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More than 12 feet (3.7 meters) of precipitation falls on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula every year, feeding the incredibly diverse ecosystems preserved at this national park. Sixteen species of plants and animals evolved here and nowhere else. Olympic harbors some of the greatest true wilderness left in the contiguous United States, including a lush temperate rain forest. A stretch of the rugged Pacific coast features cliffs and sea stacks. Visitors who hike into the interior may catch a glimpse of Roosevelt elk, named for Theodore Roosevelt, who decreed that they be protected here.
Photo: The snow-covered peaks of Mount Olympus and the Bailey Range are visible on a clear day. Photograph © John McAnulty/Corbis.
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