Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
national park and as a port for ferries crossing the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Vic-
toria, British Columbia. It is here that you will find the region's greatest con-
centration of lodgings and restaurants.
ESSENTIALS
GETTING THERE
U.S. 101 circles Olympic National Park, with main park
entrances south of Port Angeles, at Lake Crescent, and at the Hoh River south
of Forks.
Horizon Air
(
&
800/547-9308;
www.horizonair.com) flies between Seattle-
Tacoma International Airport and Port Angeles. Rental cars are available in Port
Angeles from
Budget Rent-A-Car
(
&
800/345-8038
or 360/457-4246).
There is a
bus shuttle
to Port Angeles from Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport on
Olympic Bus Lines
(
&
800/457-4492
or 360/417-0700; www.olympicbuslines.
com). Reservations are recommended.
Jefferson Transit
(
&
800/371-0497
or
360/385-4777; www.jeffersontransit.com) has service from Port Townsend to
Sequim, where you can transfer to service on
Clallam Transit
(
&
800/858-
3747
or 360/452-4511; www.clallamtransit.com), which operates from Sequim
around the peninsula to Lake Crescent, Neah Bay, La Push, and Forks.
Two
ferries,
one for foot passengers only and the other for vehicles and foot
passengers, connect Port Angeles and Victoria, British Columbia. The ferry ter-
minal for both ferries is at the corner of Laurel Street and Railroad Avenue.
Vic-
toria Express
(
&
800/633-1589
or 360/452-8088; www.victoriaexpress.com)
is the faster of the two ferries (1 hr. between Victoria and Port Angeles) and car-
ries foot passengers only. This ferry runs only between Memorial Day weekend
and the end of September. One-way fares are $13 for adults, $7.50 for children
5 to 11, and free for children under 5. The
Black Ball Transport
(
&
360/457-
4491,
or 250/386-2202 in Victoria; www.cohoferry.com) ferry operates year-
round except 2 weeks in late January or early February and carries vehicles as
well as walk-on passengers. The crossing takes slightly more than 1
1
⁄
2
hours. The
one-way fares are $8.50 for adults, $4.25 for children 5 to 11; $33 for a car, van,
camper, or motor home and driver.
VISITOR INFORMATION
For more information on the national park,
contact the
Olympic National Park,
600 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles, WA
98362-6798 (
&
360/565-3131
or 360/565-3130; www.nps.gov/olym). For
more information on Port Angeles and the rest of the northern Olympic Penin-
sula, contact the
North Olympic Peninsula Visitor and Convention Bureau,
338 W. First St. (P.O. Box 670), Port Angeles, WA 98362 (
&
800/942-4042
or
360/452-8552; www.olympicpeninsula.org); or the
Port Angeles Chamber
of Commerce Visitors Center,
121 E. Railroad Ave., Port Angeles, WA 98362
(
&
877/456-8372
or 360/452-2363; www.portangeles.org).
Don't Leave Home Without It
You may not be planning on taking an international vacation, but spend
any time in the Port Angeles area, and you'll be tempted to hop a ferry
to Victoria, British Columbia. So, just in case, bring your passport with you
on your Olympic vacation. You don't absolutely have to have a passport
to cross into Canada and return to the U.S., but it makes things much
easier.
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