Lester, Washington | |
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 Guard house, gas and oil shack, and warehouse in Lester | |
  Lester  Lester | |
| Coordinates: 47°12.55′N 121°29.64′W / 47.20917°N 121.49400°W | |
| Elevation | 1,634 ft (498 m) |
| Population (1984) | |
| • Total | 0 |
Lester is a ghost town near Stampede Pass, just south of Snoqualmie Pass in King County, founded in 1892 by the Northern Pacific Railway (now the BNSF Railway). Lester is located along what is currently National Forest Development Road 54, on land owned by Tacoma Water, a division of Tacoma Public Utilities.
Although most remaining freestanding buildings were demolished in 2017, numerous foundations from the settlement remain.