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

An official at Jefferson County, which maintains Upper Hoh Road adjacent to the Hoh River, said a lack of emergency federal funding for repairs is behind the lag. Eric Kuzma, assistant public ...

The forest gets its name from the Hoh River, which continuously flows from Mount Olympus toward the Pacific Coast. However, the true history behind the name’s origin has been lost to time.

If you want to explore further, hike a piece of the 17-mile Hoh River Trail to Glacier Meadows, which offers a view of Mount Olympus. Most day hikers turn around at Five Mile Island, making it a ...

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

Heavy rains elevated the neighboring Hoh River, eroding part of the county-maintained road, causing the park to announce the ...

BUILDING ROADS ON the Olympic Peninsula has always been a challenge. In the days before roads, people traveled along beaches at low tide when the surf was low enough to not pound you into the ...

The forest gets its name from the Hoh River, which continuously flows from Mount Olympus toward the Pacific Coast. However, the true history behind the name’s origin has been lost to time.

Which could really limit your life list. Pat Neal is a Hoh River fishing and rafting guide and “wilderness gossip columnist” whose column appears here every Wednesday. He can be reached at ...

If you're up to the challenge, there is also a 17-mile trail that leads to Glacier Meadows, on the shoulder of Mount Olympus, called the Hoh River Trail. The Hoh sits on the west side of Olympic ...