This Forest Full of Ancient Trees with “No-Fly Zone”

The Hoh and the Olympic Peninsula have lots of hidden gems. It‘s essence comes alive.

“it’s like walking in a fairy tale….it’s my chapel” are just a couple of the photo comments.

As a native of the Pacific North West I’ve covered most of our State and National Parks and points in between. Our coastline is mostly natural and rugged and best seen up close and personal by hiking to it. Another great and easily assessable hike is from Lake Ozette Ranger Station parking lot to Cape Alava archeological site, a 3-mile relatively easy walk.
The Hoh is just as described below. It’s time for me to revisit it and sit among the unseen, smell the earth essence, feel it’s hum.
Before this was designated as such, they had the nearby Airforce base alter their flight patterns. This was brought about by citizens. It now has a “no-fly zone”.

Please tread lightly to appreciate what we hold sacred. The view I’ve looked out on most of my adult life, the sunset views of the Olympics. And it’s why I live where I have; it’s my cathedral.

Deep in the Pacific Northwest, a forest so ancient and so vast that it makes even grown adults feel like children has just been named the number one walking destination in the entire United States.

The Hoh Rainforest in Washington State’s Olympic National Park is one of only a handful of temperate rainforests in the world, and walking through it feels less like a hike and more like stepping into a dream.

Every surface is covered in thick green moss. Ancient Sitka spruce and Douglas fir trees stretch 300 feet into the sky.

The forest floor is so densely layered with plant life that the light filters through in shafts of green and gold, giving the whole place an otherworldly quality that photographs struggle to capture.