Olympic
A large wilderness park preserving primeval forest and rugged coast.
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Where it is
Coordinates: 47°58′08″N 123°29′56″W (47.9690, -123.4990) · Open in OpenStreetMap
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On the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, the U.S. national park known as Olympic National Park is situated.[1] Subalpine forest and wildflower meadow, temperate forest, and a rugged Pacific coast are the three separate ecosystems found within the park.[1] UNESCO designated it a World Heritage Site in 1981, and it had previously been named an International Biosphere Reserve in 1976.[2]
Geography and history
Congress and President Franklin D. Roosevelt redesignated the monument as a national park on June 29, 1938.[3] The park's coastal portion is a rugged, sandy beach with adjacent forest, stretching 60 miles long but only a few miles wide.[4] The Hoh River area has the Hoh people, and at La Push live the Quileute.[4] The park's western side contains temperate rainforests like the Hoh and Quinault, receiving over 12 feet of annual precipitation.[5]
The Hurricane Ridge visitor center burned down on May 7, 2023.[6] Mount Olympus National Monument was created by President Theodore Roosevelt on March 2, 1909.[3] The Olympic Wilderness, which was renamed the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness in 2017, was created by Congress in 1988, covering 95 percent of the park.[2][7]
What the cited sources add
The Ozette Loop trail is 9.2 miles long with an elevation change from sea level to 100 feet, and the best season is April through October.[8] The Second Beach Trail is 0.7 miles long with an elevation change of 80 feet gain and 100 feet loss on the way in.[9] The Lonely Planet account describes the Elwha as the largest river on the Olympic Peninsula and a popular trout fishing area.[10] The National Park Service boating page states that personal watercraft like Jet Skis are not allowed in Olympic National Park.[11]
The Spokesman-Review reports that Congress approved renaming the Olympic Wilderness for Senator Dan Evans in 2016.[7] A brochure from the National Park Service notes that when the Olympic Forest Reserve was created in 1897, most of the early settlers departed the area.[12]
References
- Wikipedia, "Olympic National Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Directions and Transportation", National Park Service; "The Economy of the Olympic Peninsula and Potential Impacts of the Draft Congressional Watershed Conservation Proposal", Headwaters Economics, March 2012, p. 6; "National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States", National Geographic Society, 2011, p. 402 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Olympic National Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The National Parks: Index 2009–2011", National Park Service; "Daniel J. Evans Wilderness", Wilderness Connect; Landers, "Olympic Wilderness re-named for Sen. Dan Evans", The Spokesman-Review, December 7, 2016; Ollikainen, "Ceremony marks change of name to Daniel J. Evans Wilderness", Peninsula Daily News, August 18, 2017 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Olympic National Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Olympic National Park, "Park Newsletter July/August 2009", National Park Service; "Proclamations and Orders Volume 2", National Park Service (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Olympic National Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Olympic National Park, "Coast", National Park Service (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Olympic National Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Olympic National Park, "Weather Brochure", National Park Service; "11 Things You Didn't Know About Olympic National Park", Blog of the Interior, June 28, 2018; Wolford, "Rainforest in Washington is the wettest in the continental US, officials say", The Olympian, January 6, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Olympic National Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Hurricane Ridge", National Park Service; Scruggs, "Murray earmarks $80M to rebuild Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge", The Seattle Times, October 27, 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Landers, "Olympic Wilderness re-named for Sen. Dan Evans", The Spokesman-Review, December 7, 2016. facts only, no text reused. spokesman.com
- Olympic National Park, "Ozette Loop", National Park Service. facts only, no text reused. nps.gov
- "Second Beach Trail", National Park Service. facts only, no text reused. nps.gov
- "The best hikes in Olympic National Park offer sea stacks, waterfalls and ancient petroglyphs", Lonely Planet, October 14, 2021. facts only, no text reused. lonelyplanet.com
- Olympic National Park, "Boating", National Park Service. facts only, no text reused. nps.gov
- Olympic National Park, "Lake Ozette Area Brochure", National Park Service. facts only, no text reused. nps.gov
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Olympic National Park (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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- Wikipedia: Olympic National Park (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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