The Spruce Railroad Trail is a popular and fairly easy, four mile long hike that skirts the shores of scenic Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park. Olympic National Park's Lake Crescent was formed by melting glaciers during the last ice [...]
Tide pools, a sandy beach, hiking trails, WWII bunkers, and stunning views over Crescent Bay and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. If this sounds good to you then you’ll love Salt Creek Recreation Area. Salt Creek Recreation Area is [...]
Marymere Falls, located in Olympic National Park near Lake Crescent, offers one of the area's easiest and most popular hikes. Best of all, it's capped off with one of the most beautiful waterfalls on the Peninsula. Lake Crescent, at the [...]
The rugged beauty of Rialto Beach is only 3 miles from Manitou Lodge. Olympic National Park isn't just glacier capped mountains and dense, mossy rain forests. It's also 73 miles of pristine coastal wilderness! Come discover the Olympic National Park [...]
Enjoy Forks WA Camping at Manitou Lodge. Manitou Lodge, known for its classic lodge structure and wonderful accommodations, also offers camping! Situated on ten acres of coastal rainforest, our Forks WA camping is just about as far west as you can get [...]
Washington's Olympic Peninsula offers a seemingly endless variety of hiking opportunities but one of the most popular has to be the famed Hoh River Trail. There's nothing quite like the Olympic Peninsula's Hoh rain forest. Dense with huge trees, draped [...]
Discover the fascinating history of the Forks - the town that lumber built - with a visit to the Forks Timber Museum! You could be forgiven for thinking that Forks main claim to fame is its place in Stephenie Meyer's [...]
Here's a fascinating little curiosity: We maintain a trail for guests which winds through the firs and alders that make up about 2/3 of the lodge property. Only minimal grooming is done out there because we prefer to keep the [...]
This gorgeous series emphatically depicts the beauty of the lodge and its setting even in winter. The photos were provided by a recent guest who was kind enough to forward these shots and permit us to use them. We're especially [...]
7/9/15. We know that all our incoming guests for the remainder of the summer are aware of our dry conditions very conducive to wildfires. Here's a status report: Currently, there is a single blaze on the entire Olympic Peninsula. This is [...]
Update 4/30/15: For several years now, the Manitou Lodge has opened up two "Outback" cabins and 3 fully-equipped tentsites during the late Spring, Summer, and early Fall seasons. Guests in the Outback cabin have had access to a small bathroom [...]
Just 3 miles down Mora Rd from the Manitou Lodge, you'll find Rialto Beach, probably the most spectacular of the Olympic Park "front-country" beaches. Perpetually great surf, some of the largest driftwood logs on the coast, clear views of James Island [...]