Quinn's Travel Blog

Olympic National Park Trip ​

Visit 2, Day 3 ​

Sept 2, 2026 ​

Lake Crescent ​

Started off this day strong with a stop at the Lake Crescent lodge and got our national park stamp and a mocha

Historic Lake Crescent Lodge with mountain backdrop

Stunning blue waters of Lake Crescent with forested mountains

Mt Storm King Hike ​

Mt Storm King Hike starting trail marker

Next up was Mt Storm King, our biggest + hardest hike of the week.

Had a bit of a hard time getting a spot at the parking lot, even though it was a weekday and still pretty early. We circled like 3 or 4 times until finding a spot as someone else left.

It was ~2.5 miles each way, and was an 'out and back'. There was a kinda sketchy slippery climb to the final peak. Folks had left ropes along the trail to the top to make it easier, otherwise it'd be a lot more scary.

Julia and Jenna didn't end up climbing all the way up since it wasn't super safe. That was kinda a good call cause on the way down we went off the trail on all 4's by accident trying to get down and it got really steep and sketchy until we realized we were going the wrong way.

Mossy bright green trees on trail to Mt Storm King summit

Aerial view of Lake Crescent from Mount Storm King summit

It got a little cloudy, but we could still see lake

Marymere Falls Hike ​

We walked the last quarter mile to see the Marymere falls after doing Storm King. This felt like a walk in the park after getting to the top of the previous one.

Stream flowing away from Marymere FallsMarymere Falls

Grannies Diner ​

Stopped for burgers and milkshakes at 'Grannies diner', super good, and extra fun that they had emu's in the back

Grannies Diner restaurant in Forks with retro signage

Emu at Grannies Diner in Forks

Forks ​

Visitor center ​

Did a quick stop at the Visitor's center before they closed.

This is super funny, and worth a stop, they have all kinds of Twilight merch.

And they have Bella's truck!

Bella's truck from Twilight movie series at Forks visitor center

Variety store shirt ​

We also stopped at the variety store in town for some surprise materials for Jade's birthday that we missed to surprise her. We found this killer shirt there

Twilight-themed t-shirt found at Forks variety store

Funny book ​

And as a last little funny detail, the AirBNB had this funny bigfoot documentary style book. Gonna have to read that some day lol

Bigfoot documentary style book at Forks Airbnb

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National Parks Log

  • ✓Mount Rainier National Park(Washington)
    Rank #1
  • ✓North Cascades National Park(Washington)
    Rank #8
  • ✓Crater Lake National Park(Oregon)
    Rank #10
  • ✓Olympic National Park(Washington)You are here
    Rank #12
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