From: (Steve Cole)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Subject: Re: Where is Twin Peaks?
Date: 21 Feb 1993 20:26:10 GMT
Organization: Stanford Exploration Project
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Distribution: world
Since this newsgroup began, this question has been asked and
answered a lot. I saved many postings, knowing that some day I
would need the information (not yet, unfortunately). I have it
available for ftp, and when people ask I usually mail the file
to them. This had reaped unexpected rewards, including a postcard
of Snoqualmie Falls, written by an a.tv.t-p reader while sitting
in the Double R eating cherry pie!
I haven't posted the file in a long time, so I am posting it
again here. Hope nobody minds. Instructions on how to ftp it
are included, in case you are planning a trip someday and you
want to check and see if there is anything new in the file.
As it says in the file, I'll be glad to include any new info
or corrections - just send or post.
-Steve
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Steve Cole (, apple!sep!steve)
Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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This is a collection of postings from alt.tv.twin-peaks
describing what to see and do in the Snoqualmie, WA area where
much of Twin Peaks was filmed.
It is available for anonymous ftp from hanauma.Stanford.EDU
(36.51.0.16) as pub/tp_snoqualmie.
I will gladly include any new information or corrections if
you send them to me.
Have fun,
Steve
The following people posted articles that are contained here.
If any of you would prefer that your words not get redistributed,
let me know and I will remove your postings from my file.
-Steve
(Paddington Bear)
(Marke Clinger)
(Niels Bauer)
halcyon! (Richard Barrett)
(Larry Yaeger)
(Steven C Herring)
(Jeff Bone)
(Don HACHERL)
(Greg Sandell)
(Gregory Landon)
(Stewart Schultz)
(Staci Ann Waldroop)
(Ed Hughes)
Article 2403 of alt.tv.twin-peaks:
>From (Paddington Bear)
~Subject: Re: more merchandising on the way
~Date: 8 Aug 90 17:02:14 GMT
~Reply-To: (Paddington Bear)
Organization: The Bear Preserve at Cold Comfort Farm
|In article <> (A Modem User) writes:
|> writes:
|>IMPORTANT! INFORMATION NEEDED IN A HURRY!
|>
|>I'm going up to Seattle on THURSDAY and plan to make a one-day trip to
|>Snoqualmie just to get some pictures. I know some of you have been there
Take I-90 to North Bend. Go left under the freeway and enter the
town. The MAR-T Diner (a/k/a R&R) is on your right as you come into
town. They sell TP goodies. (So does nearly everyone else in North
Bend....) From North Bend, follow the signs to Snoqualmie Falls. The
huge log used in the opening credits is on your left near the railroad
tracks. Just about 1/4 mile further are the railroad cars where
Cooper and Truman found the half-heart locket and the note. Continue
west. You'll see the Salish Lodge which was used for the exteriors of
the Great Northern Hotel. Stop and look at Snoqualmie Falls if you've
a mind to. Continue west to the town of Fall City. As you enter Fall
City, bear left. Directly ahead of you is a restaurant that was used
for the exterior of the roadhouse (the interiors were fillmed in
Seattle at the Timberline Tavern). Continue on the road towards I-90.
In Preston, you'll see a kite shop on the left. That was used for Big
Ed's Gas Farm. You won't recognize it. If you have time, turn around
and pass through Fall City. At the bridge, bear left towards
Carnation. In Carnation, you will pass an elementary school on the
north side of town. This is the interior and exterior setting for the
Sherrif's Office.
That's all......
--
Steve Arrants (And here it is, the enormous night.)
Best path: ...uunet!microsof!stephena
Blame me, not Microsoft. I work for them, they let me post.
Follow your BLISS and doors open where there were no doors before.
Article 2424 of alt.tv.twin-peaks:
>From (Marke Clinger)
~Subject: Re: more merchandising on the way
~Date: 9 Aug 90 21:23:50 GMT
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc.
|In article <>
|>
|>I'm going up to Seattle on THURSDAY and plan to make a one-day trip to
|>Snoqualmie just to get some pictures. I know some of you have been there
>Take I-90 to North Bend. Go left under the freeway and enter the
>town. The MAR-T Diner (a/k/a R&R) is on your right as you come into
>That's all......
Ah...you forgot about the gazebo! As you are heading north through
town (Snoqualimie Falls) you will see it on the right near the
railroad tracks.
The falls are incrediable and an interesting fact....the drop is
greater than Niagra Falls.
There is a diner and a restaurant there. The restaurant is mighty
expensive.
Marke Clinger
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Marke Clinger Solbourne Computer, Inc
Manager 1900 Pike Road
Engineering Computing Facilities Longmont, CO 80501
(303) 772-3400 x769
Article 6475 of alt.tv.twin-peaks:
>From (Niels Bauer)
~Subject: TP map and more
~Date: 6 Nov 90 21:31:22 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
I know Lucy's trip to Tacoma is a thing of the past, but with so much
static about 'going down to Tacoma', it seemed like a little geography
lesson was in order. True, Tacoma is southwest of "Twin Peaks", but
to get there one would probably take I90 towards Seattle (west) then
I5 to Tacoma (south). So really it's not all that unreasonable to say
'going down to Tocama'. Also if you check your phone books you'll
notice that practically the entire western half of Washington falls under
the 206 area code. The following is a map of the Seattle/TP area (no
it is not to scale, but I tried).
| British Columbia, Canada
|------
|
|
| E___ Legend:
------/ / \___I203 OP = Olympic Penusila
/ / | \ Ps = Puget Sound
/ | | F T = Tocama
| | Se______\ Se = Seattle
OP |PS | | I90 \___S_ E = Everitt
| | | \_N_ F = Fall City
| | | \___ S = Snoqualmie
\ / | I5 N = North Bend
--- /
T--/
Here are some distances as well:
From: To: Miles:
Seattle Snoqualmie 28
Seattle Tocama 32
Seattle Spokane 280
Seattle Vancouver, BC 164
The tri-cities, I believe, refer to Fall City, Snoqualmie, and North Bend
(all of which are in King County).
Here is some more information I have not seen posted yet:
1) While most now know that the Great Northern is the Salish Lodge in real
life, the indoor scenes of the Great Northerm are really shot at the
Kiana Lodge on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound.
2) The Kiana Lodge also provides settings for the Blue Lake Lodge, where
Pete and Catherine Martell and Josie Packard live(d).
3) The Mar T Cafe in North Bend serves as the exterior for the RR Diner.
4) The Weyerhauser Administration building serves as the sheriff's dept.
5) The Colonial Inn in Fall City serves as the Road House.
6) These and other TP facts/trivia, plus a synopsis of last season,
description of major characters/actors, and more can be found in
"Welcome to Twin Peaks: A Complete Guide to Who's Who & What's What"
by Scott Knickelbine published by Publications International.
Also:
1) Have only seen a few brief mentions of the soundtrack. It's a must
for Peaks Freaks. From an audiophile's point of view it is somewhat
flawed (noisy analog source, inconsistent mixing, sometimes poor
recording/engineering, etc.), but even so it is a must for anyone's
TP collection.
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Niels Bauer | Don't blame me, I'm just a
Department of Computer Science | graduate student!
Texas A&M University |
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Article 8401 of alt.tv.twin-peaks:
>From halcyon! (Richard Barrett)
~Subject: Re: tourist guide to Twin Peaks
~Date: 6 Dec 90 00:58:59 GMT
Organization: The 23:00 News
(... Mok) writes:
> In article <> (ste
> >In article <>, (And
> > I'm going to be up in the Seattle area next weekend and was hoping to
> > drive up to Snoqualmie (sp?) Falls and see the various Twin Peaks
> > sights. Could someone send me info/directions to the little-known
> > locations - the sheriff's office, the Double R Diner, etc.
> >
> >*************
> >My wife and I will also be spending some time in the "Twin Peaks" area.
> >Our first wedding anniversary is January 1, 1991, and we decided that
> >we couldn't think of anywhere we'd better like to spend it than at the
> >Great Northern Hotel (the Salish Lodge, to those who reamin rooted in
> >the real world).
> As for the rest: The scenery MUST be seen! The falls in particular are
> incredible. The Salish Lodge *is* thre Great Northern (and just as
> beautiful), but not as classy.
Uh, ahem... according to a recent article in the Seattle P-I, the Salish
Lodge was used only for external shots of the Great Northern. The nearby
Kiana Lodge (actually, I'm not sure if it's so nearby - it's in Poulsbo)
was used for internal shots of the Great Northern. So if you want to stay
in the same room as ol' Coop, that's where you gotta go... also, the
beach scene in the pilot (when Laura's body was found) was filmed there.
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Laura Palmer, Jacques Renault, and * 18004 146th Ave NE
Maddy Ferguson. What are you going to * Woodinville, WA 98072
do next?" * (206)487-1312
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Article 15843 of alt.tv.twin-peaks:
>From (Larry Yaeger)
~Subject: Re: Kiana Lodge
~Date: 27 Jul 91 04:41:12 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
In article <>
writes:
>Where is the Kiana Lodge located?
In Poulsbo, Washington. Their chamber of commerce will send you some nice
info and maps on the area, though they don't mention the Kiana Lodge. But
when you talk to them in person, they do know about it, and it's TP
connection. I think the area code is 206 (but you probably ought to check
with your long distance operator); you can use directory assistance to
get the number for both the chamber of commerce and the Kiana Lodge.
Despite its name, the Kiana Lodge does not have sleeping rooms for rent.
The Kiana Lodge is strictly a sort of meeting place, with banquet
facilities and such. It is a neat place to visit. You will definitely
recognize the interiors, with the Indian animal/spirit drawings on the
natural wood what you see in the Great Northern. Lovely place. They
have a small gift shop with nice mugs and T-shirts, too (though none of
them mention Twin Peaks). On the day I visited, they had several hundred
people, many in native costumes, doing dances to ethnic music. At first
we thought they might be Norwegian, and were considerably "Peaked"; we
later found out that they were Estonians, but it was a hoot anyway.
Poulsbo, by the way, is about 2 hours away from Snoqualmie/North Bend.
It is on the other side of Seattle. And, be warned, though the shortest
land route connecting Poulsbo and Snoqualmie goes quite a ways out of
the way, you may want to consider it, as the ferry backs up rather
drastically, and took us over an hour of waiting before we even began
the ferry ride. Perhaps there is some way to enquire about the wait
at the ferry by phone.
Hope this helps. I could probably find the maps and stuff, and pin
down the location a little better for you, but if you're headed that
way, you'll probably want maps of your own.
--
"You wouldn't recognize a *subtle plan* if it painted itself purple,
and danced naked upon a harpsichord, singing, 'Subtle Plans are Here Again'."
- Edmund Blackadder
Article 16152 of alt.tv.twin-peaks:
>From (Larry Yaeger)
~Subject: Re: Taking a trip to Twin Peaks
~Date: 22 Aug 91 02:55:16 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
A couple of people have asked about information on making the pilgrimage to
Twin Peaks. I'd originally intended to write up a kind of personal travelogue
of the adventures of my wife and I on our visit there, but instead, I'll try
to just give you the info that'll let you see as much as possible...
First off, if you have the time (an extra half-day to full-day depending upon
your origin point and travel plans), it's well worth visiting the Kiana Lodge
near Poulsbo, WA as well. This is about 2 hours from Snoqualmie, on the
other side of Seattle. This is the place that was used for interiors of
the Great Northern, especially the lobby, and for the Packard/Martell home.
The large indian drawings are right there on the wood walls. There's a
deer head or two that are recognizably placed. And the rear of the main
building, that is adjacent to the water, is easily recognizable as the
Packard/Martell home. The very large hunk of wood outside their home,
where Pete discovered Laura's body, is also very obvious.
The Kiana Lodge is not a hotel, but a place for meetings and such, so you
cannot plan on staying there. There are lodgings nearby (the Poulsbo Chamber
of Commerce can direct you to some), but you can also visit the Lodge midday,
and comfortably make it to the Salish Lodge in Snoqualmie that afternoon.
The phone number for the Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce is 206-779-4848 or
206-779-4999. The Greater Poulsbo area is also known as "Little Norway"
(so I guess *all* the Norwegians didn't leave:-) !
The Kiana Lodge, itself, is located in either Sandy Hook or Agate Pass, WA
(according to one T-Shirt and one Sweatshirt available in the nice gift shop
located there). It is just off highway 305, at the extreme southern end of
the North Kitsap Peninsula. Take 305 to Sandy Hook Rd, and take Sandy Hook
Rd (south, the only way it goes) until it almost ends at the bay. Look
for a very small (about 10" x 12") sign sitting on the ground, on your left
as you approach the bay.
Now, on to Snoqualmie/North Bend. First, if you are coming from the Kiana