Travel Guide Lake Quinault

Lake Quinault is a beautiful lake owned by the Quinault Indian tribe, which is attached to the west of Olympic National Park. The first white adventurer spent the winter 1889 in a cabin. It is a valley where rainforest abounds with exceptional trees: red cedar, Douglas pine, Sitka spruce, among the largest in the country and the world. An exceptional site, the valley of giants! Forests are managed by the Indians, the forest office and national parks. It falls every year 355 cm of rain (the minimum being 304 cm to be characterized as a virgin forest).The Quinault valley is the gateway to alpine meadows, sparkling lakes and snow-capped peaks. Trails allow you to appreciate wealth. With some luck, you can see the famous Roosevelt deer living in rainforests. They were named according to Theodore Roosevelt, American president, who declared them protected— before that, they were driven for their teeth. Today there are 6 000 in Olympic National Park.Quinault Lake has numerous campsites, but also hotels such as the Lodge. The first hotel, Log Hotel, was built in 1890 and burned in 1921. A person died, it haunts the places under the name "Beverly".