Olympic National Park

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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.

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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
Hoh Rain Forest
surface form: Queets Rain Forest

Quinault Rain Forest
Rialto Beach
Ruby Beach
Shi Shi Beach
Sol Duc Valley
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Clallam County, Washington
surface form: Clallam County

Grays Harbor County, Washington
surface form: 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
surface form: Washington State
locatedOn Olympic Peninsula
nearestCity Port Angeles
notableSpecies Marmotini
surface form: 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 President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: 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

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Makah Reservation adjacentTo Olympic National Park
Northwestern Washington containsProtectedArea Olympic National Park
this entity surface form: Olympic National Park (northern portion)
Washington's 6th congressional district includes Olympic National Park
Hood Canal hasAdjacentProtectedArea Olympic National Park
Dosewallips River valley locatedInProtectedArea Olympic National Park
Kalaloch partOf Olympic National Park
Kalaloch locatedIn Olympic National Park
Mount Olympus (Washington) locatedIn Olympic National Park
Mount Olympus (Washington) protectedArea Olympic National Park
Mount Olympus (Washington) isHighestPointOf Olympic National Park
Queets Rain Forest locatedIn Olympic National Park
Queets Rain Forest nationalPark Olympic National Park
Olympic National Forest neighboring Olympic National Park
Quilcene, Washington locatedNear Olympic National Park
Brinnon, Washington locatedNear Olympic National Park
Clallam Bay, Washington hasNearbyProtectedArea Olympic National Park
Lake Cushman locatedNear Olympic National Park
Chimacum, Washington hasNearbyProtectedArea Olympic National Park
Hoodsport, Washington hasNearbyAttraction Olympic National Park
Sequim, Washington hasNearbyAttraction Olympic National Park
La Push, Washington locatedNear Olympic National Park
Hoh River sourceLocatedIn Olympic National Park
Hoh River partiallyLocatedIn Olympic National Park
Hoh River protectedArea Olympic National Park
Elwha River sourceLocation Olympic National Park
Elwha River flowsThrough Olympic National Park
Shelton, Washington hasNearbyNationalPark Olympic National Park
Skokomish River flowsNear Olympic National Park
Duckabush River locatedInProtectedArea Olympic National Park
Duckabush River sourceLocation Olympic National Park
Ozette Lake locatedInProtectedArea Olympic National Park
Ozette Lake partOfProtectedArea Olympic National Park
this entity surface form: Olympic National Park wilderness
Ozette Lake isWithin Olympic National Park
this entity surface form: Olympic National Park coastal strip
Port Ludlow, Washington locatedNear Olympic National Park
Sol Duc Hot Springs locatedIn Olympic National Park
Sol Duc Hot Springs locatedInProtectedArea Olympic National Park
Sol Duc Hot Springs hasNearbyAttraction Olympic National Park
this entity surface form: Olympic National Park wilderness
La Push locatedNear Olympic National Park
Hoh people near Olympic National Park
Dosewallips River locatedInProtectedArea Olympic National Park
Quinault River flowsThrough Olympic National Park
Queets River locatedInProtectedArea Olympic National Park
Queets River flowsThrough Olympic National Park
Olympic Peninsula rainforests partOf Olympic National Park
Olympic Peninsula rainforests recognizedAs Olympic National Park
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component via Olympic National Park
Olympic Peninsula rainforests recognizedAs Olympic National Park
this entity surface form: UNESCO Biosphere Reserve component via Olympic National Park
Sol Duc Falls locatedIn Olympic National Park
Sol Duc Road locatedIn Olympic National Park
Sol Duc Road withinProtectedArea Olympic National Park
Blue Glacier locatedIn Olympic National Park