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Best Hikes in Olympic National Park’s Hoh Forest. This is the iconic moss forest of Olympic National Park. The hikes here are short and sweet, and you get rewarded with cool scenery the entire way.
Best Hikes in Olympic National Park (Jason Pratt/Creative Commons) Washington. The Expert: Anna Roth, Washington Trails Association hiking-content manager The Hike: Heather Peak.
U.S. officials are taking a big step involving a 1,200-mile hiking trail stretching from the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Forest Service is accepting comments through Oct. 30 ...
Staircase, located in the southeastern corner of Olympic National Park, is dominated by enormous Douglas firs. You'll find a variety of hiking trails along the Skokomish River and the nearby forests.
May 24—MOSES LAKE — According to a May 22 statement from KURU Footwear, the organization conducted an analysis of all 63 U.S. National Parks to identify the top ten for hiking based on factors ...
Tommy Farris, founder and owner of Olympic Hiking Co., speaks to the Port Angeles Business Association on Tuesday. The Freshwater Bay native’s business serves 3,000 hikers a year on guided tours, ...
The National Park Service suggests carrying a tide table, topographic map and a watch whenever you're hiking along the coast. Visit the NPS website for links to tide predictions and topographic maps.
Thanks to over 700 miles of trails, Glacier National Park hikes run the gamut from short and sweet to long, multi-day backpacking journeys. What they all have in common, though, is gorgeous scenery.
Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis ranked worst out of all the national parks for hiking, with only one, 2-mile-long trail. For the second year in a row, Yosemite was ranked No. 1.
Olympic is home to four separate rain forests, 73 miles of rugged Pacific coastline and the Olympic Mountain range, with peaks up to 8,000 feet high. It has gorgeous waterfalls, undeveloped ...
SEATTLE — An overdue hiker who went missing in Olympic National Park is presumed dead. Laura Macke, 35, was reported missing Nov. 2. She was hiking alone in the national park and had a ...