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This wilderness covers over 414,000 acres in the Okanagon-Wenatchee and Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. It contains more than 700 lakes and mountain ponds, rugged creeks, and open meadows. It can be accessed by 47 trailheads and over 600 miles of trails. The Alpine Lakes Wilderness sits at the heart of the Mountains to Sound...

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Trails, Wildlife Information and Viewing Area

Kittitas County

The LT Murray Wildlife Area totals over 100,000 acres in the forested ridges between Kittitas and Yakima Counties. It has plentiful elk, deer, and many other species. Part of the Area is closed in winter to protect wintering elk.

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Museums and Education Centers

Located in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square district, this National Park Service museum commemorates the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Thousands of so-called “stampeders” passed through Seattle, loading up with provisions before continuing on via steamer to the Yukon. The attendant economic boom coincided with a massive surge in population: the city’s population grew from...

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Museums and Education Centers, Parks and Open Spaces

The park provides access to green space and the water and celebrates the cultural, maritime, and industrial heritage of the city and region.

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Snoqualmie Valley

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Parks and Open Spaces

This place called Preston and its surrounding areas in the Snoqualmie Valley have an ancient history. Long before the mill and town were established, this land has been home to sdukʷalbixʷ, the Snoqualmie People, who since time immemorial have hunted, fished and lived in this land and continue to live in the valley to...

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Snoqualmie Valley

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Railroad Park showcases a massive old growth Douglas Fir log sheltered underneath a preserved Weyerhaeuser Mill building. It also offers a gazebo with picnic tables and historic gardens and interpretive signs about the history of Snoqualmie.

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Snoqualmie Valley

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Visitor Information Centers

902 SE North Bend Way, North Bend

This Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was constructed in 1936 for New Deal programs. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the CCC in 1933, just as the USFS was positioning itself to pivot from a custodial to more active resource development role. The CCC helped build the infrastructure for this agency transformation. The North Bend compound exemplifies the...

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2655 NW Market St, Seattle

The National Nordic Museum focuses on the history, art, culture, and heritage of the Seattle area’s Nordic immigrants. It shares Nordic culture, values, and ideas with people of all ages and backgrounds to create connections, generate dialogue, and inspire new perspectives.

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The only pan-Asian Pacffic American community-based museum in the country focusing on the histories, stories, art, and culture of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Located in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, a thriving cultural center and vibrant community hub.

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Snoqualmie Valley

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Once part of a prairie tended by the Snoqualmie People, today Meadowbrook Farm Park includes farmland, wildlife habitat, trails, and interpretive facilities. The open space of Meadowbrook Farm and the nearby Tollgate Farm was originally an expansive prairie tended by the Snoqualmie people, who used fire to maintain open non-forest habitat. Periodic burns encouraged...