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Olympic National Park Visitor Center
hikes recommended by Tracie from Washington. Thank you to Olympic National Park for the great photos and additional information!
-Olympic National Park has an accessibility guide available at http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm
The Living Forest Trail - see left photo below
- a short 0.4 mile loop walk with hard packed surface through forest
- the accessibility guide lists as "accessible with assistance"
- trailhead behind visitor center
The Hurricane Ridge Area -see right photo below
Hurricane Hill Trail
- the first 0.5 mile of a 1.5 mile trail is considered "accessible with assitance." The accessibility guide warns of "steep drop-offs and no guard rail."
- Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center is accessible via the back porch and has accessible exhibits, gift shop, snack bar, picnic areas and restrooms and hearing assisted technology. Per accessibility guide "captioned orientation movie shown on request." Also accessible is the "adjacent Cirque Rim Trail and a short path to Victoria Overlook."
The Hoh Rain Forest Area
Mini- Rain Forest Trail
- short, quarter mile, flat, paved trail is consider "accessible with assistance" due to "roots pushing" through the pavement in some areas
- Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center has accessible exhibits and restrooms.
- Hoh picnic area also has accessible restrooms
The Quinault Rain Forest Area
Kestner Homestead Trail
- 1.3 mile loop trail with hard-packed surface which is listed as "accessible with assistance"
- leads the the historic Kestner Homestead
- adjacent to the Maples Glades Trail which is a half mile loop trail with hard packed surface through "a moss-draped rain forest"
- accessible vault toilets at the Quinault Ranger Station on the north side of Lake Quinault
Tracie also recommends a drive up to the Mt. St. Helens Observatory, which she says is "amazing" and hiking at Rialto Beach. More Rialto Beach info available on the accessibility guide.
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