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1981 (5th Session) Olympic National Park is a United States national park located in the State of Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. [3] The park has four regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, the west-side temperate rainforest, and the forests of the drier east side. [4] Within the park there are three distinct ecosystems, including ...
Mount Rainier National Park is an American national park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. The park was established on March 2, 1899, as the fourth national park in the United States, preserving 236,381 acres (369.3 sq mi; 956.6 km 2) including all of Mount Rainier, a 14,410-foot (4,390 m) stratovolcano.
North Cascades National Park is an American national park in the state of Washington. At more than 500,000 acres (200,000 ha), it is the largest of the three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Complex. North Cascades National Park consists of a northern and southern section, bisected by the Skagit River ...
Washington has one of the most breathtaking places in the country for hiking trails, according to a new Yelp report. Mount Rainier National Park was named among Yelp’s list of the “t en most ...
List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington; References General "National Natural Landmarks by state: Washington". National Park Service "National Registry of Natural Landmarks" (PDF). National Park Service. June 2009. pp. 100–103; Footnotes
The Hoh Rainforest is home to a National Park Service ranger station, from which backcountry trails extend deeper into the national park. Near the visitor center is the Hall of Mosses Trail, a short trail—0.8 miles (1.3 km)— which gives visitors a feel for the local ecosystem and views of maples draped with large growths of spikemoss. There ...
98526. FIPS code. 53-01780 [2] GNIS feature ID. 2584944 [3] Amanda Park is a census designated place on the Olympic Peninsula in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States, [3] along U.S. Route 101. Olympic National Park and Lake Quinault are directly to the north. As of the 2010 census the population was 252.
1. Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska. The Washington Post/Getty Images. This stunning 8.4 million-acre park located in the north of Alaska has no internal roads or trails ...