Suggested Side Trips
 Port Townsend: A 45 minute drive east of Sequim (Highway 101 then left on Highway 20). This "Victorian" seaport town has an easy-going, artsy ambience. The state ferry terminal to Whidbey Island is located here. On the way back to Sequim, stop at the Seven Cedars Casino for dinner and entertainment.
 Victoria B.C., Canada: The Coho Ferry and the Victoria Express provide an easy, leisurely day trip to our friendly "foreign" neighbor. If you time your trip right, you can visit the famous Butchart Gardens, the very informative Royal B.C. Museum, take "High Tea" at the Empress Hotel and still have time to walk around the lively streets and shopping areas before catching the ferry back to the Peninsula.
 The Hoh Rain Forest: Located south of the City of Forks on the west coast of the Peninsula, the Hoh Rain Forest is just about a must-see. Driving time from Sequim is about 2 hours, part of it along beautiful Lake Crescent. The Hoh is the largest rain forest in the continental United States. It exists because moist air from the Pacific Ocean brings 150" of rain annually to the shores and helps to keep this temperate rain forest lush and growing. Trees, hundreds of years old with trunks wider than a person can embrace, create wonder and awe. There are several relatively short and easily accessible walks mapped out. Park rangers give group tours and tell you about flora and fauna.
These are just a few of the many things to see and do in the Sequim area. Stop at the Visitor Center for more information. We hope you can enjoy them all!
You might want to drive all around the Olympic Peninsula, the trip from Seattle back to Seattle is about 350 miles long and could take you, not stopping anywhere, about 7 hours. Of course, in order to enjoy this trip you might want to take at least two to three days. In summertime it is advisable to make reservations at lodgings and campgrounds way ahead of your time here in order to secure your overnight stays.
There is an admission fee to the National Park (Hurricane Ridge, etc.). Don't lose that ticket; it is valid for 7 days and you can use it to get into the other entrances to the Park, for instance, the Hoh Rain Forest.
The visit to the Dungeness Spit also requires a small fee. (The money is used by the Fish and Wildlife Department to provide a healthy wildlife refuge for migrating birds).
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