Olympic Peninsula: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The Olympic Peninsula is the large arm of land in western Washington state that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle. Neah Bay, the westernmost point in the contiguous United States, is on the Peninsula, as are Port Angeles, Olympic National Park, the Olympic Mountains, and the Hoh and Quinault rain forests.

U.S. Highway 101 runs along the Olympic Peninsula's eastern, northern, and western shorelines, having originated in Olympia, the state capital.

Lakes on the peninsula include Lake Aldwell, Lake Crescent, Lake Mills, Lake Ozette, Lake Pleasant, Lake Quinault, and Lake Sutherland, and its rivers include the Bogachiel, the Dungeness, the Elwha, the Queets, the Quilayute, the Quinault, the Skokomish, and the Sol Duc.

The Peninsula is also home to many state and national parks, including Anderson Lake, Bogachiel, Dosewallips, Fort Flagler, Fort Worden, Lake Cushman, Mystery Bay, Old Fort Townsend, Potlatch, Seqium Bay, Shine Tidelands, and Triton Cove State Parks, Olympic National Park, and the Olympic National Forest.

Cities and towns

• Amanda Park
• Brinnon
• Discovery Bay
• Eldon
• Forks
• Hoodsport
• Hoquiam
• Humptulips
• Kalaloch
• La Push
• Lilliwaup
• Moclips
• Neah Bay
• Ocean City
• Olympia
• Ozette
• Pacific Beach
• Port Angeles
• Port Hadlock
• Port Ludlow
• Port Townsend
• Potlatch
• Quilcene
• Quinault
• Sequim
• Shelton
• Union