Olympic National Park is the only U.S. park system I’ve explored that has so many distinct ecosystems in one central location. Situated in northwestern Washington State, hugging the rugged Pacific coastline, the park has rainforests, beaches, and alpine mountains. We visited in August 2020 on a road trip through Washington State. Eight Olympic Peninsula tribes, including the Quileute, Klallam, and Quinault tribes, used to call this area home before ceding their territory to the United States government in the 1850s. Today, their descendants live on reservations on the shore of the Washington peninsula. As you can see in the photo above, the park’s official welcome sign includes a “come inside”…