The proposed Steelhead County Park is along the Skykomish River. This part of the shoreline makes a turn, enabling a buildup of small eroded rocks. Shallow water is flowing over the rocks.
In 2012, an exoplanet designated Omicron Ursae Majoris Ab and orbiting the primary at 3.9 astronomical units, was found. This gas giant (4.1 times as massive as Jupiter) completes an orbit in 1630 days.