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

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

A washout has closed the only access road to the Olympic National Park’s popular Hoh Rain Forest since December.

blocking access to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest. Courtesy Jefferson County Public Works One of Washington’s most popular natural wonders is currently closed and faces significant ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Wash. — The state has found the funds to complete the repairs on the Hoh Rainforest access road. Officials are hoping to reopen that area of Olympic National Park by May.

With an annual rainfall ranging from 140 to 170 inches, the Hoh Rain Forest is a lush, green wonderland, with mosses and ferns covering every tree and surface. According to the NPS, it is one of ...

Jefferson County leaders also requested emergency funds to repair the Quinault South Shore Road that has been degrading since ...

Because the Upper Hoh Rain Forest Road is the only route to the rainforest’s trailheads, its closure could lead to canceled summer plans and disappointed tourists. The Hoh Rain Forest is known ...

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

Because the Hoh Rainforest is a significant economic driver for Peninsula economies, the road repair qualifies for the funding stream. It falls under RCW 43.330.250, which defines what the money can ...

OLYMPIA — Gov. Bob Ferguson has directed the use of $623,000 in Strategic Reserve funds on an emergency basis to fix the access road to the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park. The road has ...

Washington state officials hope revising a disaster declaration will bring federal aid to reopen the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park. In December, the Hoh River took out Jefferson County ...