Lester Creek

Lester Creek is a stream in King County, Puget Sound, Washington. Lester Creek is situated nearby to the area Green River Watershed, as well as near the locality Hot Springs.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Snoqualmie National Forest.

Snoqualmie National Forest

Nature reserve

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The Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest is a National Forest in Washington extending more than 140 miles along the western slopes of the Cascade Range from the Canada–US border to the northern boundary of Mount Rainier National Park. Snoqualmie National Forest is situated 2 miles southeast of Lester Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lester and Hot Springs.

Lester

Locality

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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.

Hot Springs

Locality

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Hot Springs is a ghost town in King County, Washington, United States. Properly Green River Hot Springs, the town was first settled under the name Kendon by the Northern Pacific Railway in 1886. Hot Springs is situated 3 miles west of Lester Creek.

Nagrom

Locality

Nagrom is a ghost town in King County, Washington, United States. Nagrom is situated 6 miles west of Lester Creek.

Lester Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.20844° or 47° 12′ 30″ north

Longitude

-121.48148° or 121° 28′ 53″ west

Elevation

1,637 feet (499 metres)

Open location code

84VW6G59+9C

GeoNames ID

5800796

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Lester State Airport and Bald Mountain.

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