Olympic National Park: A Natural History

On Washington's Olympic Peninsula more than 1,400 square miles of rugged mountains, richly forested river valleys, and pristine wilderness coast have been preserved as Olympic National Park. From rain forests with more than 160 inches of annual precipitation to arid rainshadow slopes, from rugged glacier-covered mountains to the wild Pacific coast, the park's varied ecosystems feature an extraordinary range of plants and animals, including many species found nowhere else on earth. This illustrated complete guide covers endangered species, geology, wildflowers and other plant life, rain forest ecology, glaciers, wildlife, rivers, the Pacific coasts, and visitor information.