North County
North County, which includes the Quinault area, is a pristine temperate rain forest
with a glacier carved lake and abundant wildlife. The Quinault Valley receives an
average of 144 inches (12 feet) of rain per year and is renowned for its towering
trees and lush green forests. It is home to the state's largest tree, a western red
cedar, located on the North Shore of the lake. In the campground at the Rain Forest
Resort Village on the South Shore, is the world's largest Sitka spruce. The area also
offers lodging, camping, hiking, guided nature walks, boating, swimming, world
renowned steelhead fishing, hunting and horseback riding and much more.
North along the coast highway are the small towns of Ocean City (known as ‘the
clam digging capital of the world'), Copalis Beach, Pacific Reach, Moclips and
Taholah. Moclips was the terminus for the excursion trains that ran twice-daily
bringing thousands of Seattlites to the ocean. Its 285-room resort hotel was swept
into the sea during a violent 1904 storm.