It is speculative but plausible to guess that the 1965 release of the PDP-8 might have instigated Gray’s own home computer project and the later creation of the ACS.
The park and visitor center are located next to Silver Lake, a shallow, 3,000-acre (1,200 ha) lowland lake formed when Silver Creek was dammed during an eruption of Mt. St. Helens approximately 2,500 years ago.