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Wallace Falls State Park is a public recreation area that encompasses 1,380 acres (560 ha) along the Wallace River in Snohomish County, Washington. The state park is located on the west side of the Cascade Mountains with an entrance point one mile (1.6 km) northeast of the community of Gold Bar .
The Wallace River is a medium-sized river in Washington, United States. It is a tributary of the Skykomish River and joins near Sultan, just upstream from the mouth of the Sultan River. The Wallace River is 15 miles (24 km) long. [2] Its drainage basin is 30 square miles (78 km 2) in area. [3]
Snoqualmie Falls along the Snoqualmie River Narada Falls within the Mount Rainier National Park. There are over 3,000 catalogued waterfalls in the U.S. state of Washington, according to the World Waterfall Data Base [1] This is more than any other U.S. State and includes Colonial Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the continental United States and the tallest in any U.S. National Park, at ...
Wallace Falls: Snohomish: 4,735 1,916 Wenatchee Confluence: Chelan: 197 80 Westhaven Grays Harbor: 79 32 Westport Light: Grays: 212 86 Willapa Hills: Lewis County and Pacific County: 757 306 Park consists of a 56-mile (90 km) rail trail that is partially paved with stretches of compact gravel Yakima Sportsman: Yakima: 247 100
One of the most popular low elevation hikes in the metro Seattle area, the trail to Wallace Falls, is located on the north margin of the city. More than 160,000 people visit Wallace Falls State Park annually. [17] Gold Bar hosts the Gold Dust days every fourth weekend in July. It is a street fair with vendors selling wares, local music, and food.
The Skykomish River's main stem is 29 miles (47 km) long, from the confluence of its North and South fork, until it and the Snoqualmie forms the Snohomish River. Adding the longest headwater tributaries, South Fork Skykomish and Tye River, the length is 62.4 miles (100 km). [2]
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Startup was homesteaded by F.M. Sparling in the 1880s. [4] In 1890, William Wait laid out a townsite which he called Wallace, but this caused confusion with mail being missent to Wallace, Idaho, and in 1901 the name was changed to Startup to honor George G. Startup, manager of the Wallace Lumber Company.