Snoqualmie

A railroad museum with a collection of historic depots along a 5.5 mi heritage railway that offers locomotive rides on weekends. The railway was built in 1889 by the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway (SLS&E) in an attempt to build over Snoqualmie Pass, in response to the Northern Pacific selecting Tacoma instead of Seattle as their western terminus.

The museum's collection includes a variety of railway cars and locomotives that document the growth of the railway network in Washington from the 1880s through the 1990s.

Built in 1890, this uniquely designed depot chiefly served as the gateway to this early recreation area, but also to transport local products to the markets of Seattle. Its atypical design was the result of this need for a rural combined freight-passenger depot, with lavish decorations to reflect the holiday spirit of vacationers from Seattle. Today, in addition to serving the heritage line, it also houses exhibits on early settler life and construction of the railway, as well as a gift shop.

Get a sense of how productive the timber harvesting used to be with this old-growth Douglas fir log beneath a preserved Weyerhaeuser Mill building. A tree-lined walking path links the pavilion through the park to the Railway Museum.

Many scenes from the David Lynch television series Twin Peaks were shot in and around Snoqualmie. The Salish Lodge and Spa corresponds to the Great Northern Hotel of the series, the Reinig Bridge corresponds to the Ronette Bridge and the DirtFish Rally School corresponds to the sheriff's office. And, obviously, Snoqualmie Falls is seen in the opening credits of the show. The Double R Diner corresponds to Twede's Cafe in nearby North Bend.

Several clifftop viewpoints of the waterfall and lodge. Closest deck is 200 ft from parking via a wheelchair accessible walkway.

The boardwalk passes by a wetland and Power Plant 2 to a viewpoint near the waterfall pool. There is also a path for river access further downstream.