Lester
Lester is a ghost town near Stampede Pass, just south of Snoqualmie Pass in King County, founded in 1892 by the Northern Pacific Railway. Lester is located along what is currently National Forest Development Road 54, on land now owned by Tacoma Water, a division of Tacoma Public Utilities.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,630 feet (500 metres)
- Description: human settlement in Washington, United States of America
- Also known as“Deans”“Lester, Washington”
Places of Interest
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Snoqualmie National Forest
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2 miles southeast of Lester
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hot Springs and Nagrom.
Hot Springs
Hot Springs is a ghost town in King County, Washington, United States.
2½ miles west of Lester
Lester
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Latitude
47.20892° or 47° 12′ 32″ north
Longitude
-121.49006° or 121° 29′ 24″ west
Open location code
84VW6G55+HX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = locality
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Frisian—“Lester” goes by many names.
Lester (WA)Volapük
Lester, WashingtonVolapük
LesterWestern Frisian
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