Warning! Hoh Rainforest will leave you enthralled!

Visiting Olympic National Park meant visiting one of the greenest parts of The Evergreen State. And in the National Park, the greenest part just might be the temperate rainforests towards the western parts of the park. Seeing Hoh Rainforest turned out to be one of my most treasured memories from this trip to the Pacific Northwest. 

This forest on the Olympic Peninsula is said to be the wettest place in the contiguous US States. It receives over 140 inches of rain a year, according to the NPS. This rainforest that is home to conifers, as well as deciduous trees, gets its name from the Hoh River that flows through the area as it makes its way down the Olympic Mountains and into the Great Pacific.

The Drive to Hoh Rainforest

Hoh Rainforest was what I was most looking forward to seeing in Olympic National Park. And the drive to the area was also a very pleasant one. It was late afternoon when we arrived in the area. The trees there seemed to be tall and thickly foliaged. The woods were dark and lovely. The road slithered through the canopies in tight curves and slight ups and downs. I thoroughly enjoyed being at the wheel — one way. And on the way out, I enjoyed sitting on the passenger side and taking pictures during the drive through the wooded area. 

The hike through Hoh Rainforest

For a hike through Hoh Rainforest, we chose the Hall of Mosses Trail and it is a walk that I’ll cherish forever. It felt like being in a rich, green wonderland. There was green on the ground, green on the treetops, and green even on the tree trunks. This was what I had been desperate to see — all that lichen on the trees. 

Hoh, being a temperate rainforest is populated with trees draped and bearded with moss. Sitka Spruce, Douglas fir, and Western Hemlock, you’ll find in plenty! Believe me, being in Hoh is not unlike being in an enchanted wood. 

The ghostly trees of the ‘Hall of Mosses’

Other flora from this temperate rainforest in Washington (State)

The moss in the Hall of Mosses Trail seemed to color this forest and really stole the show. To think that this place might have been greener if we had visited a month earlier! 💚💚

I was not just tipsy from the trip to this temperate rainforest in Washington. Hoh Rainforest had me totally enthralled!

If you have plans to visit here, don’t tell me I didn’t warn you that this place just might play its magic on you. 😁What kind of places tend to make YOU tipsy from the trip or leave you enthralled? I’d love to read about it in the comments. 🙂

Other places to see in that part of Washington:

• Lake Crescent
• Hurricane Ridge
• Ruby Beach

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