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Twin Peaks Location – Trail to Jack Rabbit’s Palace

In Twin Peaks Part 14 on Showtime, the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department goes on a hike to Jack Rabbit’s Palace. The hiking scenes through the woods are a fascinating thing to dissect, mostly because they were all shot around the same spot in Olallie State Park outside of North Bend, Washington. For this Twin Peaks film location article, I explore the first three parts of the trail that the deputies’ hike prior to arriving at Jack Rabbit’s Palace.

WHERE IS THE TRAIL TO JACK RABBIT’S PALACE IN TWIN PEAKS LOCATED?

Olallie State Park
September 17, 2019

The scenes were shot along Weeks Falls Trail in Olallie State Park, located at 51350 S.E. Homestead Valley Road in North Bend, Washington. This park is a wonderland of Twin Peaks film locations but you’ll need an affordable Discover Pass in order to visit.

Andy enters the woods
Part 14

In the previous scene, the deputies arrive at the trail entrance to Jack Rabbit’s Palace, and disappear into the woods.

Google Maps
Google Maps

The map above shows there the trail entrance scene is located and where the first scene inside the woods was shot.

TRAIL TO JACK RABBIT’S PALACE PART 1: INTO THE WOODS

The woods of Twin Peaks
Part 14
The woods of Olallie State Park along Weeks Falls Trail
September 17, 2019

The first woods scene is located at 47° 26′ 9.342″ N 121° 39′ 9.78″ W. The easiest way to locate it is to look for the moss covered tree stump on the right side of the image above.

Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department hiking in the woods
Part 14
The woods of Olallie State Park along Weeks Falls Trail
September 17, 2019

The deputies cross the frame and head into the woods. There is nothing back there but moss, brush and fallen trees. 

September 17, 2019 - Steven in the Woods
September 17, 2019

I attempted to capture an image of me walking where the deputies walked. I think you get the idea.

Trees in Part 14
Part 14
Trees in Part 14
Part 14
Trees in Part 14
Part 14

The scene cuts to the trees above and slowly pans the canopy. I took some images of the tree canopy but I don’t believe I captured these exact trees (just means I need to go back). They should be in the same vicinity where the scene was shot.

PART 2 – UP FROM THE RIVER

Google Maps
Google Maps

The scene part of their hike is found at the following coordinates – 47° 26′ 8.682″ N 121° 39′ 9.702″ W. As you can see from the map, the location is pretty much adjacent to where the first scene was shot.

Up from the River
Part 14
Hill down to Snoqualmie River
September 16, 2019

They are seen climbing up the side of a hill from the Snoqualmie River (aka “Wind River” from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me).

Up from the river
Part 14
September 16, 2019
September 16, 2019

Deputy Andy is the last to climb up from the river.

September 16, 2019
September 16, 2019

This is a wide angle shot taken with my 11-16mm lens. Easiest way to spot this location now is the fallen tree on the right side of the screen.

Trees in Part 14
Part 14
Trees in Part 14
Part 14

More images of the tree canopy are shown before cutting to the final part in their hike to Jack Rabbit’s Palace.

PART 3 – THE ROAD TO JACK RABBIT’S PALACE

Walking along the road
Part 14

As the Twin Peaks deputies walk along the road, Bobby explains their surroundings.

BOBBY
This used to be the road, where we’re walking. My dad’s listening post station was right through there. Nothing left of it now. They took everything away.

Woods along Weeks Falls Trail in Olallie State Park
September 16, 2019

The coordinates for this location are approximately 47° 26′ 10.332″ N 121° 39′ 11.208″ W. Look for the giant fallen root ball on the right side of the trail and the tree stump on the left.

Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department walking along Trail in the Woods
Part 14
Weeks Falls Trail in Olallie State Park
September 16, 2019

The dialog continued.

ANDY
And what all did your father do up there, Bobby?

BOBBY
I don’t know. It was all top secret. Took me inside a couple of times when I was little, but all I remember is lots and lots of machines. He would take me here, though.

Twin Peaks Sheriff's Deputies in Part 14
Part 14

This part ends with Bobby finally seeing Jack Rabbit’s Palace as seen in this film location article.

LISTENING POST ALPHA

Olallie State Park
September 16, 2019

This is the view that the Sheriff’s Deputies saw as they walked toward Jack Rabbit’s Palace. If you continue down this path in this direction, you’ll end up in the parking lot.

In the episode, however, Bobby mentioned that Major Briggs’ listening post station was in this direction.

The Secret History of Twin Peaks - Page 343
The Secret History of Twin Peaks – Page 343

The listening post station was “Listening Post Alpha” as described in Mark Frost’s “The Secret History of Twin Peaks” (page 343).

The Secret History of Twin Peaks - Page 353
The Secret History of Twin Peaks – Page 353

I love the mention of the listening post in Part 14 as it’s a nice connection to Mark’s book and to Episode 2002 from Season 2.

Major Briggs and Cooper in Great Northern Hotel room 315
Episode 2.002

When Major Briggs visits Special Agent Dale Cooper in Episode 2002, he delivers an important message (thanks to the encouragement from The Log Lady).

Major Briggs in Room 315 pointing at paperwork
Episode 2002

In the episode, Briggs explains part of his duties, “Well, I may reveal this much: among my many tasks is the maintenance of deep space monitors aimed at galaxies beyond our own. We routinely receive various communications, space garbage, to decode and examine.”

Then he shows Cooper the messages he received – “The Owls are not what they seem” and “Cooper, Cooper, Cooper.”

Sheriff Frank Truman holding Briggs notes
Part 9

The same note reappears in Part 9 from Season 3. I share for no other reason than I thought it was cool when things are connected. Below is about 3m 30s video featuring these three parts from the trail to Jack Rabbit’s Palace. Hopefully you feel as relaxed as I did when I was there.

Special thank you again to Bookhouse Gal Jill Watson for being an excellent tour guide during our visit on September 16, 2019.

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  • Steven Miller at Twede's Cafe enjoying cherry pie and coffee

    A "Twin Peaks" fan since October 1993, Steven Miller launched Twin Peaks Blog in February 2018 to document his decades-long fascination with David Lynch and Mark Frost's wonderful and strange show. With his Canon camera in hand, he's visited numerous film locations, attended Twin Peaks events and conducted extensive historical research about this groundbreaking series. Along with fellow Bookhouse Boys, he dreams of creating a complete Twin Peaks Archive of the series and feature film. Steven currently resides in Central Florida.

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