Hi,

Is July a good or bad month to go to Olympic National Park? Is it going to be too hot and humid to do anything?
Suggestions?


Thanks

Hmm, hot & humid? I take it you've not been to the Pacific Northwest before

July may be a warm month but compared to anything southern or eastern US you'll be hard pushed to feel any significant humidity. You should be fine. The worst case would be random rain showers.

A newspaper article today said that Olympic National Park hoped to have the road to Hurricane Ridge cleared of snow and open for traffic by July 4.

The Sol Duc, Hoh and Quinault areas should be very pleasant but rather dry and they are, afterall, rainforest.

The coast will probably be a mix of sun and fog.

thanks all for the info! since i have not been to the northwest pacific, it helps to know what to prepare before departure.

You've checked out these?

http://www.nps.gov/olym/
http://www.olympic.national-park.com/
http://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&id=Ck3T...num=4&ct=result
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_nati...rk/wa_olymp.htm
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/151
http://www.insideout.com/areawebcams/
http://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&id=VtFr...um=10&ct=result

Mike.

Best time is possibly a bit later in the summer - perhaps late August. I've been there and seen wonderful weather, but given that this is the Pacific Northwest and close to the coast, I've also been to the park and seen a lovely view of... clouds and fog and murk.

No promises. :-)

Dan