Post Offices In Mason County

Staffed office with a selection of brochures, maps, magazines, and information available on local activities

Free brochures, maps, and guides in the local museum

Caboose #700 now serves as the Chamber's Visitor Information Center. Built in the 1920s by a Simpson-affiliated railway company, it's a side-door caboose — a style once used to haul less-than-carload freight to logging camps and to carry passengers when rail was often the only way in or out.

Tour the multiple species of bamboo in this well-established garden.

2.53 acres. Parking: Pull-out parking with space for approximately 4 vehicles. Amenities: Log and bandsaw monuments, overlook benches

Built in 1920 by Mark Reed and Irene Simpson Reed, it is currently used for visiting contractors, executives, and Green Diamond interns. The home is also available for weddings and other select events on a case-by-case basis.

Arguably, the single most dramatic point of interest in Mason County is the 685-foot-long steel bridge. Perched 420 feet above the cascading Skokomish River, it was originally a logging railroad bridge built in 1929. The view will take your breath away. From Hwy 101, take Skokomish Valley Road for 5 miles, right at FS #23, 2.5 miles to FS #2340, which leads to the bridge in another 2.5 miles.

Tollie is a Shay locomotive, a type of gear-drive steam engine invented in 1879 and patented in 1881. Unlike traditional rod-drive locomotives, its three cylinders power a line shaft geared to the wheels, giving it the ability to climb steep grades, navigate tight curves, and cross rough or hastily-built log spans — making it a workhorse for early logging operations in terrain other locomotives couldn't handle.