Page 5 – Mountains To Sound Greenway Trust

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Museums and Education Centers

The South Cle Elum Depot and adjacent rail yard house exhibits showcasing remnants of the Milwaukee Road. The site also provides an easy access point for the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (a.k.a. Milwaukee Road) South Cle Elum Rail Yard was established in 1909 as...

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Parks and Open Spaces

This pocket park has a bronze statue of Washoe, the first non-human to acquire a human language skill (sign language). From 1993 to 2013, Central Washington University housed the Chimpanzee and Human Communications Institute.

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Museums and Education Centers

Put down your smart phone for a moment and get smart about phones! The oldest complete telephone museum west of the Mississippi covers the history of telephone technology from 1876 to 1970. According to the Northern Kittitas County Historical Society, Cle Elum was one of the last cities in the country to use a...

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Campgrounds, Trails

Salmon La Sac Rd, Kittitas County, Kittitas, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Available for use only by those accompanied by stock (e.g. horses, mules, llamas), the Cayuse Horse Camp is a popular gathering place for trail riders heading into the mountains on several popular trails. It has spacious tent and RV sites with corrals assigned to individual campsites. A hand pump provides potable water.

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Museums and Education Centers

The Clymer Museum & Gallery celebrates the work of John Ford Clymer, a famous western artist born and raised in Ellensburg. The museum hosts the largest public collection of Clymer works as well as works of other artists.

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Museums and Education Centers

This museum, housed in a 1914 mansion, tells the colorful story of the mining communities of Upper Kittitas County and of Cle Elum’s first successful banker and former mayor of Cle Elum, Frank Carpenter and his family. High Country Artist exhibits rotate monthly.

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Museums and Education Centers

Displays highlight the interesting heritage of local farming, Native Americans, local pioneers, technology, and agriculture, all within the historic Cadwell Building.

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Upper Yakima Basin

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The Thorp Grist Mill is the oldest industrial artifact in Kittitas County and the only remaining mill in the state that made the transition from stone buhr to modern rollers. Built between 1880 and 1883, the mill has been restored and maintained so visitors can catch a glimpse of history back to the early...

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Trails

The Coal Mines Trail follows the route of a branch line from the Northern Pacific Railroad, constructed in 1886-1887. The railroad carried coal and passengers from the mining towns of Ronald and Roslyn to Cle Elum. Coal was used to power steam trains headed up to Snoqualmie Pass on the Milwaukee Road railway, and later to...

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Trails

This trail accesses the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and connects the Salmon La Sac Trailhead to the Pacific Crest Trail. Day hiking to the river makes a common destination in 3 miles one way. Equestrians enjoy the trail for both day rides and horse packing.