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The Hoh River in winter. The Hoh River is a river of the Pacific Northwest, located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington.About 56 miles (90 km) long, [3] the Hoh River originates at the snout of Hoh Glacier on Mount Olympus and flows westward through the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest, then through foothills in a broad valley ...
Hoh Rainforest is one of the largest temperate rainforests in the U.S., located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state. [1] It encompasses 24 square miles (62 km 2 ) of low elevation forest along the Hoh River , ranging from 394 to 2,493 feet (120 to 760 m).
The Hoh moved onto the Hoh Indian Reservation at the mouth of the Hoh River, on the Pacific Coast of Jefferson County, after the signing of the Quinault Treaty on July 1, The reservation has a land area of 1.929 square kilometres (477 acres) and a 2000 census resident population of 102 persons, 81 of whom were Native Americans.
The coastal portion of the park is a rugged, sandy beach along with a strip of adjacent forest. It is 60 miles (97 km) long but just a few miles wide, with native communities at the mouths of two rivers. The Hoh River has the Hoh people and at the town of La Push at the mouth of the Quileute River live the Quileute. [13] Tide pools form at low tide
Ecological Characteristics of Crowberry Bog in the Hoh River Basin; Ecological characteristics of a coastal raised bog, one of the rarest wetland types in the western ...
Westcott suggests visiting during the dry season (June to October) for river cruises, ... Hoh Rain Forest is like stepping into a green fantasy world with its moss-covered maples, vibrant ferns ...
Barkley named the river where the second massacre took place the Destruction River. Captain George Vancouver later transferred the name to Isla de Dolores when the river was named after the tribe in the area, the Hoh River. [7] Three shipwrecks occurred at the island in 1889: Cassanora Adams, Port Gordon, and Wide West. [4]
Bacon Creek; Goodell Creek; Stillaguamish River. Boulder River; Snohomish River. Pilchuck River; Skykomish River. Sultan River; Wallace River. Olney Creek; North Fork ...