Olympic National Park

History & Location

Olympic National Park is a place of colossal characteristic decent variety and stunning magnificence with more than 922,651 acres of land of protected wild. Little has changed since its first follows as a home of Native American clans and, later, its first settlements by Europeans in the late 1500s. President Grover Cleveland assigned the Olympic Peninsula’s woodlands as the Olympic Forest Reserve in 1897, always protecting its quietness and magnificent excellence ever. At last, in 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt marked the demonstration setting up this National Park.

Seattle to Olympic National Park

The most ideal approach to see the Olympic Peninsula is via car. Numerous guests like to drive from Aberdeen on northbound US-101 and “do the circle”, finishing off with Olympia, taking three or four days to visit the National Park and Forest region.

Olympic National Park Lodging

Lake Crescent Lodge

The Lake Crescent Lodge is situated on the north side of Olympic Peninsula. It is arranged around 25 miles southwest of Port Angeles, Washington, on Highway 101. In the case of going from Seattle, until you reach near head northwest on Highway 101, past Port Angeles. This should take you roughly 2.5 long periods of voyaging time.

Lake Quinault Lodge

The Lake Quinault Lodge is found roughly 3 hours from Seattle, WA and 3.5 hours from Portland. Or From I-5 North or South, take exit 104 at Olympia and go straight west to Aberdeen-Hoquiam. From Hoquiam, go north on US 101 for 40 miles to milepost 125. Take a right hand turn on South Shore Road and go until you reach 2 miles to the Lodge.

Log Cabin Resort

The Log Cabin Resort, similar to Lake Crescent Lodge, is situated on the north side of Olympic Peninsula. It is roughly 25 miles west of Port Angeles, WA, on East Beach Road. To arrive, travel northwest on Highway 101 from Seattle and take a privilege onto East Beach Road not long before you arrive at Lake Crescent. This should take you somewhere in the range of 2.5 and 3 hours of voyaging time.

Olympic National Park Camping

Sol Duc Hot Springs

Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort is halfway situated on the north side of Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. Only 12 miles into the inside of National Park, as a result it is easy to reach from Highway 101, which circumnavigates the Park Peninsula.

Take Highway 101 traveling west from Port Angeles until you arrive around 28 miles. Just past Lake Crescent, watch for the Olympic National Park sign that peruses Sol Duc Valley Hot Springs Resort. Turn left off Hwy. 101 onto Sol Duc Hot Springs Rd. Travel south for roughly 12 miles, until you arrive at Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort. It is around one hour from Port Angeles.

Hurricane Ridge

The Hurricane Ridge founds in south of Port Angeles focused in this National Park. In the case of going from Seattle, take Highway 101 to Port Angeles and take a left hand turn onto South Race Street, which transforms into this Ridge Road. Take this street right to the end until it anticipate that this course should take about 4 hours via vehicle.

Olympic National Park Map

Park as a World Heritage Site

In 1981, the Historic National Park was named as a World Heritage site which is because of the acknowledgment of its remarkable characteristic excellence and extraordinary assorted variety of plants and creatures. Situated in the northwest of Washington State, this National Park is eminent for the decent variety of its environments. A broad old development timberland encompasses ice sheet clad pinnacles scattered with numerous high knolls, making this Park the best case of unblemished and secured mild downpour woodland in the Pacific Northwest.