Larch Mountain (Thurston County, Washington)

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. 2,664-foot (812 m) Capitol Peak is the highest peak in the range. The Black Hills takes its name from the Black River. A former variant name was "Black Mountains".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.

KZTM (102.9 FM) is a Regional Mexican radio station serving the Tacoma and Olympia, Washington area. Owned and operated by Bustos Media, through licensee Bustos Media Holdings, LLC, the station is licensed to McKenna, Washington. The transmitter site is in Capitol State Forest near Olympia, while its studios are located in Kent.

KXXO (96.1 FM, "KXXO Mixx 96.1") is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Olympia, Washington, United States, it serves the Tacoma, Olympia, Puyallup, Centralia, Chehalis, and Shelton area. The station is currently owned by 3 Cities.

Capitol Peak is a 2,658-foot (810 m) peak in the Black Hills in the U.S. state of Washington. It is one of the two highest peaks in the Black Hills, along with Larch Mountain. Capitol Peak is located in the Capitol State Forest. There is a partially paved road to the summit called the Sherman Valley Road. The summit hosts a communications facility that includes an array of cell phone and radio towers. On a clear day, looking to the west is a view of Elma and the Satsop Nuclear Power Plant. Looking to the east is a view of Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams; more to the north are the Puget Sound, and the Olympia area.: 80 

The Chehalis Gap is a gap in the Coast Range of Washington state between the southernmost foothills of the Olympic Mountains called the Satsop Hills, and the Willapa Hills.The gap is a major geographic feature of the northwestern United States. Other geographic features in the gap include Chehalis River, Grays Harbor, and Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in its estuary. U.S. Route 12 runs through the gap from Elma near Capitol State Forest to Aberdeen on Grays Harbor near the coast, paralleled by the former U.S. Route 410 and Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad.

Noski Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to Waddell Creek.A variant name is "Noschka Creek". The creek was named after a pioneer who settled near it in the 1880s.

Mill Creek is a stream in Thurston County, Washington. It is a tributary of Mima Creek.Mill Creek was named for a sawmill along its course.

Lake Lucinda is a lake in the U.S. state of Washington. It is impounded by the Lake Lucinda Dam.Lake Lucinda took its name from a nearby residential complex.

Bordeaux is a ghost town in Thurston County, in the U.S. state of Washington.

Beatty Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary of McLane Creek.Beatty Creek has the name of Daniel C. Beatty, a pioneer settler.

Kennedy Creek is a stream in Mason and Thurston counties in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to the Totten Inlet.Kennedy Creek has the name of Franklin Kennedy, a local judge.

Delphi is an unincorporated community in Thurston County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The community is located approximately west of Tumwater and Black Lake. The town of Littlerock lies to the south.