Marymere Falls dropped 90 feet over two very distinct halves of the waterfall: the upper section was a solid steady stream and the lower section braided and separated into shimmering trails. The waterfall was reached by an easy and pretty 0.8 mile forest hike from Lake Crescent in the Olympic […]
The Hoh Rain Forest of Olympic National Park is a beautiful, lush, moss-covered forest reached via an offshoot road that heads into the heart of the Olympic Peninsula from the west side of the highway 101 loop. At road’s end is a visitor’s center and two easily accessible hikes. The […]
Lake Crescent fills a glacier-carved, quarter moon shaped valley in the Olympic National Park, filled with cold waters clear enough to see down 60 feet because of its lack of nitrogen and therefore phytoplankton. Beardslee and Crescenti trout live here; the only place they live in the world. This is […]
Third Beach offers many great parts of the best Olympic Peninsula beaches: seastacks, big driftwood, crashing Pacific waves, isolated non-developed cove, and even a waterfall that splashes directly onto the rocky beach. It is located on Olympic National Park’s Pacific Ocean coastline, reached by a 1.6 mile trail through pretty […]
Sol Duc Falls roar in the old growth forest of Olympic National Park, constantly etching its own canyon deeper. The hike in is just as pretty as the waterfall itself, as the short 1 mile trail passes under the crowns of impressive centuries old trees, through native understory, and by […]
Ruby Beach is one of the more popular beaches along the southwest coast of the Olympic Peninsula because of its easy access and rugged beauty. Located between Kalaloch Lodge and Oil City, it’s a nice place for walking, photography, checking out seastacks, picnics, or throwing a frisbee if the wind’s […]
The Big Cedar Tree is, well, BIG. Because of heavy annual rainfall, damp ocean fog, and supportive soils and surrounding forest, it continues to grown and grow. There are now even other trees growing on this tree, using it as a vertical nurselog.
It has stood for centuries near what is […]