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Location
  
Governing body
  
U.S. Forest Service

Area
  
2,542 kmĀ²

Phone
  
+1 360-956-2300

Nearest city
  
Address
  
Washington 98363, USA

Established
  
February 22, 1897

Olympic National Forest

Website
  
Olympic National Forest

Management
  
United States Forest Service

Profiles

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Olympic National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in Washington, USA. With an area of 628,115 acres (2,541.89 km2), it nearly surrounds Olympic National Park and the Olympic Mountain range. Olympic National Forest contains parts of Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and Mason counties. The landscape of the national forest varies, from the temperate Olympic rain forest to the salt water fjord of Hood Canal to the peaks of Mt. Washington.

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Annual precipitation averages about 220 inches (5.6 m), giving rise to streams such as the Humptulips River.

Olympic National Forest was originally created as Olympic Forest Reserve in 1897, then renamed to Olympic National Forest in 1907. A 1993 Forest Service study estimated that the extent of old growth in the Forest was 266,800 acres (108,000 ha). It is administered in two ranger districts: the Pacific Ranger District on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula, and the Hood Canal Ranger District on the east side.

Forest headquarters are located in Olympia, with ranger district offices in Forks, Quinault, and Quilcene. The former office in Hoodsport closed in 2005, and now houses a local Chamber of Commerce, which still sells Northwest Forest Passes.

Other Washington towns near entrances of the forest include Port Angeles, Sequim, and Amanda Park.

Points of interest

  • Lake Cushman
  • Quinault Rain Forest
  • Wynoochee Dam
  • Seal Rock
  • Lake Crescent
  • Wilderness areas

  • The Brothers Wilderness
  • Buckhorn Wilderness
  • Colonel Bob Wilderness
  • Mt. Skokomish Wilderness
  • Wonder Mountain Wilderness
  • References

    Olympic National Forest Wikipedia


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