Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park is located in Washington State. Natural wonders include snow capped mountains, rain forests, and a rugged coast line. The range features dozens of glaciers and alpine meadows.

Do you want to know about the park rangers? The ranger takes care of the park. The ranger has lots of responsibility. They search for and rescue people and animals . They show a lot of nature. Park rangers do some fire fighting. The ranger greets visitors. They  help, protect, and  preserve nature. 

Plants and Animals

Animals include  Olympic marmot, Olympic chipmunk, Olympic snow mole, Olympic Cresceti trout.

 Plants include Flett's violet, Piper's bellflower, Olympic mountain synthyris. 

History

 Settlers came to the north Olympic Peninsula in the mid -1800's, but did not explore the mountainous 
interior. During the fall of 1889 (the same year Washington became a state) a group first explored the interior. The next summer, after another exploration,  James Wickersham and Joseph O'Neill  advocated the establishment of a National Park. In 1909, President Theodore Roosevelt created Mount Olympus National Monument to protect the elk. 

Geography  

The park is 1,389 square miles with 922,000 acres . Mount Olympus is almost 8,000 feet high.

It was formed by sediments that were compressed into shale and  sandstone.

Ocean

The coast is where the land meets the sea.  Olympic National Park has more than 60 miles of Pacific Coastline.

Forests

There are four different types of forests on the Olympic Peninsula - Rain Forests, Low land,        Montane, and Sub Alpine

Glaciers

Ice from the glaciers moved across the park and changed the land.
  
Weather   

The climate is  mild but cloudy winters with moist air. The weather is extremely unpredictable.