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About Wapato, WA

Wapato is a small agricultural city in Washington's Yakima Valley, about 15 miles southeast of Yakima via US Highway 97 and local roads. The town sits in prime orchard and vineyard country, with easy access from Interstate 82 through Yakima or from Seattle via I-90 and I-82. The name comes from a Chinook word for arrowhead-shaped tubers that once grew in the valley's wetlands.

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Wapato, WA is in United States, at 46.444, -120.421 - about 14 km north-east of Harrah, WA.

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The closest airport to Wapato, WA is Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field, 21 km (about 22 min by car).

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