Natural features

Olympic National Park

United States of America Washington

Olympic National Park
Photo: Adbar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Three parks in one in Washington State: the moss-draped Hoh Rain Forest, wild Pacific beaches with sea stacks such as Rialto and Ruby Beach, and the glaciated mountains of Hurricane Ridge.


Allow several days to drive around the peninsula. Seattle, with Pike Place Market and the Space Needle, is the gateway; Mount Rainier is also nearby.

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