Sep 28 2024
Ruby Beach is one of the most recognizable stretches of coastline in Olympic National Park. Massive sea stacks rise from the Pacific, enormous driftwood logs collect along the upper beach, rocky tidepools appear as the ocean retreats, and dense coastal forest grows almost to the edge of the sea. Unlike many of Olympic’s wilderness beaches, …
Sep 28 2024
The Hoh Rain Forest is one of Olympic National Park’s most unforgettable landscapes, a place where enormous Sitka spruce and western hemlock rise above carpets of ferns while moss hangs from bigleaf maples in long green curtains. Rain, mild temperatures, old-growth trees, and the constantly moving Hoh River combine to create one of the finest …
Jul 07 2024
Olympic National Park is one of the most varied landscapes in the entire U.S. National Park System. Within a single protected area, visitors can walk beneath ancient temperate rain forest, stand beside glacier-fed rivers, climb into snow-covered mountains, explore alpine meadows, wander along wild Pacific beaches, and watch Roosevelt elk move through misty valleys. Located …
