Start the hike by the picturesque Storm King Ranger Station, crossing under the highway and entering the forest.

Hike Information: This hike is just under two miles round trip with about 500 feet of elevation gain (most of the elevation gain happens at the very end).There are flushing toilets in the parking area. Follow signs to the Storm King Ranger Station and Marymere Falls. Getting there: From Port Angeles, continue west on Highway 101 to Lake Crescent.Location: Marymere Falls is located near Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park.#3 – Marymere Falls – Olympic National Park This waterfall is especially beautiful in the winter and spring.

It is also a beautiful falls coming down a steep rock face. Why it’s one of the best: Madison Falls is the easiest of the Olympic National Park waterfalls to get to and its accessible trail makes it a good option for most visitors.There are good picnic tables and a pit toilet in the parking area. Hike Information: Madison Falls is less than a quarter mile round trip on a flat and paved trail from the parking lot.Getting there: From Highway 101, turn on Olympic Hot Springs Road and go about two miles along the Elwha River and find the parking lot on the left.Location: Madison Falls is located between Port Angeles and Lake Crescent.#2 – Madison Falls – Olympic National Park You can enjoy a soak in nearby Sol Duc Hot Springs after your visit and even camp at the Sol Duc Hot Springs campground if you’d like to make a weekend of it. It has three separate cascades that you can see from a picturesque bridge and you hike through a gorgeous rainforest to get to it. Why it’s one of the best: Sol Duc Falls is the most beautiful waterfall inside Olympic National Park.Both trails go though beautiful rain forest. On either trail you will go to the same spot, the bridge across the river with a beautiful view of the falls. If you want a longer hike, take the Lover’s Lane trail from Sol Duc Hot springs resort or campground, which is a 6 mile loop with 500 feet of elevation gain. Hike Information: To hike to Sol Duc Falls from the end of the road, it’s a 1.5 mile round trip hike with about 200 feet of elevation gain.Follow the road until it dead ends in the parking lot (if you want to do the longer hike, park at the Sol Duc Hot springs resort instead). Turn left (right if coming from the other direction) on Sol Duc Hot Springs road. Getting there: Take Highway 101 to Port Angeles and continue west past Lake Crescent towards Forks.Location: Sol Duc Falls is located in the Sol Duc Valley in Olympic National Park, west of Lake Crescent and Port Angeles and near Sol Duc Hot Springs.The spectacular three tiered Sol Duc Falls as seen from the bridge above it in Olympic National Park Waterfalls make wonderful rainy day hikes too! #1 – Sol Duc Falls -Olympic National Park Late May and June bring out the wild rhodedendrons (Washington’s state flower) along the river valleys and forest trails, especially on the east side of the Olympic Peninsula along Hood Canal. The best time of year to see Olympic National Park waterfalls is spring (April and May) when the snow is melting fast and the waterfalls are roaring with heavy amounts of water. I highly recommend checking out the National Forest land that surrounds many national parks for other wonderful places to explore that aren’t as famous and likely to be less crowded. Three of these Olympic National Park waterfalls are inside the park boundary and two of them are in the surrounding Olympic National Forest. There are impossibly green ancient forests, gorgeous lakes, rugged open beaches, high alpine meadows, towering mountains and waterfalls! The Olympic National Park waterfalls are stunning and many are a short hike so on your road trip through Olympic make sure to check them out and stretch your legs in the process! There are so many things to love about Olympic National Park and the Olympic Peninsula.

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