Cle Elum, Washington

About Cle Elum

Set in the central part of Washington, Cle Elum is a small town counting 2,276 people who proudly call it home.

Officially, Cle Elum is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 4.49 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 507 residents per square mile.

📰 Cle Elum News Today

• Brush fire, semi crash block WA's I-90 Snoqualmie Pass on Monday FOX 13 Seattle · Aug 17
• Three Queens Fire over 3,700 acres, extensive evacuations and closures around Kachess & Cle Elum lakes AppleValleyNewsNow.com · Aug 17
• 21-acre wildfire breaks out south of Cle Elum | News | nbcrightnow.com nbcrightnow.com · Aug 13
• Need an extra lift? Teanaway Training Hall opens in Cle Elum dailyrecordnews.com · Aug 18
• DNR firefighters working to contain Taneum Creek Fire south of Cle Elum dailydispatch.com · Aug 14

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Cle Elum Unique

• The only place in America named Cle Elum — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Part of the fabric of Washington — one of 639 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Cle Elum

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Cle Elum

• Miner Pizza & Pastry — pizza
• Swiftwater Cellars
• The Cottage Cafe — burger
• Cle Elum Pizza Co. — pizza
• Coal Chute
• El Caporal — mexican
• Gravity Coffee (café)
• Kodiak Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Lentine's Italian Restaurant — italian
• Los Cabos Mexican Restaurant — mexican

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Carpenter Museum · Museum
• Telephone Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Cle Elum

• Centennial Park reviews ★
• Cle Elum City Park reviews ★
• Howard Carlin Memorial Trailhead Park reviews ★
• Memorial Park reviews ★
• Miller-Guzzie Park reviews ★
• Rotary’s Flagpole Park reviews ★
• Teanaway Valley Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Wye Park reviews ★
• Coal Mines Trail Park reviews ★
• Dawson Park reviews ★
• Washington State Horse Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Cle Elum

• Cle Elum Roslyn Elementary
• Cle Elum Roslyn High School
• Swiftwater Alternative High School
• Walter Strom Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Cle Elum

🏘️ Nearby Communities