Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA · Public university
5 minwalk to the closest stay
2stays inside a 20-min walk
13stays inside a 10-min drive
Campus visits, state by state
Hotels near colleges in Washington
10 campuses291 places to stay measured
10campusesin WA
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By the numbers
10 schools in Washington are on this site, with 291 places to stay measured around them. At 8 of them a place to stay is no more than about a 10-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge, and at 10 one is within about 20 minutes. The shortest walk we measured here is about 1 minute, at Washington State University. For 1 of them the tour meeting place comes straight from the school's own visit page.
How to read these counts
A "10-minute walk" is our estimate from map distance to where the visit starts, or to the campus edge when we have not pinned that down; each school's page says which. Map dated November 2026. The full method
Every school we cover in Washington
10 schools in Washington, in A to Z order
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA · Public university
10 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk4stays inside a 10-min driveGonzaga University
Spokane, WA · Private university
2 minwalk to the closest stay15stays inside a 20-min walk29stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA · Liberal arts college
20 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk6stays inside a 10-min driveSeattle University
Seattle, WA · Private university
5 minwalk to the closest stay14stays inside a 20-min walk60stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Washington
Seattle, WA · Public university
9 minwalk to the closest stay8stays inside a 20-min walk13stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Washington
Bothell, WA · Public university
10 minwalk to the closest stay4stays inside a 20-min walk9stays inside a 10-min driveWashington State University
Pullman, WA · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay10stays inside a 20-min walk10stays inside a 10-min driveWestern Washington University
Bellingham, WA · Public university
12 minwalk to the closest stay11stays inside a 20-min walk13stays inside a 10-min driveWhitman College
Walla Walla, WA · Liberal arts college
1 minwalk to the closest stay7stays inside a 20-min walk13stays inside a 10-min drive
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About these lists
Which colleges in Washington do you cover?
10 four-year schools in Washington: the larger public and private universities plus the liberal arts colleges families tour most. For-profit and online-only schools are left out.
Can you walk from a hotel to campus at schools in Washington?
At 10 of the 10, the map shows a place to stay no more than about a 20-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge. Each school's page lists them closest first.
Do the pages cover graduation as well as tours?
For 1 of these schools we've read the commencement venue on the school's own page and show it. Every page explains what its minutes run to, and the graduation guide covers when rooms sell out.
Where do the walking minutes come from?
From OpenStreetMap distances, turned into minutes by a fixed rule. Breakfast is listed for 10 schools' nearby hotels by brand standard. How the minutes are measured.