When visiting Olympic National Park, many people want to experience variety. TheLake Crescent Lodge provides a fair amount of variety all in one Olympic Park hotel. The Lake Crescent Lodge offers Historic Lodge rooms, motel style room annexes and a variety of cottages. Just outside of these comfortable accommodations is the gorgeous Lake Crescent. This mysterious lake has no official depth, which is fun to think about when you are aboard a Lake Crescent tour. Fishing, boat tours, kayak tours, boat rentals and trails for hiking and mountain biking are all at your fingertips. Not only is there a whole bunch to do near the Lake Crescent Lodge, the location is central to a large part of the Olympic Peninsula.
The Lake Crescent Lodge is set in the northern area of the park away from most of the Olympic Park hotels. Nestled in the lush forests on the edge of Lake Crescent, thisOlympic Park hotel will not disappoint even the most discerning visitors to Olympic National Park. Guests love the antique elegance of the lobby, great stone fireplace and the ambient sun porch with views of the lake and sunset. Many of the rooms enjoy lake views, as well. The Historic Lake Crescent Lodge Rooms have the best lake views available. Guests will feel like they are in a Olympic Park hotel of the past while they share a common bathroom between these five historic rooms. Marymere, Storm King and Pyramid Mountain rooms are each in a small annex with a mix of lake and forest views. Cottages come in one or two rooms with space for up to 6 or 7 people in the two-bedroom cottages and up to four in the one bedrooms. Both Singer Tavern and Roosevelt Cottages have a mix of lake and forest views as well. Roosevelt Cottages feature fireplaces.
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The grounds of theLake Crescent Lodge is like a playground on it's own. The northern region of Olympic National Park that surrounds Lake Crescent Lodge is a recreational Mecca. A handful of trails meander through this area such as the Barnes Creek Trail that leads you to Marymere Falls or the Pyramid Mountain Trail. Another exciting trail is the Spruce Railroad Trail where most of the pathway is along the old railroad grade left behind from the days of logging during and after World War I. Not only does this offer a cool historicOlympic National Park perspective but railroad grades are a great place to hike or ride your bike as they were perfectly leveled for the tracks with subtle ups and downs. The Spruce Railroad Trail also leads to Devil's Point and The Devil's Punch Bowl. This is a popular place to swim with awesome vistas across the lake. Lake Crescent Lodge also has guides available for interpretive hikes
Water activities abound on Lake Crescent, including sailing, water-skiing, pleasure boating, fishing, swimming, scuba diving, kayaking and canoeing. The Lake Crescent Lodge has on hand several types of watercraft for rent as well as tours. Guided Kayak tours around the lake are a great way to get acquainted with this beautiful area. Kayaks are available for rent as well as row boats. Boat rentals of all sorts are available along the nearby shores. Fishing on Lake Crescent is catch and release for protected endemic trout species, but Olympic National Park requires no fishing license. Bird Watching is also popular with prime opportunities to spot a wide variety of avian creatures.
ThisOlympic Park hotel rests amidst a wide array of recreational opportunities as well as being inside Olympic National Park and alongside the gorgeous Lake Crescent. Guests have easy access to the fun towns along the Straight of Juan de Fuca as well as Hurricane Ridge, which is a gorgeous drive offering several spectacular hikes and snow play as well in the winter months. The Lake Crescent Lodge is an ideal central location for your Olympic National Park vacation. No other Olympic Park hotel can say the same as the Lake Crescent Lodge. Call up National Park Reservations today to secure this Olympic Park hotel for the best access to all that Olympic National Park has to offer.