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Thank you for this guide! Amazing photos and interesting places, thank you for sharing, I truly enjoyed this. We have been visiting Olympic national park and the surrounding area during our road trip from Seattle to Minnesota twice, but still there were many places we haven’t known about. I think this area is the most beautiful place on earth, my favorite is Lake Crescent <3
Greetings from Finland!
Hi Tarja…thanks so much for sharing. Cheers!
This is super helpful information – thank you so much! Glad I came across your site. My husband and I just moved to the PNW from Florida so we have lots of exploring to do — I’ll be sure to come back for more information.
Hi Dani…glad you like it and find it useful. It took me a ton of time to put it together, so it’s nice to hear from folks that find value from it. Thanks for stopping by and sharing. Cheers, Mike
Helpful piece. I spent much of my 20s and 30s backpacking the Olympic National Park and the peninsular west coast. That said, we we’re usually making a bee-line for a trailhead. Now I’m 44 and planning to do “the loop” with my wife and toddler via our RV. We’ll be on the road about 9 days, ending (by demand of the Commander In Chief) at Ocean Shores for the July 4th fireworks. Departing from West Seattle, I’ve roughed out the following. Would you make any changes? Any insight would be much appreciated!
Day 1. Drive to Staircase Campground or Lake Cushman State Park. Spend night there.
Day 2. Drive to Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. Spend night there.
Day 3. Do one of the following three options (Olympic Game Farm, Dungeness Spit, Hurricane Ridge) on way to Sol Duc Hot Springs. Spend night there.
Day 4. Drive to Neah Bay via Lake Crescent. Do the Cape Flattery Trail. Spend night at Hobucks.
Day 5. Drive to Forks via Lake Ozette. Take short day trip out to La Push. Spend the night somewhere in area.
Day 6. Drive to Hoh Rain Forest. Hike the Hall of Mosses trail. Spend night here.
Day 7. Drive the loop around Lake Quinault on way to Ocean Shores. Stay two nights friend’s house.
Day 9. Drive back to West Seattle.
My husband and another couple are planning a road trip through the Olympic Peninsula in September this year (2017). Could you kindly advise the amount of time we should allow to get a good overview of this area?
I very much look forward to your reply.
Kind regards
Fran Liddy
Hi Fran, I would say 4-5 days would be sufficient. Of course it depends on your pace as you could certainly spend a lot more time, but I think 4-5 days would be a fair amount of time to budget. Thanks for your questions and for stopping by. Hope you have a wonderful trip. Cheers, Mike
Thanks a bunch for putting this together. I am taking my wife for her birthday to Olympic Pennisula. We are going in August and only have 4 days. We would like nice places to stay for sure. I don;t think I should do the whole loop- 300 miles of driving is a bunch. What do you think?
John
My pleasure John. If you have the time, I would really consider doing the entire 300 miles. It’s such a fantastic area and I hope you have a wonderful trip. All the best, Mike
I did a day drive around it, and by far Lake Crescent and Ruby Beach were the highlights, and of course the huge trees. It’s probably one of my favorite places on Earth.
It really is a fantastic area. Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing your experience. Cheers, Mike
Hi Mike, my friends and I will visiting the park on Sept 16 and 17. I need recommendations thing must see in the park. Please help. Thanh you in advance.
Hi Holly, thanks for stopping by. What kind of recommendations are you looking for? I have lots of tips in this article, and, if you click on the icons on the map there is more info. Just let me know how I can help. Cheers, Mike
This is a fantastic guide. Thanks so much for the information. My wife and I are planning a trip to the Olympic Peninsula this summer.
Glad you found it helpful. Hope you two have a wonderful time.
This looks like such a great place to road trip. I’d love to go there one day.
Hello There,
My elderly mother and are headed to the park from Seattle Airport. I’m a little afraid of driving heights. Will I encounter much except Hurricane Ridge which will most likely not be open in a month? She can’t walk more than half a mile so hiking isn’t our m.o. Rent a car from airport or take a bus to Port Angeles? I understand there are no tours to or in/through or around the park so I have to drive the park the best I can. Thoughts?
Hi Kathy, thanks for stopping by. Oh, you’re going to have so much fun, such a beautiful area. Like you said, I think Hurricane Ridge is the only place you will encounter driving heights. Most of the road near the coast is either near sea level, or inland just a bit. Some of the hikes are pretty short, to waterfalls and other points of interest. Let me know if I can answer any other questions. Hope you have a fantastic time. All the best, Mike
Then we will tent a car and drive from seattle airport to Olympic if it’s not high altitudes to get to port angeles. What a treat to have such a quick reaponse.
No, not high altitude, except for Hurricane Ridge, which is maybe 5000 feet. Have a wonderful time. Stop back by and let me know how it went. Cheers, Mike
Fantastic article, you are definitely going to a famous blogger if you are not already.
Cheers!