Richland

Few cities in Washington have a history as closely tied to the Manhattan Project as Richland. Set where the Yakima River meets the Columbia River, it is one of the Tri-Cities, alongside Kennewick and Pasco. In 1943, the U.S. Army transformed this small agricultural town into a planned community serving the Hanford Engineer Works, whose reactors produced plutonium for the Trinity test and the Fat Man bomb. That legacy remains central to the city’s identity through Hanford’s continuing cleanup and its science workforce. Riverfront parks, cycling routes and the surrounding Columbia Valley wine country connect daily life to eastern Washington’s dry interior. Explore nearby webcam locations that provide complementary perspectives on Richland and the Columbia River.

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