Gapu0407's New Itinerary

Around Forks

The town of Forks is situated on a broad prairie 15 miles from the ocean (in the Quillayute Valley). About 5,000 folks live in the greater Forks area, and you’ll find restaurants, lodgings, shops and services in this friendly, rural community.

Location

Forks Forks, WA
United States
47° 57' 7.0524" N, 124° 23' 7.1664" W

Port Angeles Farmers Market

Saturdays, 10AM - 2PM at Gateway Transit Center year round

Wednesdays, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Mid-June through September

Gateway Transit Center tel: 360-460-0361

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PA Farmers Market Port Angeles, WA 98362
United States
47° 57' 26.0748" N, 123° 23' 36.1932" W

Port Townsend Farmers Market

Saturdays, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM, April through November Uptown, Port Townsend Wednesdays, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, June through September Uptown, Port Townsend Tel: 360-379-9098

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This field is required** WA
United States
48° 7' 4.1052" N, 122° 45' 34.92" W

Twilight self tour in Forks

If you are a fan of the Twilight book series, you can come to Forks and tour the sites that are featured in the books written by Stephenie Meyer.  Just stop by the Forks Chamber of Commerce visitor center (1411 South Forks Ave.) to receive your free Twilight packet.  It includes trivia tests from all four books along with a Forks Twilight map showing where the sites are located. Hours are 10am to 5pm Monday - Saturday and 11am - 4pm on Sundays.

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Forks Chamber of Commerce
1411 South Forks Ave.
Forks, WA 98331
United States
47° 55' 37.2648" N, 124° 22' 45.5988" W

World's Largest Red Cedar Tree

World Champion Western Red Cedar (Thuja Plicata)

Section 36, Township 26 North, Range 13 West, W.M.  Jefferson County

19.4 feet in diameter, 178 feet tall, estimated 1000 years old.

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Jefferson County WA
United States

Moments in Time Trail

The Moments in Time Nature Trail is an easy 0.5-mile trail that meanders through the woods and along the shoreline of Lake Crescent offering a variety of environments from breathtaking views of Lake Crescent and Pyramid Mountain to tiny fern and wildflower meadows to lush woods with towering evergreens and spectacular mosses and fungi. Appropriate for the entire family, it begins just off the parking area of the Storm King Ranger Station on Lake Crescent in the Olympic National Park.

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Storm King Ranger Station
U.S. Highway 101
Port Angeles, WA 98362
United States
48° 3' 27.468" N, 123° 47' 14.7696" W

Museum and Arts Center/Sequim-Dungeness Valley

This regional museum includes natural and cultural history displays and showcases the Manis Mastodon discovered in Sequim. Rotating collection, art exhibits and a museum store are featured. The historic Dungeness Schoolhouse, built in 1892, has a period classroom exhibit. Visit the Second Chance consignment store which helps provide operating income for museum programs and services. Open to the public by appointment, the DeWitt Building houses administrative offices, artifact storage, photo archives and the Whatton Research Library.

175 W. Cedar St.
Sequim, WA 98382
tel: 360-683-8110

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Museum and Arts Center
175 W. Cedar St.
Sequim, WA 98382
United States
48° 4' 50.0052" N, 123° 6' 15.5124" W

Makah Cultural Center

The Makah Cultural and Research Center is world famous. Many of the items in the museum are from the "Ozette Dig," which yielded Makah artifacts from a village partially buried in a mudslide in the 1500s. The Ozette archeological collection is the largest pre-contact Northwest Coast Indian collection in the country. Whaling, sealing and fishing gear, basketry and replicas of a 60-foot cedar longhouse and oceangoing canoes are displayed. The center also houses the Makah language program, working to preserve and teach Makah language and culture.

1880 Bay View
Neah Bay, WA 98357

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Makah Cultural Center
1880 Bay View
Neah Bay, WA 98357
United States
48° 22' 3.0504" N, 124° 37' 21.6048" W

Kalaloch Beaches

Scenic ocean shores with easy access are found in the Kalaloch (pronounced clay-lock) area, 15 miles south of the Rain Forest Road on Hwy 101. Beach Trail 4 is a pebble beach with dramatic surf (beware of the strong undertow), tidal pools and is a popular place to dip for smelt (schools of small fish that spawn in the surf in warm, calm weather and can be caught with a large net). Picturesque Ruby Beach with a meandering creek, dramatic sea stacks, and drift logs is named for its sometimes garnet-colored sand. A gold mining operation was located here in the early 1900’s.

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Kalaloch Beaches
United States
47° 36' 16.92" N, 124° 22' 15.96" W

It's Time for Tidepooling!

Take time to discover and explore the miniature world of tide pools on the Olympic Peninsula's Pacific coastal and Strait of Juan de Fuca beaches. As breezes blow away the morning mist, you'll discover dozens of fascinating tide pools with sea stars and urchins and other critters scurring about in the tide pools.

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Ocean Beaches WA
United States