Route and water

Distance from the van, and what the tap delivers.

Every row in this table sits inside the half-hour ring and is quoted the same way. Read the last column before the second one: within the city limits the taps carry McAllister wellfield and Allison Springs water and the drains run to LOTT, while past the city line it is a private well drilled into glacial till, a septic tank and, more often than not, a propane tank out back — and that sets the technician’s expectations before the engine is off. Tumwater, Yelm and Shelton are covered too, but the pages below belong to Olympia proper and the shoreline west of it.

AreaFrom the shopRouteZIPWater
West Olympia12 minHarrison Ave · Capital Mall · Yauger Park98502City water · LOTT
Cooper Point15 minCooper Point Rd to Evergreen · Eld Inlet98502 · 98505City and wells
Steamboat Island & Griffin25 minSteamboat Island Rd off 10198502Wells · septic · propane
West Bay & Budd Inlet10 minWest Bay Dr · the marinas · the Port98502 · 98501City water · LOTT
Downtown & the Capitol8 minCapitol campus · Percival Landing · 4th Ave98501City water · LOTT
Eastside6 minBigelow · Lions Park · San Francisco Ave98501 · 98506City water · LOTT
South Capitol & Southeast10 minSouth Capitol · Wildwood · Carlyon Ave98501City water · LOTT
Ken Lake15 minKaiser Rd · Black Lake Blvd SW98502City and wells
Black Lake20 minBlack Lake Blvd · Kenneydell Park98512 · 98502Wells · septic · propane
Mud Bay18 minMud Bay Rd · US-101 · Eld Inlet head98502Wells · septic · propane
Delphi & Capitol Forest28 minDelphi Rd SW · McLane Creek98512Wells · septic · propane
Summit Lake30 minSummit Lake Rd NW · US-101 toward Shelton98502Wells · septic · propane