Snoqualmie Pass

Geography

The community is in westernmost Kittitas County, on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass. Its western border follows the King County border, which is also the height of land of the Cascade Range. The CDP extends southeast as far as Keechelus Lake, the source of the Yakima River. The unincorporated community of Hyak is in the southeast part of the CDP. Interstate 90 passes through the community, with access from Exits 53 and 54. I-90 leads west to Seattle and southeast the same distance to Ellensburg, the Kittitas county seat. Washington State Route 906 serves as a local main road through the Snoqualmie Pass community, connecting with I-90 at both of its exits. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Snoqualmie Pass CDP has a total area of , all of it land. Situated at a main crossing point of the Cascade Range, Snoqualmie Pass is located along the Mountains to Sound Greenway, which spans parts of King and Kittitas counties. The eastern portal of the Snoqualmie Tunnel is in the CDP at Hyak. Due to its elevation, Snoqualmie Pass experiences significantly lower temperatures than Seattle, and receives much more precipitation, much of it being snow. Snoqualmie Pass has a humid continental climate (Koppen: Dsb bordering Csb) with cold, very wet and snowy winters, and mild to warm, relatively dry summers.

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,082
• Dark-eyed Junco

  Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,019
• Steller's Jay

  Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  962
• Chestnut-backed Chickadee

  Poecile rufescens (J.K.Townsend, 1837) · Aves
  882
• Golden-crowned Kinglet

  Regulus satrapa Lichtenstein, 1823 · Aves
  833
• Pacific Wren

  Troglodytes pacificus S.F.Baird, 1864 · Aves
  736
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  705
• Red-breasted Nuthatch

  Sitta canadensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  615

Most recent

• M 2.62 — 2026-07-09
  17 km SW of Nile, Washington
• M 2.5 — 2026-06-26
  11 km E of Carnation, Washington
• M 2.82 — 2026-06-26
  1 km SSE of Easton, Washington
• M 2.84 — 2026-05-27
  4 km W of Wauna, Washington
• M 2.75 — 2026-04-11
  13 km NW of Cliffdell, Washington
• M 2.52 — 2026-03-17
  7 km SE of Mineral, Washington