<P> In 1865, Matts Peterson homesteaded the site that ultimately became North Bend . Deeply in debt, he sold the property to Borst and moved east of the mountains . Borst wrote to Will Taylor, who had left the area to go mining in California, and offered him the Peterson place in exchange for labor . Taylor returned and prospered as a farmer and operator of a trading post . He platted North Bend as Snoqualmie but because another nearby town had the same name, renamed it Mountain View . However, the Post Office Department objected to the name Mountain View, so it was renamed North Bend after its location near the north bend of the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River . North Bend was officially incorporated on March 12, 1909 . </P> <P> North Bend is located at 47 ° 29 ′ 38" N 121 ° 47 ′ 10" W ﻿ / ﻿ 47.49389 ° N 121.78611 ° W ﻿ / 47.49389; - 121.78611 (47.493831, - 121.786247). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.31 square miles (11.16 km), of which, 4.27 square miles (11.06 km) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km) is water . </P> <P> North Bend is located in the foothills of the Cascade Range just 31 miles (50 km) east of Seattle in the upper valley of the Snoqualmie River . The nearest town, Snoqualmie, Washington, is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) to the northwest . Both towns lie near the center of the Mountains to Sound Greenway . The most prominent geological feature nearby, Mount Si looms over the town . To the south is Rattlesnake Ridge . Mount Si stands at 4,167 feet (1,270 m) and towers above the town, itself at around 440 ft (130 m). A 4 - mile (6.4 km) trail zig zags up to the summit with a vertical climb of 3,500 feet (1,100 m). </P> <P> North Bend annexed Tanner, Washington and the Stilson area July 6, 2009 . </P>

How far is north bend wa from seattle wa