OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK

PARK FACTS

Location: Washington

Size: 1,442 sq mi (14th)

About the size of: Rhode Island

Date Established: June 29, 1938 (23rd)

Annual Visitation (2018): 3,104,455 (10th)

Features: rainforests, mountains, beaches, waterfalls

Common activities: Hiking, Backpacking, Kayaking, Rafting, Mountaineering

Located just west of Seattle, Olympic National Park is like three parks in one, with snow-capped peaks, luxuriant rain forests, and island-studded coasts. The park’s highest point, the glaciated Mt. Olympus, was named after the Greek mountain which was the mythic home of the pantheon of ancient Greek goddesses and gods.