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A waterfall tumbles over downed logs and a hillside covered with club moss and ferns in the Queets Valley Rainforest
near Queets, Washington.
18. Queets Valley Rain Forest
Imagine a place where you can feel both the salty spray of an ocean and, only a short drive
away, the fragrant drizzle of a rain forest. Welcome to Queets Valley, where an unpaved
14-mile road along the Queets River connects one watery wonderland with another. Like
the park's other rain forests—Hoh and Quinault—Queets is a place of emerald splendor, a
gigantic garden where nearly every square inch of ground is graced with greenery—club
moss, licorice ferns, sorrel, and the like.
While Queets may be crowded with plants, people are less abundant here. As a result,
shy-natured Roosevelt elk (some 5,000 of which live in the park) can occasionally be seen
grazing inthemeadows beside three-mile-long Sam'sRiver LoopTrail, whichhasitstrail-
head at the campground.
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