Ranger Tales
Waterfalls & landmarks

Every stop, in detail

A guide to each waterfall, viewpoint, and landmark on our tours — what it is, where it is, and how to hear its story narrated as you go.

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A Brief Summer Window
A Brief Summer Window
A Forest In Stories
A Forest In Stories
A Forest Planted by Hand
A Forest Planted by Hand
A Sprinter's Season
A Sprinter's Season
A String Of Beaches
A String Of Beaches
A Temperate Rainforest
A Temperate Rainforest
A Wall of Peaks
A Wall of Peaks
A Warm Heart Beating
A Warm Heart Beating
A-Ka-Lat, Island Of Rest
A-Ka-Lat, Island Of Rest
Ash Cave — The Biggest Room in Ohio
Ash Cave — The Biggest Room in Ohio
Assembled Piece By Piece
Assembled Piece By Piece
Back Up The Watershed
Back Up The Watershed
Big Spruce Trail — the trailhead
Big Spruce Trail — the trailhead
Black Bear Country
Black Bear Country
Building To The Falls
Building To The Falls
Cabin Country's Last Mile
Cabin Country's Last Mile
Cantwell Cliffs Overlook
Cantwell Cliffs Overlook
Carved By A Glacier
Carved By A Glacier
Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls — The Big Water
Cedar Falls — The Big Water
Clear As Glass
Clear As Glass
Climbing to Hurricane Ridge
Climbing to Hurricane Ridge
Dark Sky Country
Dark Sky Country
Devil's Bathtub
Devil's Bathtub
Down Toward The Sea
Down Toward The Sea
Earning The Green
Earning The Green
Everything Grows On Everything
Everything Grows On Everything
Ferns And Wood Sorrel
Ferns And Wood Sorrel
First Up Mount Olympus
First Up Mount Olympus
Following The River Home
Following The River Home
Forks — Timber Town at the Edge of the Rainforest
Forks — Timber Town at the Edge of the Rainforest
Found Nowhere Else
Found Nowhere Else
Four Giants
Four Giants
Four Seasons, One Road
Four Seasons, One Road
Glacial Flour
Glacial Flour
Graveyard Of The Pacific
Graveyard Of The Pacific
Hall of Mosses Trail — the trailhead
Hall of Mosses Trail — the trailhead
Headed The Same Way
Headed The Same Way
How The Mountains Were Made
How The Mountains Were Made
Hurricane Hill Trail — the trailhead
Hurricane Hill Trail — the trailhead
Hurricane Ridge — the Roof of the Peninsula
Hurricane Ridge — the Roof of the Peninsula
Inside Rock House
Inside Rock House
Into the Heart of the Park
Into the Heart of the Park
Into The Heaviest Forest
Into The Heaviest Forest
Into the Hemlock Cathedral
Into the Hemlock Cathedral
Into the Hoh — the longest valley road
Into the Hoh — the longest valley road
Into The Rainiest Forest
Into The Rainiest Forest
Into The Subalpine
Into The Subalpine
John Glenn Astronomy Park
John Glenn Astronomy Park
Kalaloch & Beach 4 — tide pools and the coast you can sleep on
Kalaloch & Beach 4 — tide pools and the coast you can sleep on
Lake Crescent — the Blue Deep & the Lady of the Lake
Lake Crescent — the Blue Deep & the Lady of the Lake
Lake Quinault Lodge — where a president made a park
Lake Quinault Lodge — where a president made a park
Lichen And Clean Air
Lichen And Clean Air
Life In The Canopy
Life In The Canopy
Lodge Country
Lodge Country
Lower Falls & the Sphinx Head
Lower Falls & the Sphinx Head
Marymere Falls — the easy walk into the old growth
Marymere Falls — the easy walk into the old growth
Marymere Falls Trail — the trailhead
Marymere Falls Trail — the trailhead
Masters Of The Sea
Masters Of The Sea
Merriman Falls — the rainforest's roadside ribbon
Merriman Falls — the rainforest's roadside ribbon
Middle Falls & the A-Frame Bridge
Middle Falls & the A-Frame Bridge
Ninety-Five Percent Wild
Ninety-Five Percent Wild
Old Man's Cave
Old Man's Cave
Old Man's Cave — Ahead on the Left
Old Man's Cave — Ahead on the Left
Old Man's Cave — Parking Ahead on the Right
Old Man's Cave — Parking Ahead on the Right
On The World's Short List
On The World's Short List
One Square Inch Of Silence
One Square Inch Of Silence
Onto The Rainy Flank
Onto The Rainy Flank
Ozette & the Makah — the village the sea kept (optional NW aside)
Ozette & the Makah — the village the sea kept (optional NW aside)
Parade Ground Tour Stop 1: Introduction
Parade Ground Tour Stop 1: Introduction
Parade Ground Tour Stop 2: The Army Arrives
Parade Ground Tour Stop 2: The Army Arrives
Parade Ground Tour Stop 3: The Flagstaff
Parade Ground Tour Stop 3: The Flagstaff
Parade Ground Tour Stop 4: The Bandstand
Parade Ground Tour Stop 4: The Bandstand
Parade Ground Tour Stop 5: The Guardhouse
Parade Ground Tour Stop 5: The Guardhouse
Parade Ground Tour Stop 6: Officers' Row
Parade Ground Tour Stop 6: Officers' Row
Parade Ground Tour Stop 7: Double Infantry Barracks
Parade Ground Tour Stop 7: Double Infantry Barracks
Parade Ground Tour Stop 8: World War I
Parade Ground Tour Stop 8: World War I
Parade Ground Tour Stop 9: Taking It All In
Parade Ground Tour Stop 9: Taking It All In
Pearson Field & Air Museum
Pearson Field & Air Museum
Pillow Basalt
Pillow Basalt
Queer Creek Runs South
Queer Creek Runs South
Reading The Trees
Reading The Trees
Rock House Falls
Rock House Falls
Roosevelt Elk — why this park exists
Roosevelt Elk — why this park exists
Ruby Beach — where the highway meets the sea
Ruby Beach — where the highway meets the sea
Salamanders And Newts
Salamanders And Newts
Salmon Cascades — the leap upriver
Salmon Cascades — the leap upriver
Salt And Thunder Fade
Salt And Thunder Fade
Seashells On The Summit
Seashells On The Summit
Second Beach & La Push — the Quileute Coast
Second Beach & La Push — the Quileute Coast
Second Beach Trail — the trailhead
Second Beach Trail — the trailhead
Seventy-Three Wild Miles
Seventy-Three Wild Miles
Sol Duc Falls — the river splits and falls
Sol Duc Falls — the river splits and falls
Sol Duc Falls Trail — the trailhead
Sol Duc Falls Trail — the trailhead
Spokes On A Wheel
Spokes On A Wheel
Sully of the Grant House
Sully of the Grant House
Sunrise Viewpoint
Sunrise Viewpoint
Sunrise Viewpoint Trail — the walk out
Sunrise Viewpoint Trail — the walk out
The Artillery Barracks
The Artillery Barracks
The Banana Slug
The Banana Slug
The Blueback Salmon
The Blueback Salmon
The Bottle River Hills
The Bottle River Hills
The Braided River
The Braided River
The Bugling Bull Elk
The Bugling Bull Elk
The CCC Stone Steps
The CCC Stone Steps
The Champion Wood-Growers
The Champion Wood-Growers
The Cleanest Rivers
The Cleanest Rivers
The Cougar's Country
The Cougar's Country
The Crack Offshore
The Crack Offshore
The Democracy Steps
The Democracy Steps
The Discovery Trail
The Discovery Trail
The Drift Logs
The Drift Logs
The Edge Of The Continent
The Edge Of The Continent
The Elwha — a River Set Free (Madison Falls)
The Elwha — a River Set Free (Madison Falls)
The Finished Work
The Finished Work
The First Open Sky
The First Open Sky
The Footbridge and Boardwalk
The Footbridge and Boardwalk
The Freed Elwha
The Freed Elwha
The Ghosts of Officers' Row
The Ghosts of Officers' Row
The Glaciered Little Peak
The Glaciered Little Peak
The Goats That Flew
The Goats That Flew
The Gray Whale Lane
The Gray Whale Lane
The Grotto
The Grotto
The Hall Of Mosses
The Hall Of Mosses
The Hanging Gardens
The Hanging Gardens
The Heart Of It
The Heart Of It
The Hocking Hills Scenic Byway
The Hocking Hills Scenic Byway
The Hoh Rain Forest — Hall of Mosses
The Hoh Rain Forest — Hall of Mosses
The Hotel That Burned
The Hotel That Burned
The Last Natural Quiet
The Last Natural Quiet
The Long Ride Down
The Long Ride Down
The Lower Falls Amphitheater
The Lower Falls Amphitheater
The Marbled Murrelet
The Marbled Murrelet
The Marshall House
The Marshall House
The Moss-Draped Maples
The Moss-Draped Maples
The Network Underfoot
The Network Underfoot
The Nurse Log
The Nurse Log
The O.O. Howard House
The O.O. Howard House
The Otters' Comeback
The Otters' Comeback
The Post Hospital
The Post Hospital
The Press Expedition
The Press Expedition
The Queets — the wild heart you don't drive to (aside)
The Queets — the wild heart you don't drive to (aside)
The Rain Shadow — one mountain, two climates
The Rain Shadow — one mountain, two climates
The Rim Trail Return
The Rim Trail Return
The Sea Stacks
The Sea Stacks
The Seabird Islands
The Seabird Islands
The Shell Middens
The Shell Middens
The Sound Of Wet Country
The Sound Of Wet Country
The Spawning Feast
The Spawning Feast
The Strong People
The Strong People
The Subalpine Meadows — marmots, wildflowers & the high trails
The Subalpine Meadows — marmots, wildflowers & the high trails
The Three Worlds — a Ranger's Farewell (Lake Quinault finale)
The Three Worlds — a Ranger's Farewell (Lake Quinault finale)
The Tide Pools
The Tide Pools
The Towering Sitka Spruce
The Towering Sitka Spruce
The Transpolar Landing
The Transpolar Landing
The Tree Of Life
The Tree Of Life
The Tree of Life — the spruce that would not fall
The Tree of Life — the spruce that would not fall
The Trout In One Lake
The Trout In One Lake
The Unbroken Ark
The Unbroken Ark
The Vancouver Land Bridge
The Vancouver Land Bridge
The Voice Of The Rainforest
The Voice Of The Rainforest
The War Spruce Railroad
The War Spruce Railroad
The Watchers Overhead
The Watchers Overhead
The Water Tower
The Water Tower
The Wind The Sculptor
The Wind The Sculptor
The Working Waterfront
The Working Waterfront
The World's Largest Sitka Spruce
The World's Largest Sitka Spruce
Through The Doorway
Through The Doorway
Treading Light
Treading Light
Turning From The Ocean
Turning From The Ocean
Up the Sol Duc — the Sparkling Waters
Up the Sol Duc — the Sparkling Waters
Upper Falls
Upper Falls
Where Champions Cluster
Where Champions Cluster
Where Forest Meets Surf
Where Forest Meets Surf
Where the Creeks Trade Water
Where the Creeks Trade Water
Where The Road Runs Out
Where The Road Runs Out
Where the Walls Close In
Where the Walls Close In
Why It's Called Hurricane
Why It's Called Hurricane
Wildlife Against The Sky
Wildlife Against The Sky
Windows in the Cliff
Windows in the Cliff

Columbia River Gorge

Silver Falls State Park

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