Pacific Northwest road trip: Olympic National Park and Mount Rainier from Seattle

A loop from Seattle around the Olympic Peninsula, with mountains, rainforest and coast, then south to Mount Rainier.

Stops
6
Nights
6
Driving
434 mi
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Mount Rainier's snowy dome rising above a sloping wildflower meadow.

The route by road

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The stops, in order

  1. Seattle, Washington

    1 night

    Start and finish.

  2. 2 h 06 min · 82 mi from Seattle

    Port Angeles, Washington

    2 nights

    Base for Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park.

  3. 1 h 08 min · 56 mi from Port Angeles

    Forks, Washington

    1 night

    Near the Hoh Rain Forest and Rialto Beach.

  4. 2 h · 108 mi from Forks

    Aberdeen, Washington

    A stop on the way

    On the way south around the peninsula.

  5. 2 h 06 min · 107 mi from Aberdeen

    Ashford, Washington

    2 nights

    Next to the Nisqually entrance of Mount Rainier National Park.

  6. 1 h 35 min · 81 mi from Ashford

    Seattle, Washington

    A stop on the way

    Back where you started.

Day by day

7 days with the nights above. Drive times are for a car without traffic; a day over six hours is flagged.

  1. Day 1: In Seattle

    No driving

  2. Day 2: Seattle to Port Angeles

    Night in Port Angeles

    2 h 06 min · 82 mi

  3. Day 3: In Port Angeles

    No driving

  4. Day 4: Port Angeles to Forks

    Night in Forks

    1 h 08 min · 56 mi

  5. Day 5: Forks to Ashford

    Via Aberdeen

    Night in Ashford

    4 h 06 min · 214 mi

  6. Day 6: In Ashford

    No driving

  7. Day 7: Ashford to Seattle

    1 h 35 min · 81 mi
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Photo: Mount Rainier behind the flowering meadows of Paradise Park, Washington. “Mount Rainier behind the flowering meadows of Paradise Park (18 August 2012)” by Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. “Oregon coast taken from Highway 101 near Brookings, Oregon (3388091714)” by OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons, Public domain. “Going-to-the-Sun Road-27527-2” by Ken Thomas, Public domain. “Grand Teton from the Snake River Overlook” by Frank Kovalchek, CC BY 2.0.