Must Visit Places In Olympic National Park | Forests, Mountains, Waterfalls And Beaches
Channel: RoadTales: Natalie & Gabriel
Date: 2022-04-18

#Washington,#Olympic NP,#NationalParks
Hi and welcome to Roadtales. Today we are sharing with you some must visit places to visit  in Olympic National Park. This National park is full of beautiful mountains, tall and impressive trees, gorgeous waterfalls and mystic beaches that will make you feel in wonderland.

Check out Part 1 of our epic Washington Road Trip!
https://youtu.be/vc8_l5JdVAo

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:25 CJ's Eatery Seattle
01:21 Seattle to Forks
02:27 Sequim Bay Rest Stop
02:45 Olympic National Park Morse Creek Overlook
03:40 Olympic National: Hurricane Ridge Trail
05:23 Olympic National: Park Lake Crescent (Moments in Time Trail)
06:16 Olympic National: Soleduck Trail
07:29 Olympic National: Ancient Groves Trail
08:20 Forks 
08:58 Rubi Beach
10:30 Tree of Life
11:03 Olympic National: Quinault Rain Forest
12:39 Ocean Shores and Food
13:09 Preview of Part 3 Washington Road Trip


Morse creek overlook is a Dramatic roadside pull off overlook with a few parking spots on the way to hurricane ridge trail. This beautiful place is magic and full of picture-perfect moments for your memories! It also has a very short trail with a great reward at the end.

Hurricane ridge trail:
Hurricane Ridge offers an unforgettable hiking experience with a unique view. We started at the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center where exhibits, orientation movie, and restrooms are available year-round. There’s also a gift shop available. On the visitor’s center. The Hurricane Ridge Road in Washington is open 24 hours a day from mid-May into October. The rest of the year, it opens primarily on weekends. There’s also Picnic Areas available during summer only

Lake Crescent is nestled in the northern foothills of the Olympic Mountains. Lake Crescent is known for its brilliant blue waters and exceptional clarity. The pristine waters of this deep, glacially carved lake make it the perfect destination for those in search of a unique natural beauty.
Lake Crescent has several amazing hiking trails, Some of those trails are Marymere Falls, one of the most visited, moments in time, a short but beautiful trail to do with your family and Spruce Railroad trail that runs along the north shore.
There are plenty of picnic areas around the lake.

The Sol Duc Valley is located in the northwest region of the Olympic National Park. The Sol Duc falls trail is a beautiful, stream that begins high in the Olympic Mountains. Most famous for the Sol Duc Hot Springs formed by geothermal activity in the Olympics. With ancient forests and the famous triple Sol Duc Falls awaiting close to the trailhead, it’s a popular very destination.

Ancient groves trail: This is a short trail in size, but it's immense in beauty. The mossy trees, and the green forest make this trail a magical place and a must-visit. 

Ruby beach is a special place on its own. Its weird rock formations, different shore, pebbly sand, and chilly sea breeze make this experience a once in a lifetime for us. Ruby Beach is the northernmost of the southern beaches in the coastal section of Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located on Highway 101, in Jefferson County, 27 miles south of the town of Forks. Like virtually all beaches on the northern coast, Ruby Beach has a tremendous amount of driftwood. It is notable for the number of sea stacks there.

Tree of Life (aka Tree Root Cave)
Some people call it the Tree of Life. With its amazingly viewable roots seemingly supplying the tree with life despite having no soil, it seems to be immortal. Located just north of Kalaloch Lodge, near the Kalaloch Campground, "Tree Root Cave" features a tree like no other. Still breathing while its roots travel to nowhere. Erosion, having taken away its life supply, has not stopped the tree from thriving on the coast and leaving people speechless from a sight that has never been seen before.

How is the top so green? How has it not gone on to that big tree place in the sky? How has another tree not taken over, like it so often happens in the tree circle of life? These questions have been asked so many times, with no one really knowing how it keeps on going. So it became known to some as the Tree of Life. The beach is so called because of the ruby-like crystals in the beach sand.
https://www.thekalalochlodge.com/explore/olympic-national-park/tree-of-life

The Quinault Rain Forest is a temperate rain forest, which is part of the Olympic National Park and the Olympic National Forest 
The valley is called the "Valley of the Rain Forest Giants" because of the number of record size tree species located there.
The forest receives an average of 12 feet of rain per year. It is believed to be the area with the greatest number of record size giant tree species in the smallest area in the world. It does have the largest trees in the world outside of the state of California and New Zealand.