Subject: Re: Twin Peaks/Snoqualmie FAQ's?
From: schultz@unixg.ubc.ca (Stewart Schultz)
Date: 1992-03-05, 00:18
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1992Mar4.142411.3248@fig.citib.com> dmp@fig.citib.com
(Donna M. Paino) writes:

> >Lots of people from the Snoqualmie area have posted (in bits and pieces) some
> >of the sites to visit on a Twin Peaks pilgrammage.  But no one's put it
> >all in one place, in one posting.  Is anyone out there up to the challenge?

I visited Snoqualmie/North Bend twice over the summer, and
saw all the major exterior locations.  Here's my best recollection
how to find them (you'll need a Snoqualmie street map, available
anywhere in the area).  Corrections/additions welcome!

RR diner:  the Mar-T Diner on the corner of 1st (=North Bend Way) 
and North Bend Blvd., North Bend.

Twin Peaks Sheriff Office:  Weyerhauser Mill Office in Snoqualmie: 
Turn north off 202 onto Meadowbrook Way, which turns into Reinig
Road after crossing the river.  Just past the RR trestle turn left at
396, then take first left.  The trestle before 396 is where
Ronette Pulaski was found wandering.

Packard Mill:  Weyerhauser Mill above.

Twin Peaks High School:  Mt. Si High School, 1/4 mile north of 202
on Meadowbrook Way.

Opening sequence with "Welcome to TP" sign:  stay on Reinig Road 
after intersection with 396.  Twin Peaks (Mt. Si) straight ahead.
Continue about 1 mile to a turnout on the right where the road
meets the river again.  You'll know this is the spot by the pattern
of cottonwoods and telephone poles against Mt. Si.

Big Tree (in opening sequence first season): Village Green Park, 
center of Snoqualmie on Snoqualmie-North Bend Road.

Railroad Cars (where Laura was found): just north of Village Green 
park on west side of the road.  North of the fenced-in cars, follow
the first spur of tracks to the NW past the transformers and into
the woods.  Continue over a wooden bridge/footpath about 1/4 mile
to a pair of cars to the right, slightly elevated, on a separate
track about 15 feet from the main track.  An outhouse is next to
them.  There have been rumors that these cars were moved sometime
in the fall, however.

Great Northern/TP Falls:  Salish Inn/Snoqualmie Falls in 
Snoqualmie on Fall City-Snoqualmie Road.

Roadhouse:  Colonial Inn at intersection of Highway 202 and 
Preston-Fall City Road in Fall City.  Much better food than
the Mar-T.

Big Ed's Gas Station:  Windstreamers kite shop in Preston on 
Preston-Fall City Road at 86 Place near Highway 90.

The only interior I know (haven't been here yet, though):

Great Northern: Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington.

Snoqualmie/North Bend are about 30 minutes east of Seattle on U.S. 90.
The Mar-T sells cherry pies by the truckload, and has lotsa
memorabilia from the series on the walls (incl. photos of Lynch
and some of the actors as they partook of the so-so dining there).
The Alpine Blossom Gift Shop a couple blocks from the Mar-T sells
TP souvenirs, including the TP Gazette, logs, t-shirts, coffee
mugs.  They also sell crude freehand maps of the exterior shots,
but I still couldn't find them without a street map.

Motels
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There are five motels in the area, all in North Bend,
a campground in Fall City, and a trailer park with
tent sites in North Bend.  The motels are often full by
early afternoon on weekends, so make reservations early. 

The motels are:
Mt. Si(206)888-1621
Apple Tree Inn888-3572
North Bend Motel888-1121 a block from Mar-T
Nor'west Motel888-1939
Sunset Motel888-0381 a block from Mar-T

The Colonial Inn (Roadhouse) rents only by the month; the Salish Inn
(Great Northern) starts at over $150 per night.

-S. Schultz