Kittitas County topographic maps

Average elevation: 4,685 ft

The town of Thorp is 100 miles (160 km) east of Seattle, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Ellensburg, and 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Cle Elum. It is located at the narrow west end of the Kittitas Valley, where high elevation forests of the Cascade Range give way to cattle ranches surrounded by farmlands noted…

Average elevation: 1,709 ft

Average elevation: 1,942 ft

Cathedral Rock is an intrusive andesite volcanic complex. The Alpine Lakes Wilderness features some of the most rugged topography in the Cascade Range with craggy peaks and ridges, deep glacial valleys, and granite walls spotted with over 700 mountain lakes. Geological events occurring many years ago created…

Average elevation: 5,075 ft

Average elevation: 5,499 ft

Average elevation: 2,303 ft

Average elevation: 2,434 ft

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…

Average elevation: 3,133 ft

Average elevation: 2,211 ft

Cle Elum has a humid continental climate, Köppen subtype Dsb. The elevation is 1909 feet and temperatures are cooler than areas to the east. The coldest month is December, a trait common in the Pacific Northwest. But hot temperatures still occur, and not just in summer: on March 18, 1968, the temperature…

Average elevation: 2,283 ft

Average elevation: 2,434 ft

Average elevation: 2,969 ft

Average elevation: 1,575 ft