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Olympic National Park
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Views from Hurricane Ridge

Exploring the Mountains
Spectacular scenery, glacier-capped peaks and mountain meadows beckon.

Roads to Hurricane Ridge and Deer Park provide vehicle access to the park's mountain wilderness. 

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Easy trails bring you into a forested wilderness.

Exploring the Forests
Forests blanket most of the park's low and middle elevations; temperate rainforest is found on the park's west-facing slopes and valleys. Higher up, the forests give way to clumps of trees among the subalpine meadows.

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Kelp intrigues a young beachcomber.

Exploring the Coast
Roads and short trails provide access to much of Olympic's 72-mile wilderness coast.

Here you will find wide, sandy beaches, rocky headlands and views of wave-battered offshore "sea stacks".

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Mossy downed log in dense forest

Did You Know?
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 00:22 MST