Dryden is a small unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington, United States.

In the 1890s these trees were logged and floated down the Wenatchee River to be milled, leaving the land barren and dry.

Also in 1892, the Great Northern Railway built its main line through the valley but no town or station were established at that time.

[3] Native American homesteaders Dan and Topen Nason were the first to see any value in the then undeveloped area and filed a land claim in 1904.

The valley is very thin in this area, with the slopes surrounding the community rising to heights above 2,400 feet within two miles on either side of Dryden.