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Kalaloch, WA

Olympic National Park

Pacific Ocean Beaches

in Washington State

 

 

Washington

Ocean Beaches

US-101

 

Cities along the

Ocean Beaches of the Pacific Coast

North to south

Forks

LaPush

Kalaloch

Taholah

Moclips

Pacific Beach

Copalis Beach

Ocean City

Ocean Shores

Westport

Grayland

Tokeland

Ocean Park

Long Beach

Seaview

Ilwaco

 

WA-OceanBeaches-NKalaloch is an area in Olympic National Park where US Highway-101 goes out along the Pacific Coast south of Forks, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.

 

Kalaloch is located at the west end of Jefferson County in Washington State.  Jefferson County is shown in red on the Washington State Counties map below on this page.

 

There is no city of Kalaloch.  There is a national park campground and the historic Kalaloch Lodge that is a national parks facility run by a private corporation under contract.

 

Beaches in the Kalaloch Area

If hiking is not your thing you will have to be satisfied with the beaches in the Kalaloch area.  All of the other Pacific Ocean Beaches in Olympic National Park require a hike to visit.

 

There are six different beaches in the Kalaloch area you can reach by a short path from US-101.  Ruby Beach is the north most beach and the most photographic.  You will find sea stacks, tide pools, drift wood, sand, and most of all, beautiful sunsets at Ruby Beach.

 

Area Accommodations

You can camp at the Kalaloch Campground or stay in one of the rooms or cabins at the Kalaloch Lodge but if they are full there is no alternative in the area.  Closest alternative would be Forks, WA 30 miles north or the Lake Quinault area 26 miles to the south.

 

Driving in the Beahc

You can drive on the beaches in the Ocean Shores area and some other areas along the northern Washington ocean beaches but you can not drive on the beaches in Olympic National Park.  All beaches north of Moclips, WA are either Tribal lands or Olympic National Park.

 

Getting to Kalaloch

Kalaloch is a destination vacation area.  It is located on the west side of the Olympic Mountains and from Seattle, WA it is about the same WA-Counties01-Jeffersondistance whether you take the northern route or the southern route to Kalaloch.  The southern route involves taking Interstate-5 to Olympia, about 60 miles, then heading west for 42 miles to Aberdeen on WA-8 then taking US-101 north for 60 miles to Kalaloch.  This route is the shorter of the two at about 190 miles.

 

The northern route to Kalaloch is more scenic.  It involves a ferry ride either on the EdmondsKingston ferry and then the Hood Canal Floating Bridge or the Keystone – Port Townsend ferry from Whidbey Island to get onto US Highway-101 to go around the northern end of the Olympic Peninsula through Sequim, Port Angeles, and Forks before arriving at Lake Quinault.  This route is about 170 miles from Seattle to Lake Quinault.

 

 

 

Recommended attractions in the Kalaloch area

 

 

State Park

Restaurant

Bogachiel State Park

Visit the State Park's page.

 

Located on US-101 between Kalaloch and Forks.  Bogachiel State Park is a thickly forested 123-acre camping park on the banks of the Bogachiel River.   36 standard sites and 6 with utilities.

 

Kalaloch Lodge (see below)

 

Day Hikes

Convenience store

Olympic National Park

Day Hikes – Front Lands

Visit the NPS - Olympic day hikes page.

 

Kalaloch Lodge (see below)

 

Campground

National Park Lodge

Kalaloch National Park Campground

 1.  Camping only, RV’s are discouraged

 2.  Non-reservation sites, first come

       first served. 

 3.  This campground is very busy.

 

Olympic National Park - Campgrounds

NPS - Plan you visit - campgrounds

 

NPS - Olympic - Campgrounds

       Reservations:  http://reservations.nps.gov

 

Kalaloch Lodge

http://www.visitkalaloch.com/

 

A privately operated National Park lodge on the beach in the Olympic National Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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