Orchards: SR 500 at MP 6.4: 71st St
Orchards occupies a low suburban plain in Clark County, southwest Washington. This unincorporated community lies northeast of Vancouver, while the Columbia River marks the wider area’s southern edge and Washington State Route 500 provides an east–west link through the county. Around Northeast 71st Street, daily life is organized along a broad commercial arterial, with shops, services and residential streets extending behind it. Orchards took its name from the fruit farms that once occupied this part of Clark County, a reminder that today’s built-up district grew from an agricultural landscape. Its location also places it within the Portland–Vancouver metropolitan area, on Washington’s side of the river.
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Washington’s terrain runs from Pacific coastal lowlands in the west to the dry Columbia Plateau in the east, with the Cascade Range creating a marked climatic divide. Central Washington lies on the plateau side of the Cascades, where the Columbia River has cut broad valleys and irrigation supports orchards and vineyards. The state also includes Puget Sound, the intricate marine inlet around Seattle, and the volcanic cone of Mount Rainier. Seattle’s Space Needle, built for the 1962 World’s Fair, remains one of its most recognisable landmarks. Move on to other webcams in the region to compare landscapes and settings around Washington.
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