Hurricane Ridge Run 

Date:  September 27, 2025   Free Day at the National Park

Meetup at 8:30am

Location:  Safeway, 8196 WA-104, Kingston, WA

Back by popular demand! This is a beautiful drive that starts at Safeway in Kingston, WA.  Meetup will be 8:30am followed by the drivers' meeting at 9:00am . The drive begins at 9:15am. and we'll travel to one area including some twisty roads to our ultimate destination, Hurricane Ridge.  Hurricane Ridge is located in the northern half of the Olympic National Park and is the heart of day use activity.  The seventeen-mile long Hurricane Ridge Road starts at Port Angeles along the Puget Sound and snakes its way up the side of the Olympic Mountains to 5,240 feet.  With the road sanded and paved by the National Park Service, Hurricane Ridge is a source of year round outdoor adventure. 

For the first five miles, the road climbs from 400 feet above sea level to just under 2,000 feet at the Heart O The Hills Ranger Station, the only overnight facility at Hurricane Ridge. Over the next twelve miles as you climb up the narrow road and through three different tunnels, the plant life around you goes through a gradual change. Western red cedar, big leaf maples, grand firs, Pacific yew and sword ferns give way to sub-alpine forest and wild flowers. The road passes by a number of scenic overlooks with the Double Parking Overlook, located about two miles past the third tunnel, being the best.  

After our fun time there, we will be on our way back to have lunch in Port Angeles at Joshua's Restaurant.  Please bring your hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, camera, coat, binoculars, and boots if you are walking on the snow.  This is a free day to enter the Olympic National Park.