The Olympic Peninsula is home to eight American Indian tribes that developed complex hunter-gatherer societies and continue to keep their traditions alive. This area was designated a National Park in 1938 and is internationally recognized as a Biosphere Reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site. ---Left: a view of Mt. Olympus, which has three peaks (highest is 7980 feet) and several glaciers, the largest of which is the Hoh glacier, nearly five kilometers in length. We learned from our guide on the Red Bus tour in Glacier National Park that a big white mass is only a glacier if it is still moving. Otherwise, it's a snow field.
The park can be divided into three basic regions: the Pacific coastline, the Olympic Mountains and the temperate rainforest.
