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Olympic National Park is a United States national park located in the State of Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. [ 3] The park has four regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, the west-side temperate rainforest, and the forests of the drier east side. [ 4] Within the park there are three distinct ecosystems, including subalpine forest ...
The Hoh Rainforest is home to a National Park Service ranger station, from which backcountry trails extend deeper into the national park. Near the visitor center is the Hall of Mosses Trail, a short trail—0.8 miles (1.3 km)— which gives visitors a feel for the local ecosystem and views of maples draped with large growths of spikemoss. There ...
Lake Cushman (Twana: ʔiluʔəɬ) [1] is a 4,014.6-acre (16.247 km 2) [2] lake and reservoir on the north fork of the Skokomish River in Mason County, Washington.The lake originally was a long narrow broadening of the Skokomish River formed in a glacial trough and dammed by a terminal moraine from the Vashon Glaciation during the most recent ice age.
From temperate rainforests to miles of coastline; from waterfalls and lakes to hiking, backpacking, and camping; from boating to skiing to glacier travel and mountaineering--Olympic has ...
Olympic National Forest. / 47.809972°N 123.066722°W / 47.809972; -123.066722. Olympic National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in Washington, USA. With an area of 628,115 acres (254,189 ha), it nearly surrounds Olympic National Park and the Olympic Mountain range. Olympic National Forest contains parts of Clallam, Grays ...
Lake Crescent. / 48.06; -123.83. Lake Crescent is a deep lake located entirely within Olympic National Park in Clallam County, Washington, United States, approximately 17 miles (27 km) west of Port Angeles on U.S. Route 101, near the small community of Piedmont. With an official maximum depth of 624 feet (190 m), it is officially the second ...
The Sol Duc River (also spelled Soleduck) is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. About 78 miles (126 km) long, it flows west through the northwest part of the Olympic Peninsula, from the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest, then through the broad Sol Duc Valley. Near the Pacific Ocean the Sol Duc River ...
The Brothers Wilderness is a designated wilderness area located in the Olympic National Forest on the eastern side of the Olympic Peninsula south of Buckhorn Wilderness and north of Mount Skokomish Wilderness. [1] The wilderness area comprises 16,337 acres (6,611 ha) administered by the U.S. Forest Service. [2]