Fast Facts

• Snoqualmie Valley was the setting of the hit movie and television series, Twin Peaks, which aired on ABC in the early 1990s.
• The amount of land area in North Bend is 7.557 sq. kilometers.
• North Bend is positioned 47.49 degrees north of the equator and 121.78 degrees west of the prime meridian.
• In the late 19th century, North Bend was called Mountain View. North Bend got its name because it was located near the bend to the north of the South Fork River.
• Jeremiah Borst was the first permanent white settler. He traveled to the Valley in 1858.
• The word Snoqualmie means "people of the moon."
• The Snoqualmie Pass summit reaches 3,022 feet.
• Snoqualmie Pass is home to four major ski areas: Alpental, Summit West, Summit Central, Summit East.
• The amount of land area in Snoqualmie is 7.944 sq. kilometers.
• Snoqualmie is positioned 47.52 degrees north of the equator and 121.81 degrees west of the prime meridian.
• Snoqualmie was founded in 1889 and incorporated in 1903.
• Snoqualmie Falls is 268 feet high.
• Next to Mt. Rainier, Mt. Si is the second most climbed mountain in Washington State.
• Fall City is positioned 47.56 degrees north of the equator and 121.90 degrees west of the prime meridian.
• The Raging River has the second steepest drop of any river west of the Cascades. The Tolt River in nearby Carnation is the steepest.
• Preston was founded in 1892 and was named St. Louis.
• Preston was once divided into the communities of Lower Preston and Upper Preston. Baptist Swedes and Lutheran Swedes inhabited the two areas. Differing religious believes and cultures lead the two communities to refer ". . . to each other as the saints and the sinners."