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Northern Washington

Olympic National Park

Rainforests in Washington.

West of Seattle, the Olympic peninsula sticks out like the thumb of Washington’s hand. Olympic is an enormous park. It has alpine and rain forests, lakes, streams, mountains and beaches.

Did you know Washington State has Rainforests?! After a 5am wake up call,  we beat the crowds at Hoh Rainforest. The Spruce Nature Trail and Hall of Mosses Loop are a MUST DO! Interesting fact: the Hoh Rainforest gets as much as 14 feet of rain a year. Wow! The prevalent fog and mist contributes the equivalent of another 30 inches of rain, resulting in one of the world’s lushest rain forests

Ruby Beach was another favorite. Famous for the reddish sand that occasionally gathers and large, rock islands known as sea stacks, it’s one of the most well-known and highly anticipated beaches to visit along the Olympic coastline. So many wonders such as tide pools, drift wood shore lines, sea stacks and a mysterious fog that covers the northernmost beach in the Kalaloch area.

A few of our favorites

Grand Prismatic Spring

View Mount Olympus from Hurricane Ridge

Ruby Beach

Hoh Rain Forest

See the Hole-in-the-Wall at Rialto Beach

Picnic on the shore of Lake Crescent

Sol Duc Falls

Second Beach Trail where the forest meets the ocean

Get out on Olympic’s Lakes

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47.8021° N • 123.6044° W