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Olympic National Park
Pets
 

To help all visitors enjoy the park, to provide for you and your pet's safety and to protect park wildlife, please observe the following rules.

  • Pets are permitted only in park campgrounds, picnic areas and parking lots, along with several ocean beaches. 
  • Pets are not allowed on park trails or beaches -- except for the following three areas where leashed (up to six feet in length) pets are permitted.
    • Rialto Beach one-half mile north to Ellen Creek
    • All Kalaloch beaches (from Ruby Beach south to South Beach)
    • Peabody Creek Trail 

  • Pets are not allowed in the park's designated wilderness, in public buildings or in boats on park rivers.
  • Pets must be on a leash (up to six feet long) at all times.
  • Do not leave your pet unattended.
  • Clean up after your pet.
  • Pets are allowed in campgrounds, but must be kept on a leash or in a kennel at all times.
 

Leashed pets are allowed on trails in Olympic National Forest.

Mossy downed log in dense forest  

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The old growth forests of the Pacific Northwest produce three times the biomass (living or once living material) of tropical rain forests.
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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 13:31 EST