The only road with access to the rainforest in Olympic National Park has been closed since December 2024 from a washout, with funding uncertain.

Washington state is providing more than $600,000 to help repair the lone access road to the Hoh Rain Forest, which officials say should allow the popular area of Olympic National Park to reopen ...

Nearly 460,000 people visited the Hoh Rain Forest last year, Olympic National Park reported. It has been closed for nearly three months.

Private donors gave $27,000 toward the repairs, which Jefferson County officials are hoping to complete before summer.

Heavy rains elevated the neighboring Hoh River, eroding part of the county-maintained road, causing the park to announce the ...

Jefferson County leaders also requested emergency funds to repair the Quinault South Shore Road that has been degrading since ...

A washout has closed the only access road to the Olympic National Park’s popular Hoh Rain Forest since December.

The Hoh Rain Forest is one of the most unique, special and popular destinations within Olympic National Park, drawing ...

Rebecca Patterson thought that Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest would be the perfect place to elope. The self-described “moss and lichen aficionado” was fond of waterfall hikes close ...

In December, the one road leading to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest, the quietest place in the country, closed indefinitely due to washout damage. Local agencies were having trouble ...

Storm damage caused a washout along the Upper Hoh Road in Jefferson County, blocking access to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest. Courtesy Jefferson County Public Works One of Washington ...

With an annual rainfall ranging from 140 to 170 inches, the Hoh Rain Forest is a lush, green wonderland, with mosses and ferns covering every tree and surface. According to the NPS, it is one of ...