Time to share your world, a meme hosted every week by Klaus, Sandy, Ivar, Wren, Fishing Guy and Louise. Click on the icon and let us see the beauty of your world!Today I'll share another breathtakingly beautiful part of my world in Washington State. It is an incredibly beautiful place, but until I can get there the next time with my own camera and take my own shots, Wikipedia and Google have supplied me these photos and information.
Lake Quinault is a lake on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state. It is located in the glacial-carved Quinault Valley of the Quinault River, at the southern edge of Olympic National Park in the northwestern United States. One of the most dominate features of Lake Quinault is being located within the Quinault Rain Forest, a temperate rain forest.
Lake Quinault is owned by the Quinault Indian Nation , a temperate rain forest. The area is accessible from U.S. Route 101.
Area activities include fishing (with permit from the Quinaults), scenic drives (there is a 30+ mile loop around the lake), and hiking. The southern side of the lake features a system of short hiking trails maintained by the National Forest Service that are accessible to casual day hikers.
The southern side of the lake is home to the historic Lake Quinault Lodge and the Rain Forest Resort Village and is encompassed by the Olympic National Forest. The north side of the lake is bordered mainly by private homes and some small resorts located in Olympic National Park.
So much beauty, one could spent a lifetime just exploring a few square miles, no doubt! The mossy shot is so inviting!!
ReplyDeleteI think I camped near there when I was young. I would love to stay there sometime soon. I love visiting the area when I can.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I wonder if these photos were taken during the summer. Does it look different in the Fall?
ReplyDeleteYour world is beautiful....
ReplyDeletegreat captures of the area...someone hit it perfectfully. and of course thank you for the wonderful tours of your world. so enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThe more that I see, the more I like this place.
ReplyDeletewow ! that's a real post for My World ! Beautiful scenery. Just like in a movie scene..
ReplyDeleteI wait for your shots.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful place.
This was such an interesting post about a beautiful place. I love those waterfalls.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely area and very much like my home ground a little to the north on Vancouver Island where the coastal rain forest is prevalent.
ReplyDeleteI love the mossy trees, the ferns and thick undergrowth.
Everything is so scenic around the Lake. The Lodge is somewhat very interesting, the way it curves around.
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Beautiful, makes me wish I had included the Olympic penninsula on our itinerary this month. We will be in Mt. Rainier and North Cascades instead.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is such an impressive area! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYou can't imagine how enticing those beautiful water falls look to a desert rat. You have shown a very beautiful area that I would love to visit. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYour posts show so many beautiful places in the state. Its on my short list of places to visit.
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Beautiful photos of a great area. I've hiked from the Hoh trailhead, and I just love that lush green scenery and the huge trees. Next time we'll have to try to visit Lake Quinalt, too.
ReplyDeleteSylvia: What a neat place to visit.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful! MH
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fabulous place with the possiblilty of lots of birds! That first photo is stunning!
ReplyDeleteIncredibly beautiful, everything is so green and the lodge looks very inviting. Of course the way I am I love the picture of the trail.
ReplyDeleteAy yay yay, so scenic and peaceful! Great shots.
ReplyDeleteWow, so beautiful. I camped out in Cades Cove this weekend and saw gorgeous things but this is even better.
ReplyDeleteLove that first shot. That's gotta be an HDR composition, don't you think? I want to try that but haven't figured out how to do it in Elements, I don't think I can.
Your world is definitely beautiful ~ the waterfalls, the reflection on the lake all gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThe waterfalls are so beautiful. I need to get over to that area and explore!
ReplyDeleteWonderful, wonderful pictures!
ReplyDeleteWhat a truly beautiful area, I'm waiting for your own pictures too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place to visit...
ReplyDeleteReminds me a lot of the type of scenery one would see, back home in New Zealand..
My husband grew up in Washington State and says that the climates are very much the same...plenty of rain.. :-)
I'd enjoy spending some time there - it's lovely!
ReplyDeleteThese are stunningly beautiful. There is a gentleness in all these images. Lodges of that era are lovely, warm, welcoming places that respect their setting. I fell for that building!
ReplyDeleteThis is a cool way of knowing your world and your place. Thanks for sharing this to us, Sylvia. :)
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking views! Visiting other worlds is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThe rain forest surrounding Lake Quinault is by far the most magical forest I've ever experienced. The last time I visited, many years ago, was during a storm and major flood. It was the best.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful area. I'd love to stay awhile in the lodge and explore.
ReplyDeleteyour world is breathtaking, and your pics too. Sitting in India, I often think that cities in developed countries must be just a set of concrete mazes, glass houses, steel structures... I shd regularly peek into your pics to reassure myself! :)
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful, it looks like a great place for walking and photography.
ReplyDeleteLove the waterfalls - and that fantastic lodge/house!
ReplyDeletewould love to go hiking there!
ReplyDeleteSylvia that's just the place for me It looks a little bit like the West coast of New Zealand with these ferns Beautiful
ReplyDeleteFlat out gorgeous. I could waste many a hour wandering this place with the camera. I think I might even spot the fairyfolk misbehaving here.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing place to visit. I envy you for living in such a beautiful state and being able to walk through all these beautiful areas. Thanks for sharing, Sylvia. It doesn't matter who took the photos!
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible place!!
ReplyDeletethe first pic is really, really beautiful. you have such an awesome world.
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FABULOUS POST!!
ReplyDelete(please come visit Lisbon again!!)
I do so love where we live and the wonderful bounty of visual treats to take in!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great display and I may look into that lodge for our anniversary getaway...!
Thanks for stoppin' by my horsey place too!
Kacy w/ Wa mare~
I have several friends that live in you state and I keep hoping I will one day be able to visit.
ReplyDeleteYour wonderful post is just another reason added to my list.
Thanks for the visit and the nice comment.
Love your blog: I had planned a trip to the Olympic penninsula a year ago but the trip was just getting to expensive. My wife and I opted to go to Maine instead and then Mt. Washington in N.H. and that turned out to be a great trip.This weeks skywatch photos came from that trip. Thanks Joe Todd
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS woods and waterfalls!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sylvia, for sharing this info and the photos. My husband and I spent a night at the Lake Quinault Lodge for our "honeymoon" almost thirty years ago. It was a year after our marriage and we could only afford one night, but we never forgot that magical place.
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