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The Olympic Peninsula is shown in red on a map of the western United States
The Olympic Peninsula is shown in red on a map of the western United States
The peninsula and Olympic National Park
The peninsula and Olympic National Park
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Queets River
Queets River
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus

The Olympic Peninsula is the large arm of land in western Washington state that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle. Western Washington is a Region of the United States defined as that part of Washington Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the east by Puget Sound and the Hood Canal. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions The Strait of Juan de Fuca (also called Juan de Fuca Strait) is a large body of water about long forming the principal outlet for the Georgia Strait and Puget Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest Hood Canal is a Fjord off Puget Sound in the US state of Washington. Cape Alava, the westernmost point in the contiguous United States, and Cape Flattery, the north-westernmost point, are on the peninsula. Cape Alava, in Clallam County, Washington, USA, is the westernmost point in the contiguous 48 states, with a longitude of 124° 44′ 11 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Cape Flattery is the furthest northwest point of the contiguous United States

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Geography

The Olympic Peninsula is home to three of the handful of temperate rain forests in the world: the Hoh, Queets, and Quinault. Temperate rainforests are Coniferous or broadleaf Forests that occur in the Temperate zone and receive high rainfall The Hoh Rain Forest is one of the few Temperate rain forests in the world and is also one of the largest The Quinault Rain Forest is a Temperate rain forest, which is part of the Olympic National Park in the U

Lakes on the peninsula include Lake Aldwell, Lake Crescent, Lake Cushman, Lake Mills, Lake Ozette, Lake Pleasant, Lake Quinault, and Lake Sutherland, and its rivers include the Bogachiel, the Dosewallips, the Dungeness, the Elwha, the Humptulips, the Lyre, the Queets, the Quillayute, the Quinault, the Skokomish, and the Sol Duc. Lake Aldwell is a reservoir located about 49 miles from the mouth of the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula. Lake Crescent is a deep Lake located in Clallam County Washington, originally named Lake Everett Lake Cushman is a 4010 acre (16 km² Lake on the north fork of the Skokomish River in Mason County Washington. Lake Mills is a reservoir formed by the Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River located about 13 miles from the mouth of the river on the Olympic Peninsula Lake Ozette is the third largest natural lake in Washington state at 29 Lake Pleasant is a Lake located in Clallam County, Washington, United States. Lake Quinault is a Lake on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state Lake Sutherland is located on the Olympic Peninsula about 17 miles west of Port Angeles Washington. The Bogachiel River is a River of the Olympic Peninsula in the U The Dosewallips River (pronounced " doh'-si-wall-ips " is a River situated on the Olympic Peninsula in the U The Dungeness River is located in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. The Elwha River is a 45-mile-long River located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U The Humptulips River is a river in Grays Harbor County, Washington, in the United States. The Lyre River is a river in Washington, USA that flows out of Lake Crescent in the Olympic National Park and into the Strait of Juan de Fuca The Queets River is a River in the US state of Washington. It is located on the Olympic Peninsula, mostly within the Olympic National The Quillayute River is a River situated on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. The Quinault River is a River located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U The Skokomish River is a River in Washington, United States. Geography The Skokomish River originates by draining the southeast corner The Sol Duc River (also spelled Soleduck) is a River on the Olympic Peninsula in the U

The Olympic mountain range sits in the center of the Olympic Peninsula. The Olympic Mountains are a Mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States. This range is the second largest in Washington State. Its highest peak is Mt. Olympus. Mount Olympus is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains range of Western Washington.

The peninsula contains many state and national parks, including Anderson Lake, Bogachiel, Dosewallips, Fort Flagler, Fort Worden, Lake Cushman, Mystery Bay, Old Fort Townsend, Potlatch, Sequim Bay, Shine Tidelands, and Triton Cove state parks; Olympic National Park; and the Olympic National Forest. Fort Flagler State Park is a Washington state park on the site of Fort Flagler, a former United States Army Fort at the northern end of Fort Worden is a fort and Fort Worden State Park is a state park that it includes it located along Admiralty Inlet in Jefferson County Mystery Bay State Park is a Washington state park on Mystery Bay a small inlet off of Scow Bay/Kilisut Harbor on the western side of Marrowstone Island. Olympic National Park is located in the US state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula. Olympic National Forest is a US National Forest located in Washington, USA Within the Olympic National Forest, there are five designated wilderness areas: The Brothers, Buckhorn, Colonel Bob, Mt. The US National Wilderness Preservation System protects federally managed land areas that are of a pristine condition The Brothers Wilderness area is located on the eastern side of the Olympic Peninsula south of Buckhorn Wilderness and north of Mt The Buckhorn Wilderness is a Mountainous wilderness area on the northeastern Olympic Peninsula in Washington, USA. Colonel Bob Wilderness is a 48 km² Protected area located in the southwest corner of Olympic National Forest in Washington State Skokomish, and Wonder Mountain. Just off the west coast is the Washington Islands Wilderness. Washington Islands Wilderness is a Protected area consisting of more than 600 islands rocks and reefs belonging to the three Washington Islands National Wildlife

Clallam and Jefferson counties, as well as the northern parts of Grays Harbor and Mason counties, are on the peninsula. Clallam County is a County in the US state of Washington. As of today the population is 64525 Jefferson County is a County located in the US state of Washington and named after Thomas Jefferson. Grays Harbor County is a county of Washington State, in the United States of America. Mason County is a County located in the US state of Washington.

From Olympia, the state capital, U.S. Route 101 runs along the Olympic Peninsula's eastern, northern, and western shorelines. Olympia is the Capital of Washington and is the County seat of Thurston County. In the US state of Washington, US Route 101 is the westernmost State highway, serving the Olympic Peninsula.

Politics

It is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Norman D. Dicks. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Norman DeValois "Norm" Dicks (born December 16 1940) American politician has been a Democratic member of the United States

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