GEOLOGY OF OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK: VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP MAP
Click on number of geologic field trip stop or select a stop in the list below
Stop 1 - Dungeness River Road
Crescent Formation and pillow basalt
Stop 2 - Royal Basin
Glacier-carved lanscape and underground streams
Stop 3 -Surpise Pass
A fault, jointed basalt and it's texture
Stop 4 - Cameron Basin
Lumps in the bed, glacial features, and erosional contrast
Stop 5 - Deer Park Road
Rhythmically bedded sandstone and shale
Stop 6 - Blue Mountain
Ancient Lake Morse and diversion of Morse Creek
Stop 7 - Lake Dawn
Glacial outwash deposits and a mastodon
Stop 8 - Klahhane Ridge
Views of a volcanic field upended
Stop 9 - Big Meadow
View of Mount Olympus and formation of pencil slates
Stop 10 -Hurricane Hill Trail
Fold along the trail and upended volcanic field
Stop 11 - Obstruction Peak Road: Steeple Rock
A collapsed Pinnacle and sidehill creep
Stop 12 - Obstruction Peak Road: Eagle Rock view
The upland surface of Hurricane Ridge
Stop 13 - Grand Valley view
Highly deformed sandstone and slate
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