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“If that be not the home where dwell the gods, it is certainly beautiful enough to be, and I will therefore call it Mount Olympus.”

— John Meares,
eighteenth-century sea captain

Olympic National Park

Located on a verdant peninsula just west of Seattle, Olympic National Park’s 922,000 acres contain three ecosystems: a thin ribbon of Pacific coastline, swaths of temperate rain forests and a range of glacier-capped mountains.

An Extraordinary Setting

With such varied terrain, Olympic National Park feels like a world unto itself. Visitors can hike for days along the beach or in the mountains, and the interior, naturally isolated for thousands of years, continues to nourish species unique to the peninsula, such as the Olympic marmot. The western side of the park is the wettest area in the contiguous U.S. In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation that created the park, and it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981.

Most Famous Feature

Mount Olympus, with its rocky, snow-covered peak rising to 7,980 feet above sea level.

Best-Kept Secret

Home to the world’s largest unmanaged herd of elk, Olympic National Park was almost named Elk National Park.