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Duvall, Washington: What to Do, Where to Eat and When to Go
The Snoqualmie Valley town that moved itself up the hill for the railroad, and kept the river, the farms and a Main Street worth a whole Saturday.
POPULATION
8,910 (OFM, 2026)
INCORPORATED
January 6, 1913
FROM SEATTLE
About 25 miles
COUNTY
King
RIVER
Snoqualmie
BIGGEST WEEKEND
Duvall Days, early June
Duvall, Washington is a river town of 8,910 people on the east bank of the Snoqualmie River in King County, about 25 miles from downtown Seattle and a half hour from Bellevue. SR-203 is its Main Street, halfway between Monroe and Carnation, and the downtown of cafes, tasting rooms and shops sits on the hillside above the valley floor. Below it the valley is still farmland: vegetable farms, a sunflower maze in August and cut your own Christmas trees in December. Our story Visiting Snoqualmie Valley Farm Stands starts at a farm stand on Northeast 124th Street between Redmond and Duvall.
The town did not start here. Settlers called the riverside village Cherry Valley, and Francis and James Duvall homesteaded the hillside above it in the 1870s. In 1909 the Great Northern and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroads began laying track along the river, right where the village stood, and after some negotiating the buildings were moved up the hill over the following year. Duvall incorporated on January 6, 1913. Logging gave way to dairy farming by the 1930s, the depot closed in 1936, and the last train blew its whistle through town in 1973.
What the railroad left behind is the reason to come now. The old rail bed is the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, a gravel path that starts at McCormick Park on the riverbank and runs south through Carnation toward North Bend. The farmhouse that was dragged up the hill in that move is open on summer Sundays. And Main Street has filled in with a farm to table restaurant run by actual farmers, a brewery, two wine tasting rooms and a 1934 tavern. Our verdict: worth a Saturday, and worth timing for Duvall Days in June or the Sandblast sand carving weekend in July.
Getting Here
Driving From Seattle: 25 Miles Over SR-520 and Novelty Hill Road
From Pike Place Market it is about 25 miles and roughly 40 minutes to Duvall City Hall without traffic. The usual route crosses Lake Washington on SR-520, which is a toll bridge, then follows Avondale Road and Northeast Novelty Hill Road east, drops down Northeast 124th Street across the valley floor and climbs into town on SR-203. From Bellevue Square it is about 17 miles and half an hour on the same roads, and from Redmond Town Center about 10 miles and 20 minutes. If you are coming from Woodinville, Northeast Woodinville-Duvall Road is the direct line, about 11 miles and 22 minutes, and it crosses the Snoqualmie River into town.
Know one thing before a winter trip: the valley floor floods. In the December 2025 flood, Northeast 124th Street by Duvall was one of the roads King County closed, and the Snoqualmie River was back in a flood phase in March 2026. When the river is up, check King County’s My Commute road map before you leave and plan on the Woodinville-Duvall Road or SR-203 instead.
Flying In and Coming From the North or South
The Seattle airport is about 33 miles and 52 minutes away by I-405 and SR-520, and Paine Field in Everett is about 25 miles and 40 minutes. From Monroe and US-2 it is about 10 miles and 16 minutes south on SR-203, and from Carnation about 9 miles and 16 minutes north on the same highway. Snoqualmie Falls is about 19 miles and 33 minutes away by SR-203 and SR-202, which makes Duvall an easy north end to a valley loop.
Once you are here, park once. Depot Park, McCormick Park, the farmers market at Taylor Landing and every restaurant on this page sit within an easy walk of Main Street.
Things to Do
Trails
Snoqualmie Valley Trail: The Old Milwaukee Road Bed Starts at McCormick Park
The Snoqualmie Valley Trail begins at McCormick Park on the Duvall riverbank and follows the former Milwaukee Road rail bed south through Carnation, past Tolt-MacDonald Park and on toward Rattlesnake Lake outside North Bend, roughly 30 miles in all. It is flat gravel, open to walkers, runners and bikes, and the stretches out of Duvall run under a tree canopy beside the farm fields. Pick any turnaround that suits you and walk or ride back the same way.
Parks
McCormick Park: Duvall's Riverfront, Beach and Summer Stage
McCormick Park is Duvall's largest park, stretched along the east bank of the Snoqualmie River below downtown, with a sandy river beach, picnic tables, a covered picnic area and the north trailhead of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail. In summer it is the town's living room: SummerStage concerts on Wednesday evenings in July and the Sandblast sand carving festival in mid July both happen here. The river is cold and the current is real, so watch children closely at the water's edge.
History
Dougherty Farmstead: The 1888 Farmhouse That Moved Up the Hill
James O'Leary built this house in 1888, when Washington was still a territory, in the riverside village of Cherry Valley. John and Kate Dougherty bought it in 1898, and when the railroads took the valley floor the house was pulled up the hill by horses to where it stands now; the family lived in it until Leo Dougherty died in 1983. The Duvall Historical Society opens the house, bunkhouse and milk barn from 1 to 4 PM every Sunday from May through September 30, and the Cherry Valley Pioneer Cemetery is next door.
Public Art
Depot Park and the Main Street Art Walk: Cedar Planks, Trolls and a Buried Sculpture
Start at Depot Park, where the 1911 railroad depot now sits after being donated to the city and moved off the riverbank, then walk up the hill past Origins, Free Spirit and Future Bridge, the three sculptures unveiled in 2013, the first of them by local artist Dan Cautrell. Main Street's light poles carry hand carved cedar planks, each with a QR code at its base that plays the artist's own story, and two new community murals went up at First Avenue NE in 2025. Look for the four trolls by Bruce Edwards on the Woodinville-Duvall Road bridge rails, but see them from your car, because the bridge has no sidewalk.
Hikes
Cherry Creek Falls: A Five Mile Walk to a 25 Foot Waterfall
Cherry Creek Falls is a 5 mile round trip with about 450 feet of gain on state Department of Natural Resources land, ending at a 25 foot waterfall that pours into a wide pool. The trailhead is about 4.5 miles and 11 minutes from downtown on NE Cherry Valley Road and Mountain View Road, and parking is only allowed on the shoulder of Mountain View Road, so arrive early on weekends. Leashed dogs are welcome, and the creek runs all year, though the left side of the falls usually dries up by autumn.
Farms
Lora Lee's Family Farm: An August Sunflower Maze and December Christmas Trees
Lora Lee's sits on the valley floor at 17651 West Snoqualmie River Road NE, about two miles north of downtown, and it runs two seasons. Sunflower mazes usually bloom in the second or third week of August and stay open into late September, with sunflower and dahlia cutting gardens, but pets stay home for that season. Christmas tree season opens Friday, November 27, 2026, with cut your own grand, Turkish, Nordmann and noble firs, hand saws to borrow from the barn, free baling, and leashed dogs welcome.
Farm Store
Local Roots Farm Store: Vegetables Grown Just Below Town
Siri and Jason run Local Roots Farm on about twenty acres of the Snoqualmie Valley floor, farming by organic practices without the certification, and they sell what they grow at this storefront at 26331 NE Valley Street, a block off Main Street. Expect greens, herbs and whatever is in season, plus the radicchio the farm is known for. It is open six days a week, 9 AM to 7 PM weekdays and 9 AM to 6 PM on weekends, and closed Tuesday.
Markets
Duvall Farmers Market: Thursday Afternoons at Taylor Landing
The Duvall Farmers Market sets up every Thursday from 3 to 7 PM at Taylor Landing, the shaded riverside park at 16201 Main Street NE, with produce from the valley farms and local makers. It runs Thursday afternoons from early May into mid October. The park has a playground, so it works for an early dinner stop with kids.
Breweries
Valley House Brewing Co.: A 15 Barrel Brewhouse on Main Street
Valley House brews its beer in house on a 15 barrel system, leans on Washington grown malt and hops, and serves a rotating food menu with specials built to go with the beer. There is a patio under umbrellas out front at 16111 Main Street NE. It is 21 and over, opens at 3 PM on weekdays and noon on Saturday, and does brunch on Sunday from 10 AM.
Wine
Martinez & Martinez: Horse Heaven Hills Wine in Downtown Duvall
Martinez & Martinez is a family winery growing estate grapes in the Horse Heaven Hills, and it calls itself one of the first Mexican American owned wineries in Washington. Its second tasting room is downstairs at 15935 Main Street NE, Suite B, where you can taste the estate Cabernet Sauvignon and the Carmenere. It is open Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 7 PM and weekends from noon to 7 PM, and closed Monday.
Animals
Enchanted Farms: Alpacas, Sheep and Bunnies by Appointment
Enchanted Farms is a small family farm about 6 miles and 16 minutes southeast of downtown at 31620 NE 129th Street, and every visit is booked ahead and guided so groups stay small. The 45 minute guided farm tour costs $25, children under 2 are free, and it covers feeding the sheep, petting the bunnies and meeting the alpacas. In December the farm adds Christmas photo sessions with an alpaca in a barn stall.
“Settlers called it Cherry Valley until the railroad wanted the riverbank. So the town picked up its buildings and moved them up the hill.”
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Where to Stay
Willows Lodge
The splurge, about 11 miles and 23 minutes west in Woodinville. It is a Northwest style lodge with a restaurant and spa on Northeast 145th Street, the same road as Chateau Ste. Michelle, so a stay here puts Woodinville wine country and a Duvall day on either side of one night.
See the listingSalish Lodge and Spa
The lodge at the top of Snoqualmie Falls, about 19 miles and 32 minutes south of Duvall in Snoqualmie. Rooms come with fireplaces and whirlpool tubs, there is a spa with soaking pools and two restaurants, and some rooms are dog friendly. It is the stay for a special occasion, not a budget night.
See the listingBest Western Sky Valley Inn
The practical choice, about 10 miles and 16 minutes north on SR-203 in Monroe, right on US-2. Expect free parking, free WiFi, a hot breakfast and a seasonal outdoor pool, and an easy start the next morning if you are heading east toward Stevens Pass.
See the listingTolt-MacDonald Park Yurts and Campground
King County's park in Carnation, about 10 miles and 18 minutes south, has six yurts overlooking the river plus seasonal sites for tents and RVs, all with fire pits. The Snoqualmie Valley Trail runs past the park, so you can ride to Duvall for dinner. Reserve through King County Parks; the gate locks at 10 PM in summer and at dusk the rest of the year.
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Food & Drink
The Grange: Dinner From Hearth Farm in Duvall’s Old Grange Hall
The Grange is the restaurant we would build a Duvall day around. Owners Sarah Cassidy and Luke Woodward are farmers first; they founded Oxbow Farm in Carnation in 1999 and ran it for 17 years before buying the old Grange Cafe in 2017 and reopening it as The Grange on Friday, July 13, 2018. Their Hearth Farm grows most of the produce and pork in the warmer months, the kitchen pickles, ferments and butchers whole animals, and the menu leans on seasonal plates and pizzas. It is in Duvall’s old Grange Hall building at 15611 Main Street NE. Dinner runs Wednesday through Saturday from 5 to 8 PM, Sunday has brunch from 10 AM to 2 PM plus dinner, and it is closed Monday and Tuesday. Reservations are taken for any size party, and the Irish Music Circle fills a weeknight about once a month.
Duvall Tavern: Burgers and Cold Beer Since 1934
The Duvall Tavern has been pouring since 1934, the year after Prohibition ended, and still bills itself as the place to drink where the locals drink. Expect big burgers, fish and chips, wings, pork birria flautas and a long list of bar snacks at 15807 Main Street NE. It opens at 11 AM every day and stays open until 2 AM on Saturday, so it is the safe bet for a late meal after a SummerStage show.
Amarillo Barbecue: A Texas Smokehouse That Started in Omaha
Amarillo Barbecue first opened in Omaha, Nebraska in 1987 and ran there for more than 22 years before the current owners bought it and brought it to Main Street in Duvall. The menu is Texas style smokehouse food: brisket, baby back ribs and pork belly burnt ends. It is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11:30 AM, closing at 7 PM midweek and 8 PM on Friday and Saturday.
Breakfast and Coffee: Corie’s Cafe, Grateful Bread and C. C. Espresso
For breakfast, Corie’s Cafe at 15820 Main Street NE serves breakfast and brunch all day alongside Filipino inspired comfort food, from 7 AM to 2 PM every day but Wednesday. Grateful Bread Bakery and Cafe at 15602 Main Street NE pours Caffe Vita coffee and bakes croissants, scones, muffins and cinnamon rolls, open 7 AM to 3 PM every day. And C. C. Espresso and Ice Creamery at 15525 Main Street NE does both of the things in its name, from 6 AM to 9 PM daily, which makes it the last stop on a summer evening.
Valley House Brewing and Two Main Street Tasting Rooms
Valley House Brewing Co. at 16111 Main Street NE brews on its own 15 barrel system and uses Washington grown malt and hops wherever it can, with a food menu built to go with the beer. It is 21 and over. A few doors apart on Main Street, Martinez & Martinez pours its Horse Heaven Hills estate wines in a second tasting room at 15935 Main Street NE, and William Grassie Wine Estates runs a Duvall tasting room at 15705 Main Street NE. Between the three you can make an afternoon of it without moving the car.
Festivals & Events
May
Duvall Civic Club Garden Art Sale and Craft Fair
The Duvall Civic Club's spring plant sale, with bedding plants, vegetable starts, perennials and small trees mostly donated by supporters, plus a craft fair. It runs over a weekend in early May (the 2026 sale was the 50th), and the proceeds fund local scholarships and community causes.
June
Duvall Days
Duvall's biggest weekend, held on the first weekend in June. It opens with a 5K run and live music on Friday, then a Saturday grand parade, Main Street closed to cars for vendor booths and music, a beer garden, an evening main stage at McCormick Park and fireworks.
July
SummerStage
Free outdoor concerts at McCormick Park on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 8:30 PM, with food trucks on site; bring a blanket. The series opens in early July, and 2025 marked its 25th year.
July
Sandblast Festival of the Arts
Master sand carvers build sculptures on the Snoqualmie riverbank at McCormick Park, with live music, artist booths, family activities and a beer and wine garden. It is free, presented by the Duvall Foundation for the Arts, and it is held on a weekend in mid July.
August
Sunflower Season at Lora Lee's Family Farm
The sunflower mazes at Lora Lee's usually bloom in the second or third week of August, and the farm staggers its plantings to stretch the season into late September.
December
Light Up Duvall Tree Lighting
The City of Duvall and the Duvall Chamber of Commerce light the town tree at Depot Park, with free Santa photos in the depot building, a children's winter market, community craft booths and live music. The 2026 lighting is Friday, December 4, from 5 to 8 PM.
Day Trips
Carnation: Tolt-MacDonald Park, Remlinger Farms and a Tuesday Market
Carnation is about 9 miles and 16 minutes south on SR-203, and it is the natural other half of a Duvall day. Tolt-MacDonald Park sits where the Tolt River meets the Snoqualmie, with a 500 foot suspension footbridge over the river, about twelve miles of forest and riverside trails on the far bank, and chinook salmon spawning below the bridge in fall. The Carnation Farmers Market sets up in the park on summer Tuesdays from 3 to 7 PM. Remlinger Farms, about 10 miles and 21 minutes from Duvall, started as a small pick your own strawberry and pumpkin farm in 1965 and grew into a family amusement park; read Visiting Remlinger Farms and listen to our conversation with fourth generation owner Nathan Sherfey. For the town’s own story, hear Carnation Mayor Jim Ribail on the podcast.
Snoqualmie Falls and the Upper Valley: 268 Feet of Water 33 Minutes Away
Snoqualmie Falls is about 19 miles and 33 minutes from Duvall by SR-203 and SR-202. The falls drop 268 feet over granite cliffs, the park is owned and run by Puget Sound Energy, admission is free, and the upper parking lot across the street is free while the lower lot charges a fee. Salish Lodge and Spa sits at the top of the falls. Keep going to Snoqualmie and North Bend, about 24 miles and 44 minutes from Duvall, where the Snoqualmie Valley Trail ends near Rattlesnake Lake. Issaquah is about 20 miles and 41 minutes away.
Woodinville Wine Country: 11 Miles West on Woodinville-Duvall Road
Woodinville is about 11 miles and 22 minutes west, and its wine district along Northeast 145th Street, home to Chateau Ste. Michelle and Willows Lodge, is the easiest pairing with a Duvall farm morning. Novelty Hill Januik is on the Woodinville-Redmond Road nearby. Go a little further and Kirkland and the Lake Washington waterfront are about 15 miles and 30 minutes from Duvall.
North on SR-203: Monroe, Snohomish and US-2
Monroe is about 10 miles and 16 minutes north on SR-203, where the highway meets US-2. From there, Snohomish and its First Street downtown are about 17 miles and 28 minutes from Duvall, and US-2 climbs east toward Stevens Pass, about 59 miles and an hour and a half from Duvall without traffic. More trips in this corner of the state are on our Northwest Washington region page.
Planning Your Visit
Best Time to Visit Duvall: June Through September
Summer is Duvall’s season. Duvall Days takes over Main Street on the first weekend of June, the farmers market runs Thursday afternoons from early May into mid October, SummerStage puts free concerts in McCormick Park on Wednesday evenings in July, and the Sandblast sand carving festival lands in mid July. The Dougherty Farmstead opens only on Sundays from May through September, and Lora Lee’s sunflowers usually bloom in the second or third week of August. Fall brings pumpkins and spawning salmon at Tolt-MacDonald Park, and late November through mid December is Christmas tree season on the valley farms. For December planning, see our guides to Christmas Tree Farms in Washington and Christmas Markets in Washington State, and read Holiday Wreath Making In Duvall.
Winter Means Floods on the Valley Floor
Duvall’s downtown sits above the river, but the farm roads below it do not. The Snoqualmie floods in wet winters, the December 2025 flood was the valley’s worst since 2019, and roads like Northeast 124th Street close when it does. In the wet months, check the King County My Commute map and the river phase before you drive, and pick the Woodinville-Duvall Road or SR-203 if the valley roads are shut.
How Long to Stay, and Where to Sleep
One full day covers Duvall: a walk on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, the art on Main Street, lunch, a tasting room and dinner at The Grange. Add a night if you want Cherry Creek Falls in the morning or a Carnation and Snoqualmie Falls loop the next day. Duvall itself has almost no hotel rooms, so plan to sleep in Woodinville, Snoqualmie or Monroe, camp in a yurt at Tolt-MacDonald Park, or book a cabin in the valley. Check the hours before you drive: The Grange and Amarillo Barbecue are closed Monday and Tuesday, Corie’s is closed Wednesday, and the Local Roots Farm Store is closed Tuesday.
More Duvall on EWS
Directory
Duvall Farmers Market
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Carnation Farmers Market
Story
Conquering Cherry Creek Falls
Story
Holiday Wreath Making In Duvall
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Visiting Snoqualmie Valley Farm Stands
Story
Visiting Remlinger Farms
Story
Remlinger Farms with Nathan Sherfey
Story
Carnation with Mayor Jim Ribail
Guide
Christmas Tree Farms in Washington
Guide
Christmas Markets in Washington State
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Get your free cardFrequently Asked Questions
What is Duvall, Washington known for?
Duvall is known as the north end of the Snoqualmie Valley farm country and the starting point of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, which begins at McCormick Park on the river. It is also known for moving itself: the original village of Cherry Valley sat on the riverbank, and when the railroads came through around 1910 its buildings were moved up the hill, where the new town was briefly named Cosgrove before it became Duvall. And it is the town of the 1968 Piano Drop, when nearly 3,000 people watched an upright piano fall from a helicopter on a local farm.
Is Duvall, Washington worth visiting?
Yes, for a full day. Walk or bike the Snoqualmie Valley Trail from McCormick Park, follow the art up Main Street, buy vegetables at the Local Roots Farm Store, and have dinner at The Grange. Add the hike to Cherry Creek Falls or a Thursday at the Duvall Farmers Market, and time it for Duvall Days in June or Sandblast in July if you can.
How far is Duvall from Seattle?
Duvall is about 25 miles from Pike Place Market, roughly 40 minutes without traffic by SR-520, Avondale Road and Novelty Hill Road. SR-520 is a toll bridge. The Seattle airport is about 33 miles and 52 minutes away, and Bellevue is about 17 miles and half an hour.
What is the population of Duvall, WA?
Washington’s Office of Financial Management estimates Duvall’s population at 8,910 as of April 1, 2026, up from 8,034 in the 2020 census. Carnation, the next town south, has about 2,415 people.
What was the Duvall Piano Drop?
On April 28, 1968, an upright piano was dropped from a helicopter onto Larry Van Over’s farm in Duvall. He expected a few hundred people and nearly 3,000 showed up. The crowd’s reaction inspired the Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair later that year, and the Piano Drop appears on Free Spirit, one of the sculptures on Duvall’s public art walk.
When is Duvall Days?
Duvall Days is held on the first weekend in June, with a 5K run on Friday, a Saturday grand parade on Main Street, vendor booths, a beer garden, an evening main stage at McCormick Park and fireworks.
Are there hotels in Duvall, Washington?
Duvall has almost no hotel rooms of its own, so most visitors stay nearby: Willows Lodge in Woodinville is about 23 minutes west, Salish Lodge and Spa in Snoqualmie is about 32 minutes south, and the Best Western Sky Valley Inn in Monroe is about 16 minutes north. Tolt-MacDonald Park in Carnation rents six yurts, and the valley has cabin rentals.
Does the Snoqualmie River flood in Duvall?
Downtown Duvall sits on the hillside above the river, but the valley floor below it floods in wet winters. The December 2025 flood was the valley’s worst since 2019 and closed roads including Northeast 124th Street by Duvall. In the wet months, check King County’s My Commute road map before driving the valley roads.