We’re truly lucky to live in a state with such diverse landscapes. Just look at the beautiful Olympic Peninsula with its beaches, mountains, and temperate rainforest, the Hoh. Visiting the Hoh and its Hall of Mosses feels surreal, especially when you take the 1,000-year-old trees into consideration.
The Hall of Mosses Trail is only a mile long, and it’s a nice, easy loop.
Joey Summerson / alltrails.com Walking this path is a fantastic way to see the Hoh and all its natural beauty.
It’s the 150-170 inches of annual rain that give this space its lush green appearance.
Sarah Schaefer / alltrails.com Mosses and ferns blanket the surface, making the forest look especially enchanted.
The most common types of trees that grow in the Hoh are Sitka Spruce, Western Red Cedar, Douglas Fir, and Western Hemlock, which happens to be Washington’s official state tree.
Matt Martin / alltrails.com Some of the trees here are around 1,000 years old.
The trees’ heights vary, with some of them reaching over 300 feet tall.
Shalana De Los Santos / alltrails.com Walking through the rainforest is truly a surreal experience.
The Hoh is one of the few remaining examples of temperate rainforest in North America.
Steve Albert / alltrails.com The rainforest once spanned the entire Pacific coast from southeastern Alaska to the central coast of California.
Worried about the trees? Don’t be – the moss doesn’t hurt them.
Beau Comeaux / alltrails.com Moss is an epiphyte, which is a plant that grows on another plant without harming it. It gets its nutrients from the air, rain, fog, and debris that accumulates around it.
Visiting the Hoh is free, although you will need a Discover Pass to enter Olympic National Park.
Beau Comeaux / alltrails.com The trail is is open daily April - November, then weekends only in the winter.
Have you ever walked down the Hall of Mosses? This might be a great time of year to go, considering the park is rumored to be haunted.
Joey Summerson / alltrails.com
Walking this path is a fantastic way to see the Hoh and all its natural beauty.
Sarah Schaefer / alltrails.com
Mosses and ferns blanket the surface, making the forest look especially enchanted.
Matt Martin / alltrails.com
Some of the trees here are around 1,000 years old.
Shalana De Los Santos / alltrails.com
Walking through the rainforest is truly a surreal experience.
Steve Albert / alltrails.com
The rainforest once spanned the entire Pacific coast from southeastern Alaska to the central coast of California.
Beau Comeaux / alltrails.com
Moss is an epiphyte, which is a plant that grows on another plant without harming it. It gets its nutrients from the air, rain, fog, and debris that accumulates around it.
Beau Comeaux / alltrails.com
The trail is is open daily April - November, then weekends only in the winter.
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