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Olympic National Park is at its best for lakes & coastline in July to September. Good but not prime in June. Crowds peak in August and bottom out in December.
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakes & Coastline | 9 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 44 | 67 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 40 | 11 | 8 |
| Hiking | 8 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 44 | 67 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 40 | 10 | 6 |
| Wildlife | 15 | 15 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 67 | 67 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Crowds |
Swipe the table sideways for the rest of the year.
Three parks in one — temperate rainforest, wild coast and an alpine ridge — and they are far enough apart that trying to do all three from one base is mostly driving
Day walks from the road in three separate areas, plus longer backcountry if you want it. No guide needed.
Arriving at the Hoh Rainforest after 8am in summer. The lot is small, rangers meter the entrance, and the queue forms before you reach the trail. Check a tide table before the tide pools too — at high tide the beach narrows to nothing.
July and August, August the peak — and the Hoh keeps reduced hours outside summer
Long distances between the three hubs, and tide timing on the coastal walks. The Hall of Mosses is short and ideal.
Port Angeles is the practical base for Hurricane Ridge; Forks and Kalaloch put you at the rainforest and the coast. Pick one hub per day rather than chaining all three.
The wilderness coast alone runs 73 miles, most of it walkable only with a tide table in hand.
0 is this destination’s own quietest month and 100 its busiest. The scale never compares one destination to another. Source: NPS OLYM