Olympic National Park is a beautiful national park located in Washington state. This park offers many different geographical beauties. It’s often referred to as a park of three; you can see an ocean, mountains, and a forest all in one day. Olympic National Park’s coastline boarders the Pacific Ocean on one side, and on the other side is is covered with mountainous forests.
The park is known for its diverse land and ocean wildlife. Offshore, whales, dolphins, sea lions, seals, and sea otters live in the Pacific Ocean nearby. Tide pools are also inhabited by invertebrates of countless shapes, sizes, colors and textures inhabit the tide pools. On land, rodent like species, such as raccoons, beavers and minks, live primarily in the lowlands. But others animals, like deer, elk, cougars and bears, live in both valleys and mountain meadows. Olympic National Park waters are home to some of the healthiest salmon outside of Alaska. Additionally, Over 300 species of birds live in the area during the warm seasons. They range from tiny penguin-like rhinoceros auklets offshore to golden eagles flying over the mountains.
Olympic National Park has many attractions throughout each season. In the summer, many people visit the park to view participate in many activities such as fishing, swimming, camping, birdwatching, tide pooling, backpacking, and hiking. In the winter, visitors participate in many snow based activities such as cross country skiing, ranger led snow shoe hikes, and snowmobiling. They also go hiking along the coastline and in the forests as well.
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