Trails lead to Salmon Cascades from Sol Duc. Visit the Hoh Rain Forest and its visitor center from a spur road off coastal US Hwy. This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlock. Bearded with moss, and in garments of green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harper hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Ferns grow abundantly, mosses shroud the trees and cover the trunks of the trees.
The air is humid and sounds are muffled. Salmonberry, blackberry, trillium, licorice, sword and maidenhair fern, vine maple and many other plants cover the forest floor. The Hall of Mosses Trail , a self-guided .75 mile nature trail, is a good introduction to the flora and fauna of the rain forest. Glacier Meadows , with blooms with summer wildflowers. Blue Glacier , which is 3 miles long and 900 feet thick, is one of six glaciers that cover the slopes of Mount Olympus.