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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Olympic National Park recommendations needed | |
As you approach the park from Seattle (take the Bainbridge Ferry) you will pass Sequim which has the fields of lavender, then Hurricane Ridge which doesn't have much snow on it now, about an hour from the entrance. Back to the highway another hour or so to Crescent Lake has two waterfalls: Madison (5 minute hike and Marymere Falls at least one hour hike round trip. You can stay in the park at Sol Duc where there are hot Springs and a pricey restaurant. Another hour to Forks I would stay at Olympic Suites. From there half hour drive to the beaches (First, Second (one hour hike RT), Third and Rialto) Make sure you time it for low tide. I thought the Rivers Edge restaurant at First Beach was pretty good, the rest of the food in Forks is pretty bad. From Forks go west one hour drive to Hoh rain forest, the two hiking trails will take a couple of hours and further west are more beaches of which Ruby is the most scenic. Its usually pretty foggy so the spectacular sunsets you see photographed are spotty and you have to plan around the tides and either hiking back through the forest in the dark or camping. Have fun.
Ruby Beach
Sequim lavender
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