonder if it will ever be reconstructed?
- A structure near an abandoned limestone mine, engulfed by trees and moss.
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Josh Wedin/Flickr Captured above the Lower Baker Dam near Concrete, WA. Concrete, WA 98237, USA
- The remains of an old “Homestead Locaters” office in Molson.
J F / Flickr These “Homestead Locater” offices were built to help house the excessive amount of immigrants who moved to the area in the late 1890s-1910s. Molson, WA 98844, USA
- In the ghost town of Nighthawk, you can find the Ruby Mine & Mill reclaimed by trees and branches.
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JF / Flickr While it is empty, most of this previous facility is still incredibly intact - just hidden beneath surrounding nature. The building is located right up against the mountain whose ore it once processed before abandonment. Nighthawk, WA 98827, USA
These abandoned places in Washington are pretty spectacular, but they’re only a few of the unique pieces of history hiding in our state. There’s so much to discover here!
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Grand Coulee, WA 99133, USA
This vintage service station may not pump your gas anymore, but it’s definitely an interesting sight to see near Hartline.
JF / Flickr
From this perspective, you can see the steps leading from the administration section of the base all the way up to the radar section.
Cougar Mountain, Washington 98059, USA
John Lloyd /Flickr
John Lloyd/Flickr
This abandoned resort can be found just off I-5 between Toledo and Vader. Besides a great camping spot, they used to offer golf, whitewater paddling, fishing, swimming and plenty of other spectacular amenities.
Andy Tolsma
As seen near Pullman (2012).
Pullman, WA 99163, USA
Brent M/Flickr
A few of the buildings here are still in use as Job Corps facilities, but there’s still a number of unoccupied structures that stand. This is definitely one of the coolest and most unexpected abandoned places in Washington! You can head out and explore this deteriorating (and haunted) recreation area if you dare in Sedro-Woolley.
Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284, USA
Light In Colors / Flickr
JF
The building originally had three stories, but the top two were taken down so the wood could be used for construction elsewhere. If you’re up for adventurous hike, you can find this abandoned place in the Mount Rainier area.
Melmont Ghost Town Hike, 23689 Mowich Lake Rd, Carbonado, WA 98323, USA
Ed Suominen/Flickr
Wonder if it will ever be reconstructed?
Josh Wedin/flickr
Josh Wedin/Flickr
Captured above the Lower Baker Dam near Concrete, WA.
Concrete, WA 98237, USA
J F / Flickr
These “Homestead Locater” offices were built to help house the excessive amount of immigrants who moved to the area in the late 1890s-1910s.
Molson, WA 98844, USA
While it is empty, most of this previous facility is still incredibly intact - just hidden beneath surrounding nature. The building is located right up against the mountain whose ore it once processed before abandonment.
Nighthawk, WA 98827, USA
Have you seen any abandoned buildings in Washington being reclaimed by nature? Share your photos with us on Facebook and tag them as “abandoned places near me”!
For more abandoned Washington goodness, check out this unique hike to some modern ruins in Granite Falls, WA.
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Abandoned Places in Washington & Related Info January 29, 2023 Jennifer What are the most haunted places in Washington? Over the centuries, Washington state has gained quite the spooky reputation. From chilling cemeteries and haunted hotels to stories of possessed parks, mansions, and more, here are just a few places in Washington that are said to be haunted (although most are not open to the public):
Black Diamond Cemetery, Black Diamond Butterworth Building, Seattle Campbell House, Spokane Davenport Hotel, Spokane Hotel de Haro, Roche Harbor, San Juan Islands Lewis County Historical Museum, Chehalis Maltby Cemetery, Woodinville Manresa Castle in Port Townsend Meeker Mansion, Puyallup Mount Baker Theater, Bellingham Northern State Mental Hospital, Sedro-Woolley Oxford Saloon, Snohomish Rucker Mansion, Everett Tacoma Old City Hall, Tacoma Tokeland Hotel, Tokeland University Heights, Seattle
What are the oldest historic hotels in Washington? For a dose of history with your room service, Washington’s vibrant landscape is filled with hundreds of historic hotels boasting centuries of charm and uniquely storied pasts (that occasionally include hauntings). In fact, while Washington only has a few hotels on the Historic Hotels of America list, the unofficial list goes on and on. A few of the oldest and most historic hotels and inns in Washington include:
Belmont Hotel, Port Townsend Camas Boutique Hotel, Camas Elks Temple Hotel, Tacoma Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle Fort Casey Inn, Whidbey Island Hotel Sorrento, Seattle Mayflower Park Hotel, Seattle Montvale Hotel, Spokane Roche Harbor Resort, San Juan Island Shelburne Hotel, Seaview Weinhard Hotel, Dayton
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Abandoned Places in Washington & Related Info
January 29, 2023
Jennifer
What are the most haunted places in Washington? Over the centuries, Washington state has gained quite the spooky reputation. From chilling cemeteries and haunted hotels to stories of possessed parks, mansions, and more, here are just a few places in Washington that are said to be haunted (although most are not open to the public):
Black Diamond Cemetery, Black Diamond Butterworth Building, Seattle Campbell House, Spokane Davenport Hotel, Spokane Hotel de Haro, Roche Harbor, San Juan Islands Lewis County Historical Museum, Chehalis Maltby Cemetery, Woodinville Manresa Castle in Port Townsend Meeker Mansion, Puyallup Mount Baker Theater, Bellingham Northern State Mental Hospital, Sedro-Woolley Oxford Saloon, Snohomish Rucker Mansion, Everett Tacoma Old City Hall, Tacoma Tokeland Hotel, Tokeland University Heights, Seattle
What are the oldest historic hotels in Washington? For a dose of history with your room service, Washington’s vibrant landscape is filled with hundreds of historic hotels boasting centuries of charm and uniquely storied pasts (that occasionally include hauntings). In fact, while Washington only has a few hotels on the Historic Hotels of America list, the unofficial list goes on and on. A few of the oldest and most historic hotels and inns in Washington include:
Belmont Hotel, Port Townsend Camas Boutique Hotel, Camas Elks Temple Hotel, Tacoma Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle Fort Casey Inn, Whidbey Island Hotel Sorrento, Seattle Mayflower Park Hotel, Seattle Montvale Hotel, Spokane Roche Harbor Resort, San Juan Island Shelburne Hotel, Seaview Weinhard Hotel, Dayton
The OIYS Visitor Center
The OIYS Visitor Center
Over the centuries, Washington state has gained quite the spooky reputation. From chilling cemeteries and haunted hotels to stories of possessed parks, mansions, and more, here are just a few places in Washington that are said to be haunted (although most are not open to the public):
- Black Diamond Cemetery, Black Diamond
- Butterworth Building, Seattle
- Campbell House, Spokane
- Davenport Hotel, Spokane
- Hotel de Haro, Roche Harbor, San Juan Islands
- Lewis County Historical Museum, Chehalis
- Maltby Cemetery, Woodinville
- Manresa Castle in Port Townsend
- Meeker Mansion, Puyallup
- Mount Baker Theater, Bellingham
- Northern State Mental Hospital, Sedro-Woolley
- Oxford Saloon, Snohomish
- Rucker Mansion, Everett
- Tacoma Old City Hall, Tacoma
- Tokeland Hotel, Tokeland
- University Heights, Seattle
What are the oldest historic hotels in Washington?
For a dose of history with your room service, Washington’s vibrant landscape is filled with hundreds of historic hotels boasting centuries of charm and uniquely storied pasts (that occasionally include hauntings). In fact, while Washington only has a few hotels on the Historic Hotels of America list, the unofficial list goes on and on. A few of the oldest and most historic hotels and inns in Washington include:
- Belmont Hotel, Port Townsend
- Camas Boutique Hotel, Camas
- Elks Temple Hotel, Tacoma
- Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle
- Fort Casey Inn, Whidbey Island
- Hotel Sorrento, Seattle
- Mayflower Park Hotel, Seattle
- Montvale Hotel, Spokane
- Roche Harbor Resort, San Juan Island
- Shelburne Hotel, Seaview
- Weinhard Hotel, Dayton
