Camp 6 Logging Museum

Camp 6 Logging Museum was a forest-based institution on a 14-acre site in Point Defiance Park that displayed railroad tracks and multiple buildings filled with logging equipment. The collection featured roughly 500 tons of machinery that showed how the Pacific Northwest timber industry operated.

The museum was established in 1964 by Western Forest Industries Museum Inc and operated the site until 2010. Closure came due to lack of funding, which led to the distribution of its collections across multiple institutions in Washington, Oregon, and California.

The exhibitions demonstrate the methods and equipment of the Pacific Northwest logging industry through authentic machinery and reconstructed worker accommodations.

The museum grounds could be walked through on foot with direct access to the machinery and buildings spread across forest paths. Since the exhibition closed after 2010, only historical building remains are visible on site today.

The Pacific Coast Shay Lima locomotive numbered 3346 and the Weyerhaeuser Tower Skidder were two notable machines from the exhibition. After closure, these were moved to the Roots of Motive Power Museum where they remain preserved today.

GPS coordinates: 47.30330,-122.52770

Latest update: December 14, 2025 09:46