Hawks Prarie is an area where you can shop for hours then drive 10 minutes and experience some of the best bird watching in the state amongst miles of trails. It is somewhere to buy your first home, an area that is welcoming to family & personal adventure, a place to build your dream home on the water or in the trees, or retire on a golf course.
Along the north end of Hawks Prairie you will find a couple of our more adventurous & beautiful neighborhoods in Thurston County know as Beachcrest and Jubilee.
Beachcrest features private beach access with picnic tables and docks to store your boat in a protected cove. In Beachcrests quiet neighborhood you can find a cozy home with a nice backyard, or go down the street five blocks and get a high-bank waterfront view of the Olympics and Mount Rainier.
Next door to the Beachcrest neighborhood you will find Jubilee, a 55 and up community that was started in 2004. Jubilee promotes an active and social lifestyle through it’s walking trails, multiple tennis courts, indoor pool, beautiful club house and organized activities and outings. Nearly a third of the homes in Jubilee are set on the Golf Club at Hawks Prairie, consisting of two 6,000-yard 18-hole courses.
As you travel south from Jubilee you will find yourself in the Meridian Campus neighborhood, one of the fastest growing areas in Thurston County. With growth comes new features, such a very modern Salish Middle School, Top Rung Brewing, and most recently The Port Taco Truck. On the sunny days you can visit the Meridian Neighborhood Park, William Ives Trail or the local off-leash dog park.
Head 10 minutes down the road to find one of the best gems of Thurston County at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. At over 4,500 acres, it is Washington’s largest undisturbed estuary, home to 24 species of fish and 275 species of birds. When you visit be sure to take the 5-mile round-trip walk out to the end of the mile long boardwalk where you can find views of the Olympics and Mt. Rainier.
Hawks Prairie has something for everyone. You’re going to love it here as much as we do.
Top Rung Brewing is a 10 barrel production brewery with a tasting room at its brewery location in Lacey, WA. Our tasting room is family-friendly and while we will only offer warm pretzels and snacks, we partner with local food vendors and food trucks as well as allow patrons to bring in their own food of their choice or have it delivered.
Trapper’s Sushi Lacey. Japanese inspired restaurant featuring Asian Fusion sushi rolls, Nigiri, & all-you-can-eat Sushi. Daily happy hour, lunch, & dinner specials. Dine-in or Order Online. Family Friendly and Military Discounts. Full bar with beer, sake, and wine. 8 Locations in the Seattle / Puget Sound area.
“This is our favorite pho place in Hawks Prairie. Everything is always fresh. The broth is always hot and flavorful. Their portions are generous and prices are good for what you get.”
-Google Review
The wildlife refuge is home to the Nisqually River Delta, which has the unique status as Washington’s largest relatively undisturbed estuary. The confluence of the freshwater Nisqually River and the saltwater south Puget Sound has created a variety of unique environments, each rich in nutrients and natural resources for the local wildlife. The delta provides habitats for more than 300 different species of fish and wildlife.
Cabela’s is located near the junction of I-5 and Marvin Road at the Lacey Gateway Project in the Hawks Prairie business district. The impressive 185,000-sq.-ft. retail showroom is both an educational and entertainment attraction, featuring an indoor archery test area, museum-quality animal displays and huge aquariums stocked with local fish.
Tolmie State Park is a public recreation area covering 154 acres (62 ha) on Nisqually Beach on Puget Sound, eight miles (13 km) northeast of Olympia, Washington. The state park includes 1,800 ft (550 m) of saltwater shoreline at the mouth of a creek known as Big Slough as well as forest lands, a saltwater marsh, and an underwater park with artificial reef for scuba diving.
Salish Middle School was built in 2016 on 19.13 acres. It is located at 8605 Campus Glen Drive NE in the Meridian Campus Development within the City of Lacey. The 109,000 square foot middle school has 47 instructional spaces and has capacity for 800 students. The building design incorporates current classroom technology and extensive daylighting features throughout the facility. Salish serves 6th, 7th and 8th grade.
River Ridge High School (RRHS), commonly referred to as Ridge, was established in 1993 and named for its proximity to the geographical ridge of the Nisqually River valley. It earned its school nickname due to its location within the Hawk’s Prairie area of Thurston County off Exit 111 of Interstate 5, serving students living in Mushroom Corner and Tanglewilde-Thompson Place.
River Ridge and its feeder school, Nisqually Middle School, serves many students with parents who are on active duty or have retired from the military due to its proximity to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. River Ridge was constructed as a community solution to handle the over-flowing capacities of neighboring Timberline and North Thurston High Schools in the late 1980s-early 1990s, producing a more diverse student body population than the other two high schools in the district.
