![]() ![]() ![]() Rangers provide a printed table of the monthly tides when you pick up your permit. Day passes can be purchased for $5 at most trailheads. Annual passes will save you money if you frequent trails in the national forests or parks. Northwest Forest Pass or equivalent annual National Park Pass needs to hang or show in the car. Add extra time to your drive and stop at the Wilderness Information Center to pick up permits and a bear canister (more below). Weekday permits can be easier to obtain as a walk-in reservation. If you’re visiting during a weekend, consider making a reservation by mail at least two weeks prior to your trip. Wilderness camping permits are required year-round and for each person on the trip. Below are a few topics the ranger will cover, along with other tidbits of information to help plan your Olympic Peninsula beaches trip. Here the rangers inform us what is needed to camp on the national park’s beaches. Next stop: Olympic National Park Wilderness Information Center Meaning if you click and buy some of the products linked in this post, I may earn a small percentage at no extra cost to you. Note: This post contains affiliate links. PIN this image to a Pinterest board for future reference. Disembarking the ferry, the drive began with the sun’s heat warming our pale skin. The car loaded and queued up for WSDOT ferry, we left the urban city behind to access the peninsula and drive the four hours to the coast. ![]() CAMPING IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK BEYOND THE TENT FULLWith the first full sunny week in Seattle, a friend and I took two half-days from work for the first camping trip of the season. Even though the ocean isn’t warm, the waves crashing, the sea stacks, walking barefoot with sand between your toes makes it feel like summer. I grew up on the east coast where the summers were HOT and HUMID. Living in Seattle, the waters of Puget Sound give a fix for water lovers, but I always like to go to Olympic Peninsula beaches a couple times of year. The Olympic Peninsula is known for its rainforests, giant trees, national park, and Pacific coastline. ![]()
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