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. Map Quest directions

Hours:

September 27 through October 24 - Open daily from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
October 25 through December 5th - Friday and Saturday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
December 5th 2009 through March 31st 2010 - As staff is available/to be determined.

Quinault Wilderness Information Office
(2 miles from Highway 101 on South Shore Quinault Rd.) (360) 288-0232
Hours: Open 8:00 to 4:30 Monday through Friday and 9-4 Weekends and Holidays through Sept. 27.

Forks Information Station
Call for hours: (360) 374-7566
Summer Hours: Open 7 days a week from 9:00AM to 4:30PM
Winter Hours: Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10:00AM to 4:00PM

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

Staircase Ranger Station: Open 7 days a week from 9-5 through Sept. 7. Open as staffing allows after. Call 360.877.5569.

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.