National Park Trip Outline Example

Olympic National Park: 

Link: https://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm

Saturday - Saturday for 8 days
Flight into Sea-Tac airport

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Day1: (Saturday)

• Flight, Get rental car, drive north out of Seattle

• Woodland Park Zoo - Hippo Lot (Zoo Parking) (30min Drive)  Wildlife Theater 2pm

• Edmonds Ferry Terminal to Kingston Ferry Terminal; Times Leaving Edmonds: 3:15, 3:55, 4:45, 5:25pm

https://wsdot.com/ferries/vesselwatch/terminaldetail.aspx?terminalid=8

• Hotel - GuestHouse Poulsbo

Town & Country Market Poulsbo - for water/supplies

Day2: (Sunday)

• Check-out hotel, Junction Diner - Breakfast (5-2pm)

• Fort Worden Historical State Park (1 hour drive)

Driving to next hotel (1 hour drive)

• Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles Harbor

• Port Angeles Visitor Center/Port Angeles City Pier

• Feiro Marine Life Center (10-4pm)

Day3: (Monday)
Early start, be at visitor center upon opening

• Olympic National Park Visitor Center (Opens at 9am)

• Explore Hurricane Ridge and Hurricane Hill Trail

If parking is full: Shuttle bus option only $2 https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/hrbus.htm (timing not yet available for summer season)

Day4: (Tuesday)
Sleep-in, Check-out

• Driving West, Explore Lake Crescent area, Marymere Falls Trail

• Continue West - Cape Flattery Trailhead, Cape Flattery Observation Deck

• Heading to Second Beach - Second Beach Trail Parking

• Head to town of Forks for next hotel: Forks Motel

Sully's Drive-In - Dinner (Backup Dinner The In Place)

Day5: (Wednesday)
Early Start, to avoid traffic, find parking

• The In Place - Breakfast (Opens 6am)

• Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center (1 hour drive) Exploring the trails with Hoh Rain Forest

• Hard Rain Cafe - Lunch; 5763 Upper Hoh Rd, Forks, WA 98331

Explore Forks downtown

Day6: (Thursday)
Sleep in, Check-out

• Drive to Ruby Beach and explore

• Quinault rain forest loop drive/World's Largest Sitka Spruce

Take route S-26 to route 109 to drive along the coastal road

• Stop in town of Hoquiam for break, Grizzly Den for dinner; 300 W Emerson Ave, Hoquiam, WA 98550

• Continue East to next hotel: Holiday Inn Tacoma Mall, an IHG Hotel

Day7: (Friday)

• Krispy Kreme Breakfast - 4302 Tacoma Mall Blvd, Tacoma, WA 98409

• Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium - Parking Lot at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

Opens 9am, 25min north (12pm Wild Wonders Animal Show, Critter Corner 1:30pm)

Day8: (Saturday)
Check-out, 30min drive to return rental car: SeaTac Rental Car Facility
Fly home