Editor Pick
Marymere Falls, Olympic National Park
- January 22, 2006
- Rated 4 of 5 by
callen60 from Ozarks, Missouri
A terrific family hike to a beautiful spot, Marymere Falls is one part of Olympic that's nearly right on the main road (US 101). That means you won't be alone, but as with many national park attractions, if you get there by mid-morning, you shouldn't find the crowd too bad.
The trail is wide and impossible to miss, and it winds through one of the Peninsula's many pleasant forests. It isn't rain forest, but it's damper than anything east of the peninsula. The banana slugs practically need marked crossings here. The falls are beautiful, but the uppermost viewpoint does require some climbing. That path is narrower, steep, but with handrails. It's worth it, though. It's well under the forest canopy, so photographing the falls may require exposure times longer than you can hold steady (especially given that you may be breathing a touch harder than normal when you arrive).
From journal Washington: Big Beaches, Big Mountains, Big Forest