As the ice retreated, it left behind a steep valley that filled with the waters of Lake Crescent. Visitors use words like "beautiful" and "amazing" to describe this area of the park. Activities at ...

Lake Crescent’s southern shore is located along Highway 101, about 20 miles west of Port Angeles. While there are tons of things to do in Seattle, if you’re looking for a break from the city ...

Check out the rest of our 26 Best Lakeside Getaways in the Northwest here. We’ll never know for sure how much FDR’s stopover at Lake Crescent Lodge had to do with the declaration that created Olympic ...

There’s an enduring myth that Lake Crescent in Washington state’s Olympic National Park is bottomless. Of course it’s not. (The maximum depth is 624 feet.) But it’s fair to say that the ...

She's now operations manager at Lake Crescent Lodge. “Everybody's happy to be on vacation so you get the best of the best,” she says. Of course, it costs money to rent one of the lakefront ...

These are summer days of magic, says violinist Erin Hennessey: making music, meeting new people, stretching a bit — all surrounded by Lake Crescent and Olympic National ... One of the best things is ...