by Dawnpilot · Published August 28, 2022 · Last modified September 9, 2022
Out on the Olympic Peninsula, north of the Olympic National Park, hike to the New Dungeness Lighthouse in the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge. It’s an easy 5-mile walk on a sandy beach spit with views of the Olympic Mountains, the San Juan Islands and Canada.
Planning a trip to the Pacific Northwest? Set aside time to get out to the spectacular Olympic National Park. Out on the Olympic Peninsula, it’s a remote getaway, home to the nation’s only rainforests and snow-capped mountains nearly 8000’ high.
On Highway 101 traveling between beaches in Oregon and Washington towards Olympia, Tacoma or Seattle, you could easily miss this gem, the courthouse in South Bend, WA. Plan a purposeful stop in tow
Learn stories of a Pacific Northwest shaped by local tribes, smugglers, devastating fires and a waterfront of saloons and brothels with a more gentile uptown with churches and schools.
