10 Interesting Olympic National Park Facts

Wednesday, September 10th 2014. | Places


Olympic National Park Facts give the interesting ideas about one of the famous archeological sites in the world. You can visit the park by coming to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, USA. You can find a lot of forests, archeological sites and alpine areas here. Check the following post below for detail information:

Olympic National Park Facts 1: the land area

The Olympic National Park spans on the area of 922,650 acres. If you visit the park, you can see the pacific coastline, temperature forest and alpine areas.

Olympic National Park Facts 2: history

In 1909, the area was called as Olympic National Monument. It was designated by the former President of USA, Theodore Roosevelt. President Franklin Roosevelt changed it into Olympic National Park in 1938.

Olympic National Park Facts

Olympic National Park Facts

Olympic National Park Facts 3:archeology

If you like to study about archeology, you have to visit the Olympic National Park. It is the home to more than 650 archaeological sites.

Olympic National Park Facts 4: visitors

Olympic National Park is a very popular attraction in Washington. There are at least 3 million people visiting the national park every year. They can enjoy the famous Ozette site, 130 historical structures and 500,000 museum artifacts. Find out more attractions in the sate by reading Washington state facts.

Olympic National Park Pictures

Olympic National Park Pictures

Olympic National Park Facts 5: trail

The Olympic park has a very long trail. You can find 64 trailheads, 611 miles or trails and 168 miles of roads. People can also enjoy catching and releasing the fish here. Do you know that this park has 37 native species of fish?

Olympic National Park Facts 6: animals

The national park is a good place for the people who want to learn more about the uniqueness of animals. You can find different species of 20 amphibians, reptiles, and 300 species of birds, 56 species of mammals, bald eagle, owl and many more.

Olympic National Park Scene

Olympic National Park Scene

Olympic National Park Facts 7: ancient glaciers topping

You can spot the ancient glaciers topping when you look at the ridgelines and sides of Olympic Mountains.

Olympic National Park Facts 8: ranger-led educational programs

The visitors can enjoy many ranger led education programs in the park. There were 23,100 people participated in the program in 2005.

Olympic National Park Trail

Olympic National Park Trail

Olympic National Park Facts 9: Roosevelt elk

The only native animal in the Olympic Mountain area is Roosevelt elk.  This elk can only be spotted here.

Olympic National Park Facts 10: Olympic Mountains

You can also spot Olympic Mountain.   The mountain was formed due to the collision of two plates on the ocean floor 30 million years ago.

Olympic National Park Visitors

Olympic National Park Visitors

It will be great if you visit the mountain during the summer season.  In the winter, you can find 10 feet of snowfall covering the mountain. Are you interested reading facts about Olympic National Park?


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