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Bookmark or Share- Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center - U.S. National Park ServiceThe visitor center is managed by the Bureau of Reclamation. open daily from 8:30 am to 5 pm Pacific Time and closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. Admission is free. More details can be found at the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center website or by calling 509-633-9265.
- Grand Coulee Dam: History and purpose - nwcouncil.orgGrand Coulee ( map) is the largest dam in the Columbia River Basin and one of the largest in the world. Everything about the dam is large: it is 550 feet (167.6 meters) tall, measured from its foundation in solid granite, or approximately 350 feet (106.7 meters) from the downstream river surface to the top of the dam.
- Washington: Grand Coulee Dam - U.S. National Park ServiceBureau of Reclamation. Grand Coulee Dam, on the Columbia River west of Spokane, Washington, is one of the largest structures ever built by mankind--a mass of concrete standing 550 feet high and 5,223 feet long, or just shy of a mile. Grand Coulee contains 12 million cubic yards of concrete, or enough to build a highway from Seattle to Miami.
- Visit Grand Coulee Dam | Bureau of ReclamationVisit the Dam. The Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time and closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. The “One River, Many Voices” laser light show, and the John W. Keys III Pump-Generating Plant public tours have concluded for 2023 and will resume in May 2024.
- Grand Coulee Dam | Bureau of ReclamationMask mandates are subject to change without notice. Contact. Grand Coulee Visitor Center. (509) 633-9265. pninfo@usbr.gov. Grand Coulee Dam, Bureau of Reclamation - Managing water and power in the West.
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