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As Seen from Space: The 2015 Paradise Fire in Olympic National Park

Residents of the Pacific Northwest will have a hard time forgetting the summer of 2015. We broke heat records, had intense fires and saw the sun more than we ever have in our corner of the country.  It was the year it didn’t rain, the year the lakes vanished and the year the rainforest of Olympic …

The Rainforest of Olympic National Park Is Finally Not on Fire

“It started on a dark and stormy night… and it ended on a darker and stormier night.”  It seems like this should have happened earlier, but the fire in the Queets River Valley of Olympic National Park has finally been extinguished. After nearly two feet of rain fell in the rainforests of Olympic National Park …

Your Guide to the Campgrounds of Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park is known for amazing views, fantastic hiking and some of the last true wilderness in America, yet few know of all of the unique camping opportunities along the roads of the park. Spread around the region, camping in Olympic offers visitors a wide of variety of choices.

Crews Struggling to Suppress Wildfire Burning in Olympic’s Queets Rainforest

Updated June 24th, 2015 10:50AM Five days after the Paradise fire was first spotted  burning 13 miles from the trailhead along the Queets Rainforest in Olympic National Park, National Park officials made the determination to attempt to put the fire out. Started by a lighting strike, the fire was undetected in this remote region of Olympic …

Forest Fire Burning in Queets Rainforest in Olympic National Park

Updated Thursday, June 19th at 9:42AM PST NEW UPDATES: https://outdoor-society.com/crews-to-surpress-wildfire-burning-in-olympics-queets-rainforest/ As we reported on Monday the 15th, a forest fire is currently burning in the Queets Rainforest of Olympic National Park. Reported to us via social media, and later confirmed by a press release, Olympic National Forest and Park Officials are reporting that there is a small forest fire …