Our Quick and Amazing Visit to The Lake Crescent Olympic National Park
After our Trip to Hurricane Ridge Olympic National Park we decided to visit Lake Crescent Olympic National Park. We had the time and the park was not that far from Port Angeles. About 18 miles to Lake Crescent Overlook and another 1.7 miles to Lake Crescent Recreation Area. The drive was nice even with a bit cloudy and rainy in some part of the place.
We didn't really get to explore the Lake Crescent recreational area because we were more interested on our a hike up to Marymere Waterfalls. The parking and the entrance to Marymere falls is in Lake Crescent recreation area. A nice big parking lot (a bit crowded though) with nice clean restrooms and big informational board.
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| Welcome to Lake Crescent Olympic National Park |
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| Storm King Ranger Station I love the view of this cabin, it's so green around it. With the little white flowers (daisy), the trees, and the misty mountains behind, it so gorgeous! |
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| Pristine clear waters of Lake Crescent |
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| Tree roots looks like they are crawling up away from the water |
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| The shadows of tree branches and the picking of blue skies so beautiful |
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| Another view of the Storm King Ranger Station. There were no ranger when we were there. |
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| Divided Lake On the right Mount Storm King towers over Lake Crescent. According to Indian legend, Mount Storm King became angry because the Quileute and Klallam people were killing each other in battle. Hurling part of his crest down into the valley, Storm King killed all combatants and at the same time dammed the stream with the great rock, forming the present lake. The legend corresponds closely with geological evidence. Lake Crescent was once larger, but has been dammed by an avalanche from the wall at the far end of the lake. The landslide divided Lake Crescent from Lake Sutherland. Spawning fish may once have entered Lake Crescent from the sea by way of Elwha and Indian Creek. Now the only salmon here are landlocked. (Olympic National Park) |
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| Lake Cresent is about 20 miles from Port Angeles |
To learn more about Lake Crescent, here's the link Lake Crescent Olympic National Park
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| Highway 101-US to Crescent Lake Olympic National Park |