Olympia Parks
Centennial Park
Centennial Park is a small open space park located in a high-density area of Olympia. It was established in 1988 to commemorate the state's and the redwood's 100 contemporaneous years. The main attraction is a one hundred year old coastal redwood tree said to be the tallest tree in Olympia. The State Capitol Committee issued a proclamation naming the coastal redwood, The Daniel J. Evans Tree in honor of the former governor. The Daniel J. Evans Tree was found to be more than 100 years old in 1987. At that time it was 148 feet tall and 5.6 feet in diameter at 4.5 feet above the ground. This species (Sequoia sempervirens) commonly reaches 200 to 275 feet in height and 8 to 12 feet in diameter.
