Black Hills (Washington)

For other uses, see Black Hills (disambiguation).

The Black Hills are a small range of hills in Thurston and Grays Harbor counties of Washington. They are widely considered a subset of the Willapa Hills, however, the line parent of the Black Hills is Rock Peak, in the Olympic Mountains.^[1]

Black Hills
Black Hills behind the state capitol building in Olympia
Highest point
Peak	Capitol Peak
Elevation	2,664 ft (812 m)
Coordinates	46°58′22″N 123°08′11″W
Geography
Black Hills Location of the Black Hills
Country	United States
State	Washington
Region	Western Washington
Range coordinates	46°59′14″N 123°08′16″W
Parent range	Willapa Hills

The tallest peak in the range is Capitol Peak with a 2,664-foot (812 m) height.

The Black Hills takes its name from the Black River.^[2] A former variant name was "Black Mountains".^[3]

The Capitol State Forest has roughly the same boundaries as the Black Hills.

The high school A.G. West Black Hills, Tumwater, Washington, is named for the hills, as is the local soccer club the Blackhills Football Club. Capital Medical Center on the west side of Olympia was named Black Hills Community Hospital from its opening in 1985 until 1991.^[4][5]