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The Kitsap Peninsula, bounded by the Hood Canal and Puget Sound, is an entirely separate peninsula and is not connected to the Olympic Peninsula. From Olympia, the state capital, U.S. Route 101 runs along the Olympic Peninsula's eastern, northern, and western shorelines. The Olympic mountain range sits in the center of the Olympic Peninsula ...
The Elwha River is a 45-mile (72 km) river on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. From its source at Elwha snowfinger in the Olympic Mountains, it flows generally north to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Most of the river's course is within the Olympic National Park.
U.S. Route 101 (US 101) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs along the West Coast from Los Angeles, California to Tumwater, Washington.Within the state of Washington, US 101 connects cities on the coast of the Pacific Ocean and encircles the Olympic Peninsula around the Olympic Mountains.
U.S. Route 101 US 101 highlighted in red Route information Length 1,535.27 mi [a] (2,470.78 km) Existed November 11, 1926 (1926-11-11) –present Major junctions South end I-5 SR 60 in Los Angeles, CA Major intersections I-80 in San Francisco, CA US 199 near Crescent City, CA US 20 in Newport, OR US 26 near Seaside, OR US 30 in Astoria, OR US 12 in Aberdeen, WA North end I-5 in Tumwater, WA ...
The Coast Range ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and California.It stretches along the Pacific Coast from the tip of the Olympic Peninsula in the north to the San Francisco Bay in the south, including Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay, and the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington, the entire length of the ...
The Hoh River in winter. The Hoh River is a river of the Pacific Northwest, located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington.About 56 miles (90 km) long, [3] the Hoh River originates at the snout of Hoh Glacier on Mount Olympus and flows westward through the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest, then through foothills in a broad valley ...
The Bogachiel River begins in several headwater streams near Bogachiel Peak deep in the Olympic Mountains, in the northwest part of the Olympic Peninsula.Flowing west through a densely forested valley just north of the Hoh River valley, it gathers various mountain streams, including its main tributary, the North Fork Bogachiel River.
Olympic National Park is a national park of the United States located in Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. [3] The park has four regions: the Pacific coastline , alpine areas, the west-side temperate rainforest , and the forests of the drier east side. [ 4 ]