Olympic Peninsula Loop (US 101)
Port Angeles loop, WA · ~330-mile loop · 2–4 days
US 101 makes a near-complete circle around Olympic National Park, whose roadless interior means the loop is how you reach its three worlds — glaciated peaks, temperate rainforest, and wild Pacific beaches — by spur roads off the highway.
Good to know: Hurricane Ridge Road is seasonal and weather-gated; the park charges an entrance fee, and the Hoh and other interior spurs are dead-ends — check NPS road status before committing to one.
Rainforest, peaks, and wild coast in one circle.
One loop delivers alpine ridges, the lushest rainforest in the Lower 48, and sea-stack beaches — landscapes you’d normally drive days between.
States on this route
The signature stops
What to pull over for.
05Hoh Rain Forestmoss-draped temperate rainforest, a spur off the highway — open the guideWAPlan the drive
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