• Olympic: Three Parks in One

    Olympic

    National Park Washington

  • Olympic Hot Springs Road Closed

    The Elwha Valley's Olympic Hot Springs Road is closed to public entry beyond the Altair Campground during removal of the Glines Canyon Dam. Olympic Hot Springs is not accessible from the Elwha.

Park Newsletter October 6, 2006

paved trail through forest with workers in background
Members of park trail crew repair asphalt paving along the wheelchair accessible "mini trail" at the Hoh Rain Forest.
 

Trails Improved at Hoh Rain Forest
Visitors, especially those in wheelchairs or pushing strollers, will notice improvements to the short loop trail at the Hoh Rain Forest. 

This August and September, trail crew members put down new asphalt to smooth and repair cracks and holes in the quarter-mile long accessible trail. Wooden guard rails were installed in areas where the trail rises above the surrounding ground level. 

The trail crew also  upgraded 1,000 lineal feet of trails in the picnic area , replacing deteriorated asphalt with crushed rock to make them easier to maintain. 
 More on visiting Olympic's rain forests.
More on accessible trails and facilities in Olympic National Park.

 

 

Razor Clamming This Weekend
Razor clam digs have been scheduled for evening tides this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the park's Kalaloch Beach.
More info ...

 
red, orange and green colors on mountain meadow
Fall colors at their peak in the Seven Lakes Basin, late September 2006.
Janet Kailin, Olympic National Park

Did You Know?

Mossy downed log in dense forest

The old growth forests of the Pacific Northwest produce three times the biomass (living or once living material) of tropical rain forests. More...