Olympic National Park

The Quinault rainforest and Kestner Homestead are at the southwest corner of Olympic National Park, the park’s newest part. Positioned northeast of Lake Quinault, the Kestners tried to carve a farm out of the rainforest and eventually failed. It wasn’t for lack of effort or associated with lack of water—after all, it is a rainforest. […]

Kalaloch Beach is part of the Olympic National Park overlooking the Pacific Ocean to the west of the mountains in the Olympic National Park. Before planning our trip to the Olympic Penisula I didn’t know that Olympic National Park had two sections. One section is in the mountains and a separate section is on the

The Hoh Rain Forest is at the northwest corner of Olympic National Park in northwestern Washington. This place is wet. Wet is an understatement in a rainforest, but for us, during our visit, because we timed it in September, it never rained. I am very glad that we were able to visit without the threat

Lake Crescent is amazing. Its crystal clear water sparkles with colors ranging from the deepest sapphire blue to turquoise. It is Olympic National Park’s largest lake and Washington’s second-deepest lake. Even though its size doesn’t match Lake Tahoe or Crater Lake, it is just as beautiful as, or, for me, more beautiful. Location From Port Angeles,

Hurricane Ridge is the easiest place in Olympic National Park for most people to visit. It is located about eighteen miles south of Port Angeles, which has an airport and most of the area’s hotels. Olympic National Park is divided into two sections: the main park and the coastline. Both are part of the park.

I have been hearing about the Olympic Rain Shadow for about fifteen years. The Olympic Mountains get lots of rain, so much rain that I could never consider living there. Not willing to live there also holds for Seattle, Tacoma, and almost all of western Washington. As a side note, even though I am grouping