Olympic National Park — Mountains, Rainforest, and Wild Coast

In the far northwestern corner of the United States, on a wild peninsula reaching out toward the sea, a single park holds three entirely different worlds. Glacier capped mountains rise at its heart, some of the greatest rainforests on earth cloak its western slopes, and a long, rugged Pacific coastline runs wild along its edge. Few places on the planet gather so much into one boundary. Welcome to Olympic National Park. Filmed June 2024. CHAPTERS 0:00 Olympic National Park 0:45 Where Are We 1:29 Three Worlds in One Park 2:13 The Olympic Mountains 2:54 The View From Hurricane Ridge 3:39 How the Mountains Rose 4:23 The Temperate Rainforests 5:07 Moss, Ferns, and Endless Rain 5:52 The Wild Pacific Coast 6:33 Rialto Beach 7:17 Sea Stacks and Driftwood 8:00 An Isolated World 8:43 The Roosevelt Elk 9:26 A World Heritage Site 10:09 Three Worlds, One Park 10:44 Keep Exploring CREDITS Music: Earth Prelude by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0. Narration is AI generated; history verified against public sources. @fruworldexplorer