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This video is the culmination of a month spent backpacking through Olympic National Park.

Ranger-led programs are available throughout the year at visitor centers. Visitors of all ages learn at ranger-guided walks and evening programs.

The National Park Service's phone-based audio tour highlights nine areas, so you can choose which ones you want to learn more about.

Mountain goats don't have the same flight response to humans as many animals and they crave salt. Be safe with our five guidelines for goat encounters.

The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) measures precipitation and help NASA fine-tune new weather satellites. Mules get the equipment into remote areas.

The lake was said to have been created to kill of warriors from fighting tribes. It never gave up its dead... until the Lady of the Lake surfaced in 1940.

Kids love waving their badge of honor proving they’re one of Olympic’s rangers. Pay the small fee at a visitor center to obtain the activity booklet

Emergency closures for fishing for Dungeness crab on the coast, and recreational fishing of salmon in most rivers and streams inside the park.

Mt Olympus is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains but the only great view of it is on Hurricane Ridge or from other mountains.

The 367 acre fire is located about 12 miles up-valley from the Queets River trailhead, well within the park boundary.

As migrating birds return and wildflowers bloom in the lowland forests, employees at the park are spring cleaning and preparations for main visitor season.