Whiskey Dick Mountain is located east of
Ellensburg
Ellensburg is a city in and the county seat of Kittitas County, Washington, United States. It is located just east of the Cascade Range near the junction of Interstate 90 and Interstate 82. The population was 18,666 at the 2020 census. and was ...
, in
Washington
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state. Within the Whiskey Dick Unit of the L.T. Murray Wildlife Area, it is the highest point on Windy Ridge.
The site of the
Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility is on its southwest flank. The farm, with 149
wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...
s, is owned by
Puget Sound Energy
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is an energy utility company based in the U.S. state of Washington that provides electrical power and natural gas to the Puget Sound region. The utility serves electricity to more than 1.1 million customers in Island, Ki ...
.
Access to land owned or leased by the power company is open to the public for recreational use by permit only.
The area provides opportunities for hiking and hunting.
See also
*
Wild Horse Wind Farm
The Wild Horse Wind Farm is a 273-megawatt wind farm that generates energy for Puget Sound Energy that consists of one hundred twenty seven 1.8-megawatt Vestas V80 turbines and twenty two 2.0-megawatt Vestas V80 turbines on a site in Kittitas Cou ...
References
Mountains of Kittitas County, Washington
Mountains of Washington (state)
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