The Olympic Peninsula Bucket List

  While the Olympic Peninsula is a vast area of land with many sight, sounds and smells, we here at Exotic Hikes thought we would help provide a list of destinations that will help you experience all of the Olympic Peninsula. With such varying diversity, the Olympic Peninsula is sure to have numerous places for you to enjoy, and while some aspects of the list may not be for you, keep in mind that this list is compiled so everyone can find a destination.

The destinations listed below are in no particular order, so scan through them, click the links and check out which areas best fit your personality! Once you have a few places on your list, call Exotic Hikes (360)350-8938 and book a tour! Discover, enjoy and fall in love with locations!

1)     Hurricane Ridge 

2)     Mt. Ellinor

3)     Ruby Beach

4)     Port Angeles

5)     Sequim Lavender Festival

6)     Sequim Balloon Festival

7)     Forks Logging Museum

8)     Forks Twilight Tours

9)     Port Townsend

10)   Neah Bay and Cape Flattery

11)   LaPush

12)   Whale watching and Fishing from Westport

13)   Ocean Shores during a storm

14)   BeachCombing at Damon Point in Ocean Shores

15)   Hoodsport during the Salmon Run

16)   Dungeness Spit

17)   Kalaloch Lodge

18)   Port Ludlow

19)   Lake Crescent

20)   Climb Mt. Olympus

21)   Stay in the Chalet at Enchanted Valley

22)   Bird Watching at Port William

23)   Watch the Salmon run in the Hoh Rain Forest

24)   Walk the Hall of Mosses

25)   Scenic Drives on Highway 101

26)   Murhut Falls

27)   Have a picnic in the Hoh Rainforest

28)   Sol Duc Hot Springs

29)   Heart Lake

30)   Anderson Pass

31)   Mt. Angeles

32)   Flapjack Lakes

33)   Marymere Falls

34)   Shi Shi Beach Sea Stacks

35)   Obstruction Point

36)   Bike the Spruce Railroad trail

37)   Tubal Cain Mine/Tull Canyon B-17 wreckage

38)   Stargaze from Mt Baldy

39)   Fourth of July on Mt Washington

40)   Lake Constance

41)   Olympia Art Walk

42)   Port Angeles Second Weekend Art Events

43)   Sequim Olympic Driftwood Sculptors

44)   Port Angeles Victoria Heritage Days

45)   Olympia Farmers Market

46)   Poulsbo Viking Fest

47)   Makah Cultural Museum

48)   Eagle watching on Lake Quinault

49)   Westport Driftwood Show

50)   Hoquiam Loggers Festival

51)   Backpack from Dosewallips to Lake Quinault

52)   Climb the top peaks in the Olympics

53)   Quileute Days in LaPush

54)   See the newly free Elwah River

55)   Explore the Colonel Bob wilderness

56)   Hike and Bike Fort Flagler

57)   Climb the Brothers

58)   Go explore the remote Cape Alava

59)   Raft the Skokomish

60)   Hole in the Wall Beach

61)   Humes Ranch Homestead

62)   Point of the Arches

63)   C-141 Peak

64)   Sunrise on Hood Canal

65)   Sunset on an isolated beach by Oil City

66)   Hike Six Ridge Pass in the summer

67)   Swim in Lena Lake

68)   Boat watch at John Wayne Marina

69)   Wildlife watch at Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge

70)   Port Townsend to Whidbey Island Ferry

71)   Glissade down any of the 200 mountains in theOlympics

72)   See the top 20 waterfalls on the Peninsula

73)   Obtain permission and explore Tattoosh Island

74)   Have a family outing at the Olympic Game Farm

75)   Watch wildlife at Hurricane Ridge

This list is nowhere near complete, but if you were to do and experience all of these things on the list, you would be able to have some of the most memorable times of anyone who has ever experience the Olympic Peninsula. The Olympic Peninsula is so diverse that it would take your whole life to experience it, but when you are out and about, take full advantage of your day, because life is short and you need to enjoy the seconds that you have in beauty.

We have kept the list at 75, but if you have anywhere we have missed, or you consider a must see; please add it in the comments section!