Olympic National Park

E13657

national park protected area

Olympic National Park is a vast protected area on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, renowned for its rugged Pacific coastline, temperate rainforests, and glacier-capped mountain ranges.

Aliases (7)

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national park → protected area →
activities	backpacking → camping → hiking → mountaineering → tidepooling → wildlife viewing →
annualPrecipitation	very high in western rainforests →
area	about 3,733 square kilometers → about 922,650 acres →
biome	alpine tundra biome → coastal marine biome → montane forest biome → temperate rainforest biome →
climateType	temperate oceanic climate →
contains	Hoh Rain Forest → Hurricane Ridge → Lake Crescent → Lake Quinault → Mount Olympus → Queets Rain Forest → Quinault Rain Forest → Rialto Beach → Ruby Beach → Shi Shi Beach → Sol Duc Valley →
continent	North America →
country	United States →
county	Clallam County → Grays Harbor County → Jefferson County →
designationPurpose	to protect diverse ecosystems of the Olympic Peninsula →
established	1938-06-29 →
establishedBy	United States Congress →
governingBody	National Park Service →
hasCoastlineLength	about 117 kilometers → about 73 miles →
hasEcosystemType	alpine meadows → glacier-capped mountains → old-growth forest → rugged Pacific coastline → temperate rainforest →
hasGlaciers	true →
hasVisitorCenter	Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles →
highestElevation	about 2,432 meters → about 7,980 feet →
highestPoint	Mount Olympus →
IUCNCategory	II →
knownFor	high biodiversity → large tracts of old-growth forest → relatively pristine ecosystems →
locatedIn	Washington State →
locatedOn	Olympic Peninsula →
nearestCity	Port Angeles →
notableSpecies	Olympic marmot → Pacific salmon → Roosevelt elk → black bear → mountain goat (non-native) → northern spotted owl →
partOf	Pacific Northwest →
previousDesignation	Mount Olympus National Monument →
previousDesignationEstablished	1909 →
signedIntoLawBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
touristAttraction	true →
UNESCOWiosMABBiosphereReserve	true →
UNESCOWiosMABBiosphereReserveSince	1976 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	true →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria	(ix) → (vii) → (x) →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteRegion	Americas →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1981 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteType	natural →
website	https://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm →

Referenced by (43)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hoh Rain Forest → Hoh Rain Forest ("Olympic National Park World Heritage Site") → Olympic Mountains → Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles → Quinault Rain Forest → Ruby Beach ("Olympic National Park coastal section") → Shi Shi Beach ("Olympic National Park coastal strip") →	partOf
Jefferson County, Washington → Jefferson County, Washington ("Olympic National Park (portion)") → Olympic Peninsula → Washington → western United States →	contains
Juan de Fuca Strait → Port Angeles → Rialto Beach ("Mora area of Olympic National Park") → Ruby Beach ("Kalaloch area of Olympic National Park") →	near
Jefferson County, Washington ("Olympic National Park (portion)") → Mason County ("Olympic National Park (part)") → Mason County, Washington →	containsProtectedArea
Jefferson County, Washington → Pacific coast of North America → Puget Sound region →	hasProtectedArea
Hurricane Ridge → Ruby Beach → Sol Duc Valley →	locatedIn
Lake Crescent → Rialto Beach → Shi Shi Beach →	locatedInProtectedArea
Olympic Mountains → Olympic Peninsula →	protectedBy
Lake Quinault →	adjacentTo
Clallam County, Washington →	bordersNationalPark
Port Angeles →	gatewayTo
West Coast of the United States →	hasLandmark
Washington (state) →	hasNationalPark
United States National Park System →	hasPart
Mount Olympus National Monument →	incorporatedInto
Mount Olympus →	isHighestPointOf
Hurricane Ridge →	partOfProtectedArea
Mount Olympus →	protectedArea
Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles →	serves
Mount Olympus National Monument →	successor
Mount Olympus →	within