North Bend is a town in King County, Washington, United States, on the outskirts of the Seattle metropolitan area.

[4] The town is 30 miles (48 km) east of Seattle on Interstate 90 and lies in the foothills of the Cascade Range near Snoqualmie Pass.

The town was made famous by David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks, which was partially filmed in North Bend.

Some of the soldiers in those wars, such as the Kellogg brothers, established cabins near remaining Snoqualmie blockhouses; however, the most well known American resident in the valley was Jeremiah Borst, who arrived in 1858.

Borst wrote to Will Taylor, who had left the Pacific Northwest to pursue mining in California, and offered him the Peterson homestead in exchange for labor.

Taylor returned and became the driving force in developing the town while expanding his property to include a thriving trading post and boarding house for travelers over Snoqualmie Pass.

[10] Later that summer, competing Seattle land speculators subsequently platted nearby "Snoqualmie Falls", choosing a similar name.

Pressured by demands of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway to avoid confusion, Taylor reluctantly renamed his town "Mountain View".

[11] However, the U.S. Post Office Department objected to "Mountain View", as a town with that name already existed in northern Whatcom County.

"[6] North Bend was officially incorporated on March 12, 1909, and grew throughout the 20th century, with an early economic focus on logging, sawmill production, agricultural and dairy farming.

[12] The city government issued a moratorium on new construction in April 1999 after it exceeded the limits on its existing water rights to pump groundwater.

It was lifted in 2009 after North Bend secured an agreement with Seattle Public Utilities to provide water and construction of a new pipeline from the Cedar River watershed.

[13][14] North Bend, which had transitioned into a bedroom community by the late 20th century, began attracting recreation and outdoors businesses in the 2010s.

[15] North Bend is located in the foothills of the Cascade Range, 30 miles (48 km) east of Seattle in the upper valley of the Snoqualmie River.

The town's location in the foothills means that it receives significantly higher annual precipitation than other suburbs to the west, and also translates into heavier snowfall in the winter.

The McGrath Hotel is located on the site of the cabin of William Henry Taylor, who platted North Bend in 1889.

In 2013, the theater was once more saved from extinction by a successful $100,000+ fundraiser to convert the projection system from 35mm cellulose to 4K digital video.

[28] During this series of renovations every part of the building was improved without sacrificing the distinctive character of this 1941 Art Deco theater.

The Mountain View Gallery features local artwork and hosts special events for the community throughout the year.

The modern Northwest Regional style center features easy to use touchscreen computers for visitors to access a variety of information on local attractions and history.

[31] North Bend is located 30 miles (48 km) east of Seattle on Interstate 90, which continues over Snoqualmie Pass to Spokane.

North Bend also has its own city trail system in downtown, the Si View neighborhood and along the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River in several places.

[40] Throughout the 20th century North Bend has maintained gradual growth with an early economic focus on logging, sawmill production, agricultural and dairy farming.

In addition, North Bend has a growing tourism economy centered around the North Bend Premium Outlet Mall, Northwest Railway Museum train activities and Snoqualmie Pass recreational commerce related to hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding and cross-country skiing.

[44] North Bend leans Democratic much like the rest of King County, giving a majority of the vote to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.