— The guide
A field guide to our corner of the Olympic Peninsula.
Every place in here is somewhere we actually go. We wrote these from Norma, our cabin near Port Angeles — five minutes from Salt Creek, thirty from Lake Crescent — for guests who ask what to do with their days. The list keeps growing as we write more.
5 min from the cabin
Salt Creek & Striped Peak
Tidepools at Tongue Point, WWII bunkers in the trees, an old-growth loop to a ridge above the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and sunset at Crescent Beach — all just down the road.
~30 min from the cabin
Lake Crescent & Devil's Punchbowl
One of the clearest lakes in Washington, a swimming hole off the Spruce Railroad Trail, and one of the few park trails where the dog gets to come.
~1.5 hrs — worth a full day
La Push
The Quileute coast: black sand and sea stacks at First Beach, the short hike into Second Beach, and Hole-in-the-Wall at Rialto when the tide is low.
Stay in the middle of it.
Norma, our cabin near Port Angeles, sits on ten acres of alders five minutes from Salt Creek — close to everything in these guides, and quiet enough that leaving is optional. Sleeps up to four, dog-friendly.