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.
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.
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.
Some of the trees here are around 1,000 years old.
The trees' heights vary, with some of them reaching over 300 feet tall.
Walking through the rainforest is truly a surreal experience.
The Hoh is one of the few remaining examples of temperate rainforest in North America.
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.
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.
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.
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