Hiking · Olympic National Park, Washington, USA · recorded with NomadTracks
Hoh Rain Forest: a 4 km walk through the moss cathedral
Not every track is about distance. This one is 3.6 km of the Hoh Rain Forest — one of the quietest places in the continental US, where the moss hangs in curtains and the path wanders between thousand-year-old trees.
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Tracks as a diary, not a workout
A walk like this gets recorded for the same reason you photograph it: to keep it. The track pins the photos to the exact bend where the light came through — and years later the little line replays the morning.
POIs for the small things
The biggest maple, the nurse log with six saplings in a row — pinned with photos and notes. The Hoh rewards attention to small things, and POIs are built for exactly that.
About the place: Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
The Hoh Rain Forest on the west side of Olympic National Park, Washington, receives over three meters of rain a year — the wettest forest in the contiguous United States. Bigleaf maples carry curtains of club moss, fallen 'nurse logs' raise rows of new spruce, and the One Square Inch of Silence project once identified it as the quietest place in the lower 48. The short loops near the visitor center walk year-round.
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