Olympic National Park Photo, Olympic National Park photos, Natural History Photography

Sol Duc Falls. Sol Duc Falls is one of the largest and most beautiful waterfalls in Olympic National Park, seen here from a bridge that crosses the canyon just below the falls. Surrounding the falls is an old-growth forest of hemlocks and douglas firs, some of which are three hundred years in age.
Location: Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13747

Old growth forest of douglas firs and hemlocks, with forest floor carpeted in ferns and mosses. Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington

Old growth forest of douglas firs and hemlocks, with forest floor carpeted in ferns and mosses. Sol Duc Springs.
Location: Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13757

Marymere Falls drops 90 feet through an old-growth forest of Douglas firs, near Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park, Washington

Marymere Falls drops 90 feet through an old-growth forest of Douglas firs, near Lake Crescent.
Location: Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13768

Kalaloch Lodge sits atop bluffs overlooking the Kalaloch River and Pacific Ocean, Olympic National Park, Washington

Kalaloch Lodge sits atop bluffs overlooking the Kalaloch River and Pacific Ocean.
Location: Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13782

Sunset over the Pacific, Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Sunset over the Pacific, Kalaloch Beach.
Location: Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13789

Ruby Beach, sunset lights up the trees along the beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Ruby Beach, sunset lights up the trees along the beach.
Location: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13808

Ruby Beach, sunset, Olympic National Park, Washington

Ruby Beach, sunset.
Location: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13810

Ruby Beach and its famous seastack, blurry ocean waves, sunset, Olympic National Park, Washington

Ruby Beach and its famous seastack, blurry ocean waves, sunset.
Location: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13812

A small waterfall tumbles through old growth forest of douglas firs and hemlocks. Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington

A small waterfall tumbles through old growth forest of douglas firs and hemlocks. Sol Duc Springs.
Location: Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13759

Log cabin on the trail to Sol Duc Falls, Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington

Log cabin on the trail to Sol Duc Falls.
Location: Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13764

Douglas squirrel, a common rodent in coniferous forests in western North American, eats a mushroom, Hoh rainforest, Tamiasciurus douglasii, Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington

Douglas squirrel, a common rodent in coniferous forests in western North American, eats a mushroom, Hoh rainforest.
Species: Douglas squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasii
Location: Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13777

Kalaloch Lodge sits atop bluffs overlooking the Kalaloch River and Pacific Ocean.
Location: Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13780

Enormous driftwood logs stack up on the wide flat sand beaches at Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, Washington

Enormous driftwood logs stack up on the wide flat sand beaches at Kalaloch.
Location: Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13785

Evening beach fire, Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, Washington

Evening beach fire.
Location: Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13788

Water flows past beach cobblestones, blur, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Water flows past beach cobblestones, blur.
Location: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13793

Foggy morning, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Foggy morning.
Location: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13796

Surfer pills are small beach stones eroded into smooth small round shapes, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Surfer pills are small beach stones eroded into smooth small round shapes.
Location: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13797

Lake Quinalt Lodge, Olympic National Park, Washington

Lake Quinalt Lodge.
Location: Lake Quinalt, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13800

Logging companies have clear cut this forest near Lake Quinalt, leaving wreckage in their wake, Olympic National Park, Washington

Logging companies have clear cut this forest near Lake Quinalt, leaving wreckage in their wake.
Location: Lake Quinalt, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13803

Trees, morning light and mist, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Trees, morning light and mist.
Location: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13819