13040 Highway 12 Packwood, WA , 98361-0000 Phone: (360) 494-6101 Website Blanton's Market IGA is a full service grocery store that offers fresh meat, produce, a deli, a bakery, beer, wine, ice, FAX services, Forest Passes, a photo kiosk, DVD rentals and hunting and fishing licenses. One of a couple of grocery stores in town more on the eastern side of town. Enjoy a great view of Mount Rainier from the parking lot if you look toward the North and East. When heading east on Highway 12, it's on the way to White Pass and is south of Mount Rainier.
Hours of operation: Daily 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. Holiday Hours Christmas Eve 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. Closed on Easter, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. Plenty of free parking. Inside the machine, the store has taped up examples of the four dies (No art images), along with a fifth one: what happens if you don't line up the arrows! Nice touch. Very uniquely designed machine; haven't seen one like it anywhere else.
The penny machine is inside the entry lobby to the left. Cost to press: 51¢ each design. Designs:
1. (H) Mount St. Helens with 'Mount St. Helens'.
2. (V) Four leaf clover over a horseshoe with: 'My Lucky Penny Packwood WA'.
3. (V) Downhill skier with 'White Pass Ski Area'.
4. (H) Mount Rainier with 'Mount Rainier'.
G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N46° 36' 30.693" Longitude: W121° 40' 9.6672"
Google Maps coordinates: J85J+97 Packwood, Washington
October 14, 2020. The penny machine is rolling slightly faint well centered images with tails on 95% copper pre-1982 pennies. MWHTH |