page_title: Hoh Rainforest
section_title: Sights
hierarchical_section_title: Hoh Rainforest / Sights
caption_attribution_description: English: National Park Service Sign at the entrance of Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington. Nikon 1 V1 + 1 Nikkor VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6
context_page_description: Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in the Pacific Northwest. It is located in western Washington state, and is one of the largest temperate rainforests in the U.S. Within Olympic National Park, the forest is protected from commercial exploitation. This includes 24 miles of low elevation forest 394 to 2,493 feet along the Hoh River. The Hoh River valley was formed thousands of years ago by glaciers. Between the park boundary and the Pacific Ocean, 48 km of river, much of the forest has been logged within the last century, although many pockets of forest remain.
context_section_description: 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 is also the Spruce Nature Trail (1.2 miles (1.9 km)), which includes signs that identify various trailside trees and plants.
caption: National Park Service sign at the entrance of the park.
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