Kittitas and Vantage

Lower Kittitas County

CITY OF Kittitas

Vantage

Kittitas was founded as part of the westward expansion of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Paci c Railroads. e community was established in 1889 and was incorporated as a city within the state of Washington in 1931. Today, Kittitas is a friendly, hometown community.

Visit Olmstead Place State Park, a working pioneer farm at 925 Ferguson Road. ere’s an old log cabin, farmhouse, tools, farm implements and machinery.

The community of Vantage sits on a scenic blu overlooking the Columbia River about 28 miles east of Ellensburg o Interstate 90. Vantage may have only 100 or so full-time residents, but it welcomes many more guests throughout the year. rough the summer, Vantage swells with people traveling to and from concerts at the Gorge Amphitheater near George, across the Columbia River in Grant County. e Ginkgo Petri ed Forest Interpretive Center features displays on the geological history of the area and Native American culture, along with spectacular views of the Columbia River, Sentinel Gap and the surrounding Ice Age ood-carved basalt landscape. Petri ed wood was discovered in the region in the early 1930s, leading to the creation of the state park.