The Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and public tours are offered from Memorial Day until the end of October. Those interested in the tour should call the visitor center at (509) 633-9265 beforehand to ensure that tours are being given that day, as maintenance on the dam can disrupt tour times.

From the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend until Labor Day, Public tours begin at 10 a.m, 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., and 4 p.m. daily.

After Labor Day until the end of October, tours are given daily at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 4 p.m.

From the Visitor Center, visitors will ride a shuttle bus to the pumping plant where they will view the gigantic pumps that lift water from Lake Roosevelt to be delivered throughout the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project.

Visitors will then ride the shuttle bus across the top of Grand Coulee Dam for spectacular views of Lake Roosevelt and the Columbia River as it winds through the town of Coulee Dam.

The tours take about 50 minutes.

For more information, call (509) 633-9265.

The Visitor Center is open daily from 9 to 5, except on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and January 1.

Please note that for security reasons, no bags of any kind are allowed on tours. This includes diaper bags and camera cases. (Cameras are OK).