Photo of Sol Duc Falls, Olympic National Park, Phillip Colla Photography

Photo of Sol Duc Falls, Olympic National Park

Filed under: National Parks, Olympic, Photo of the Day, Washington on 11/5/2005

Sol Duc Falls is one of the gems of Olympic National Park. Located in the Sol Duc Valley, not far from the Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort, the trail to Sol Duc Falls is an easy 1.5 mile round trip walk through old growth hemlock and douglas fir trees (some of which are over 300 years old). Sol Duc Falls itself drops over a sandstone brim into three separate falls, joining again at the bottom to flow under a dramatic wooden footbridge that crosses the river. Just before reaching the river, hikers encounter the Canyon Creek shelter, an old wooden cabin with cupola built by the Civilian Conservation Corps — its worth a peek inside.

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., Copyright Phillip Colla, image #13747, all rights reserved worldwide.
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. Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA.
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Old growth forest of douglas firs and hemlocks, with forest floor carpeted in ferns and mosses. Sol Duc Springs., Copyright Phillip Colla, image #13757, all rights reserved worldwide.
 Sol Duc Falls. Sol Duc Falls is one of the largest and most beautiful waterfalls in Olympic National Park. Surrounding the falls is an old-growth forest of hemlocks and douglas firs, some of which are three hundred years in age., Copyright Phillip Colla, image #13750, all rights reserved worldwide.
 Log cabin on the trail to Sol Duc Falls., Copyright Phillip Colla, image #13764, all rights reserved worldwide.
Old growth forest of douglas firs and hemlocks, with forest floor carpeted in ferns and mosses. Sol Duc Springs. Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA.
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 		 Sol Duc Falls. Sol Duc Falls is one of the largest and most beautiful waterfalls in Olympic National Park. Surrounding the falls is an old-growth forest of hemlocks and douglas firs, some of which are three hundred years in age. Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA.
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 		 Log cabin on the trail to Sol Duc Falls. Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA.
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