Hyak
Hyak is an unincorporated community located on Snoqualmie Pass in Kittitas County, Washington. It is located within the Snoqualmie Pass CDP. Hyak was established around 1915 at the eastern portal of the Snoqualmie Pass Milwaukee Road Railroad tunnel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Washington
- Also known as: “Hyak, Washington”
- Neighbors: Snoqualmie Pass
Places of Interest
Highlights include Snoqualmie Pass and Mount Catherine.
Snoqualmie Pass
Mountain saddle
Snoqualmie Pass is a mountain pass that carries Interstate 90 through the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Washington. The pass summit is at an elevation of 3,015 feet, on the county line between Kittitas County and King County. Snoqualmie Pass is situated 2½ miles north of Hyak.
Mount Catherine
Peak
Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Catherine is a mountain peak in the Cascade Range in Washington state located near Snoqualmie Pass and Keechelus Lake. It is accessible via Forest Road 9070 except in winter. Mount Catherine is situated 2 miles southwest of Hyak.
Dungeon Peak
Peak
Dungeon Peak is a 5,640+ ft mountain summit located in the Cascade Range, in Kittitas County of Washington state. It is situated northeast of Hyak, Washington, near the north end of Keechelus Lake, within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, on land managed by Wenatchee National Forest. Dungeon Peak is situated 2 miles east of Hyak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Snoqualmie Pass and Rockdale.
Snoqualmie Pass
Snoqualmie Pass is a ski resort in the Cascade Mountains, on the border of King County and Kittitas County in Washington State. It is the closest skiing area to Seattle, about an hour away.Rockdale
Hamlet
Rockdale is a ghost town in the northwest United States, in King County, Washington. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. A post office called "Rockdale" was established 113 years ago in 1912, and remained in operation until 1915. Rockdale is situated 3 miles west of Hyak.
Hyak
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Kittitas, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.39256° or 47° 23′ 33″ northLongitude
-121.39268° or 121° 23′ 34″ westElevation
2,569 feet (783 metres)Open location code
84VW9JV4+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 1271639632OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Hyak” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Hyak”
- Dutch: “Hyak”
- French: “Hyak”
- German: “Hyak”
- Hungarian: “Hyak”
- Irish: “Hyak”
- Persian: “هایاک، واشینگتن”
- Persian: “هایاک”
- South Azerbaijani: “هایاک، واشینقتون”
- Volapük: “Hyak (WA)”
- Volapük: “Hyak (Washington)”
- Volapük: “Hyak, WA”
- Volapük: “Hyak, Washington”
- Volapük: “Hyak”
- Welsh: “Hyak, Washington”
- Welsh: “Hyak”
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