Olympic National Park - Olympic National Park Wilderness Information Center (U.S. National Park Service)

If you have questions about trails, permits, reservations, quotas, food storage requirements, weather or other Wilderness related questions, contact a park ranger at the Wilderness Information Center (WIC) in Port Angeles.

Contact us at the WIC in Port Angeles:

Phone Number: (360) 565-3100 (wilderness permits, reservations and information). If you can't get through, leave us a message and we will do our best to call you back.

Email Address: e-mail us (backcountry questions only, please)

Mailing Address: Olympic National Park, WIC, 600 East Park Avenue, Port Angeles, WA 98362 (This is not our physical address. See below.)

Directions: Follow U.S. Highway 101 to Port Angeles. Once in Port Angeles, follow signs to Olympic National Park Visitor Center and follow Race St. to the visitor center. The WIC is located within the Olympic National Park Visitor Center at 3002 Mt. Angeles Rd.

2011 Hours:

Summer/Fall:

September 6 through September 30 - Open 7:30 am to 5:00 pm
September 30 through October 22 - Open 8am to 4pm
Oct. 23 through March 29 - Permits and bear cans are available 7 days a week at the park visitor center in Port Angeles from 9am to 4pm. Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Quinault Wilderness Information Office (360) 288-0232
Current Hours: Open Monday through Friday - 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Weekends and Holidays - Closed
Location: (2 miles from Highway 101 on South Shore Quinault Rd.) .

Forks Information Station (360) 374-7566
Current Hours: Open June 17th through September 30th - 9:00 am 4:30 pm

Address: Forks Transit Center, 551 Forks Ave (Highway 101)., Forks, WA 98331.

Staircase Ranger Station: (360) 877-5569
Current Hours: no scheduled fall hours

Services provided by the Wilderness Information Center:

Wilderness (Backcountry) Camping Permits for all of Olympic National Park.

Advance reservations for limited use wilderness areas within Olympic National Park.

Wilderness trip planning assistance (trail information, trail conditions, safety concerns).

Wilderness education (Leave No Trace, food storage, safety).

Bear Canisters are available for loan. A suggested $3 per canister donation helps to perpetuate the program and provide education materials.

We sell topographic maps, guide books, field guides and have free tide charts.

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