Olympic Peninsula Rain Forest

Olympic’s Hoh Rain Forest could reopen

Olympic’s Hoh Rain Forest looks set to reopen this summer after new funding source emerges

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

The Seattle Times · 3d

Olympic’s Hoh Rain Forest could reopen in May after state, private grants

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

Axios on MSN · 3d

Hoh Rain Forest could reopen in May with new road repair plan

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 sometime in May.

KOMO-TV Seattle on MSN · 3d

Ferguson orders use of $623K in reserve funds to reopen damaged road to Hoh Rain Forest

Bob Ferguson announced on Thursday that he directed the use of $623,000 from the strategic reserve account on an emergency basis to fix the access road to the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park.

The Seattle Times · 10d

Olympic’s Hoh Rain Forest access road closure enters third month

An official for Jefferson County, which maintains Upper Hoh Road next to the Hoh River, says a lack of federal and state funding for repairs is behind the lag.

3don MSN

National park gateway town fights to keep America's quietest forest accessible

The gateway town of Forks is finally getting funding to repair access to Olympic National Park's Hoh Rain Forest.

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

The Olympian10d

Will Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest be closed this summer? Here’s what we know

Storm damage caused a washout along the Upper Hoh Road in Jefferson County, blocking access to Olympic National Park’s Hoh ...

KING53d

State hopes to reopen Hoh Rainforest access road by May

The Hoh Rain Forest has been closed since several feet ... It is considered a "critical driver of tourism on the Olympic Peninsula," according to Ferguson. Jefferson County is seeking federal ...

SFGate16d

Olympic National Park's Hoh Rain Forest needs federal funds to reopen. No one knows when it will.

Rebecca Patterson thought that Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest would be the perfect ... hikes close to her home on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, but she wanted to explore someplace ...

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