the roads to some of these hikes like mountain loop highway and areas in Mt Baker are neglected and filled with pot holes that can be tough if you’re driving car, also a lot of car burglaries happen at the trailheads (i know especially bad at pilchuk, lake 22, heather lake area) so be mindful of what you leave behind

just about all the hikes tdawg mentioned will be packed during the summer, some very popular on that list

there’s no shortage of hikes here and the weather in june is amazing provided there aren’t trees on fire, soak it up

forgot to mention about different types of passes that are required for many of these hikes, state has an insane amount...Washington trails association website (better than alltrails imo) has that info laid out

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Posted by parrotdr

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Posted on 4/5/21 at 11:10 am to tiggah1981

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Port Townsend, Port Angeles, or Sequim would be good bases for Olympic NP excursions.

After Seattle/Rainier we moved on to a hotel in Port Angeles. Great starting point for Olympic NP, as others have stated. Also the best place to ferry over to Victoria, Canada--shortest ferry ride compared to those doing it from Seattle. Great place to spend a day. Hopefully these ferries will be reopened by June.

In ONP, take the Hurricane Ridge Road to the visitors center, grab a bite and take in the view, then go to the 8 mile, unpaved road to Obstruction Point. Called the scariest drive in Washington. My wife was freaking out.

Hurricane Ridge to Obstruction Point.

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