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America’s National Parks

Puzzle 65 · Northwest and the Pacific · Page 93 in print

Olympic

Frequent winter rain gives the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park a yearly average of 140 inches of precipitation, and mosses and ferns blanket the surfaces beneath its canopy.

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A bull elk in the midst of moss-covered trees.

A Roosevelt elk in the Hoh Rain Forest.

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A flat, dirt trail winding through tall, moss-covered trees in the Hoh Rain Forest.

A trail through the Hoh's dense temperate rainforest.

NPS Photo · Public domain (U.S. federal government work) · Original record
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The words

  1. Blue Glacier

    The Blue Glacier, the glacier below Mount Olympus reached by the Hoh River Trail.

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  2. Elwha

    The Elwha River, the park river whose ecosystem is being restored after dam removal.

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  3. Hall of Mosses

    The Hall of Mosses Trail, the loop through old-growth forest in the Hoh area.

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  4. Hoh Rain Forest

    The Hoh Rain Forest, a temperate rainforest in Olympic National Park.

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  5. Hurricane Hill

    The Hurricane Hill Trail, a mountain trail on Hurricane Ridge.

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  6. Lake Crescent

    Lake Crescent, the glacially carved lake in the northern Olympic foothills.

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  7. Lake Ozette

    Lake Ozette, the coastal-area lake with a long Indigenous and later settlement history.

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  8. Makah

    The Makah, one of the Indigenous peoples with continuing relationships to the park’s lands and waters.

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  9. Mount Olympus

    Mount Olympus, the highest mountain of the Olympic range.

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  10. Olympic Marmot

    The Olympic marmot, a marmot living in high meadows of the Olympic Mountains.

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  11. Quileute

    The Quileute, one of the Indigenous peoples with continuing relationships to the park’s lands and waters.

    National Park Service (opens a new tab) · Quileute Tribe: History (opens a new tab)

  12. Quinault

    The Quinault Valley, a rainforest valley and gateway to Olympic’s mountains.

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  13. Roosevelt Elk

    Roosevelt elk, the large elk subspecies living in the park’s rainforest valleys.

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  14. Ruby Beach

    Ruby Beach, a beach on the park’s Pacific coast noted for sea stacks.

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  15. Sol Duc

    The Sol Duc River, the river carrying coho salmon through the park’s Sol Duc Valley.

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Sources

  1. Visiting the Hoh Rain Forest - Olympic National ParkNational Park Service
  2. History of the Elwha - Olympic National ParkNational Park Service
  3. Geology of Olympic - Olympic National ParkNational Park Service
  4. Visiting Lake Crescent - Olympic National ParkNational Park Service
  5. Visiting Ozette - Olympic National ParkNational Park Service
  6. History & Culture - Olympic National ParkNational Park Service
  7. Olympic Marmot - Olympic National ParkNational Park Service
  8. Visiting Quinault - Olympic National ParkNational Park Service
  9. Quinault Area Brochure - Olympic National ParkNational Park Service
  10. Visiting the Sol Duc Valley - Olympic National ParkNational Park Service
  11. Tribes of the Olympic Peninsula - Olympic National ParkNational Park Service
  12. History | Quileute TribeQuileute Tribe

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