There are incredible things to do in Olympic National Park and it’s a place you can come to find not only solace and silence, but also endless adventures!
You’ll be surrounded by the call of the rushing rivers, shimmering lakes, cascading waterfalls, rolling surf and old-growth forests that whisper their secrets.
Here is where you’ll find glacier chiseled U shaped valleys and sub-alpine meadows filled with singing marmots, friendly black-tailed deer and vibrant wildflowers.
This 12 mile long sapphire-colored lake sparkles, and it was here, at Lake Crescent Lodge (formerly Singer’s Tavern) that President Franklin Roosevelt decided to authorize the surrounding wilderness as a national park.
The lowland old-growth forests have Douglas fir and western hemlock forests with trees that exceed 200 years old, and have a multi-layered canopy with abundant downed wood and standing dead trees.
Due to its 12-14 feet of rain per year and temperatures that stay between freezing and 80 the perfect mossy, lush ecosystem can grow here. Hoh and Quinault are the most well known Olympic forests. Bogachiel and Queets are two more.
From tide pools filled with colorful and intriguing creatures, arches and sea stacks or oodles of driftwood to play with on the beach, you’ll be entertained and in awe on the Olympic Peninsula coastline.