America's Enchanted Forest, Hoh Rainforest (with Map & Photos)

Do you remember the enchanted island of Japan and that in the place it rained "35 days a month"? In the United States, in the western area of ​​the Olympic National Park (Washington state), there is a temperate forest that is not far behind in terms of abundance of falling water and green explosion in forms more typical of a landscape that we would make of fantasy: it is calculated that each year the precipitations add up to about 4,000 millimeters in a leafy area that is the most humid zone of the continental territory of the country. Unlike other temperate forests, in this area conifers predominate, to which is added the humidity that puts its "magic" ingredient to turn the forest into a unique visual spectacle:

Hoh Rainforest Washington State
Hoh Rainforest Washington State

Brian


Especially in the Hoh river area, there is the Hoh Rainforest, a valley formed thousands of years ago by glaciers where currently the density of vegetation, and above all, the proliferation of plant species attached to large trees, the mosses, lichens and fungi that grow everywhere, make the forest a panorama that becomescharmed… better describe it yourselves:

Hoh Rainforest Washington State
Hoh Rainforest Washington State

Minette Layne


In the forest or jungle of Hoh, large trees can grow, including specimens (Tsuga heterophylla) that often reach 90 meters in height, as well as fir trees and all kinds of green species that are eaten by deer, elk and others. animals. The Quinault forest is also part of the park, also known as the valley of the giants, due to the enormous specimens of fir and cedar trees, among others that abound in the place. I'd rather leave you with a long visual spectacle:

Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center Map