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The City of Sunnyside, WA is located in Yakima
County in southwest Washington State. Yakima
County is in Washington’s Wine Country. Yakima
County is shown in yellow and the
rest of wine country is shown in red on the Washington State
map to the left.
Sunnyside is located in
Interstate-82 around 35 mi. south of
Yakima, WA.
It is also about 45 miles from the Tri-Cities area.
Sunnyside is also at the
center of the hub from Portland, Seattle, and Spokane
being about 180 miles away from each of them.
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Sunnyside, WA is a small
rural community in the lower Yakima
Valley. Yakima Valley is a very diverse
agricultural area in south central Washington State. Sunnyside was incorporated on September
16, 1902.
According to the City’s
web site the City has an estimated population of around 14,000 and a
population of 75,000 within a 15 mile radius of the city. Over the last 10 years the area has
experienced unprecedented economic growth and population increase.
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The giant red wagon above
welcomes visitors to Sunnyside.
Sunnyside’s economic base is agriculture and you will find evidence
of this everywhere as the grain storage facility attests to.
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Darigold
Visitor Center
Darigold has a visitor
center at its cheese plant. They
have a plethora of dairy products available and fresh ice cream
products. They also have soup and
sandwiches available for you.
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Cheese Plant
Darigold operates one of
the largest cheese plants in the United States in Sunnyside. The plant produces 150 million pounds of cheese
a year. That translates to ten
40-foot trailer loads of cheese that leaves the plant every day, 365 days a
year.
The photo shows the
automated equipment that produces the cheese. We only found 2 people working in the
plant running all that automatic equipment
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Attractions we recommend in Sunnyside,
WA
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Museums
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Art Galleries
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Science
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Gardens
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Visitor Information
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Parks
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City of Sunnyside
818 E Edison Avenue
Sunnyside, WA
98944
509-837-3782
http://www.ci.sunnyside.wa.us/
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Central Park
50 meter Pool
& picnic areas
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Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce
visit their web site.
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Attraction
listings for Sunnyside, WA
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Antiques
Art Galleries
The Knot Hole Gallery specializing in the art of Thomas Kinkade - 509-837-4836
327 Yakima Valley Hwy, Sunnyside,
WA 98944
Bakery
La Super Bakery – 509-839-0222
111 N 6th St, Sunnyside,
WA 98944
La Texanita Bakery – 509-837-2490
1213 Roosevelt Ct, Sunnyside,
WA 98944
Lupita’s Bakery – 509-837-6177
1300 Yakima Vlley Hwy, Sunnyside,
WA 98944
Pepe’s Bakery – 509-839-7373
636 Decatur Ave, Sunnyside,
WA 98944
Cheese
Darigold
Dairy Fair –
509-837-4321
400 Alexander Road, Sunnyside,
WA 98944
Fitness
Valley Racquet & Fitness Club Inc – 509-837-7733
701 Scoon road,
Sunnyside, WA 98944
Gift Shops
Darigold Dairy Fair – 509-837-4321
400 Alexander Road, Sunnyside,
WA 98944
Melange – 509-836-2282
214 S 6th St, Sunnyside,
WA 98944
Funny Farm – 509-837-5445
416 E Edison Ave, Sunnyside,
WA 98944
Golf
Black Rock Creek Golf Course – 509-837-5340
31 Ray road, Sunnyside, WA
98944
Wine
See our Yakima Valley wine page
See our Prosser wine page for wineries in the
lower Yakima Valley AVA
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