Snoqualmie Falls

Snoqualmie Falls is a 268-foot (82-meter) waterfall located east of Seattle on the Snoqualmie River between Snoqualmie and Fall City, Washington. It is one of Washington's most notable picturesque areas, and it is well-known worldwide for its appearance in the cult television series Twin Peaks. Approximately 1.5 million people visit the Falls each year, which include a two-acre (0.8-hectare) park, an observation deck, and a gift shop. The majority of the river flows into the power facilities, but it can also overflow across the entire cliff, generating a blinding spray. Heavy rain or snow, followed by warm wet conditions, causes high water.

Snoqualmie Falls is essential to the Snoqualmie People's culture, beliefs, and spirituality, who have lived in the Snoqualmie Valley in western Washington since time immemorial. According to the Snoqualmie, the falls are "the area where Moon the Transformer formed First Woman and First Man" and "where prayers were taken up to the Creator by vast mists that rise from the tremendous flow". The mists coming from the waterfall's base are thought to unite Heaven and Earth.