Back المتنزه الأولمبي الوطني Arabic Parque nacional Olympic AST Олимпик (милли парк) Bashkir Taman Nasional Olimpiade BAN Нацыянальны парк Алімпік Byelorussian Олимпик (национален парк) Bulgarian Parc Nacional Olympic Catalan Olympic National Park (parke sa Tinipong Bansa, Jefferson County) CEB Olympijský národní park Czech Olympic National Park Danish

Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park
Cedar Creek and Abbey Island from Ruby Beach
Map showing the location of Olympic National Park
Map showing the location of Olympic National Park
Location in Washington
Map showing the location of Olympic National Park
Map showing the location of Olympic National Park
Location in the United States
LocationJefferson, Clallam, Mason, and Grays Harbor counties, Washington, United States
Nearest cityPort Angeles
Coordinates47°58′10″N 123°29′55″W / 47.96935°N 123.49856°W / 47.96935; -123.49856
Area922,650 acres (3,733.8 km2)[1]
EstablishedJune 29, 1938
Visitors2,432,972 (in 2022)[2]
Governing bodyNational Park Service
WebsiteOlympic National Park
CriteriaNatural: vii, ix
Reference151
Inscription1981 (5th Session)

Olympic National Park is a national park of the United States located in Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula.[3] The park has four regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, the west-side temperate rainforest, and the forests of the drier east side.[4] Within the park there are three distinct ecosystems, including subalpine forest and wildflower meadow, temperate forest, and the rugged Pacific coast.[5]

President Theodore Roosevelt originally designated the park as Mount Olympus National Monument on March 2, 1909.[6][7] The monument was re-designated a national park by Congress and President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 29, 1938. In 1976, Olympic National Park was designated by UNESCO as an International Biosphere Reserve, and in 1981 as a World Heritage Site. In 1988, Congress designated 95 percent of the park (1,370 square miles (3,500 km2)) as the Olympic Wilderness,[8][9] which was renamed Daniel J. Evans Wilderness in honor of the former Washington state Governor and U.S. Senator Daniel J. Evans in 2017.[10] During his tenure in the Senate, Evans co-sponsored the 1988 bill that created the state's wilderness areas.[11] It is the largest wilderness area in Washington.

  1. ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2011" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved March 7, 2013. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
  2. ^ "Annual Park Ranking Report for Recreation Visits in: 2022". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  3. ^ Olympic National Park. "Directions and Transportation". National Park Service. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "The Economy of the Olympic Peninsula and Potential Impacts of the Draft Congressional Watershed Conservation Proposal" (PDF). Bozeman: Headwaters Economics. March 2012. p. 6. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  5. ^ National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States (7th ed.). Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. 2011. p. 402. ISBN 9781426208690.
  6. ^ Olympic National Park. "Park Newsletter July/August 2009". National Park Service. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  7. ^ "Proclamations and Orders Volume 2". National Park Service. Appendix III - National Park Service.
  8. ^ "The National Parks: Index 2009–2011". National Park Service. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  9. ^ "Daniel J. Evans Wilderness". Wilderness Connect. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  10. ^ Landers, Rich (December 7, 2016). "Olympic Wilderness re-named for Sen. Dan Evans". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  11. ^ Ollikainen, Rob (August 18, 2017). "Ceremony marks change of name to Daniel J. Evans Wilderness". Peninsula Daily News. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

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