Mount Si & North Bend, Washington

Mount Si (pronounced sigh) is a small mountain in the US state of Washington. Although just 4,167 ft (1,270 meter) high, it lies on the western margin of the Cascade Range just above the coastal plains around Puget Sound, and towers over the nearby town of North Bend. The mountain was named after local homesteader Josiah "Uncle Si" Merritt. It was made famous in the show Twin Peaks, which was filmed in North Bend and Snoqualmie. Mt. Si is a remnant of an oceanic plate volcano and the rocks are highly metamorphosed. Related to the Indian legend and seeing that the rock of Mt. Si is indeed 'foreign' rock and not like that of the surrounding countryside it might, perhaps, be that the Indians had recognized this fact and attempted to explain it with the story of the Moon falling to earth. The communities of North Bend, Snoqualmie, and Fall City, Washington, are also included around the three forks of the Snoqualmie River (North, Middle, and South Forks).