Fairholm Campground

Olympic National Park


The only national-park campground on Lake Crescent features 88 sites, a general store and boat rentals. It's first-come, first-served and situated at the lake's western end.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Olympic National Park attractions

1. Lake Crescent

6.96 MILES

If you're heading anticlockwise on the Olympic loop from Port Angeles toward Forks, one of the first scenic surprises to leap out at you is luminous Lake…

2. Olympic National Park

18.42 MILES

Declared a national monument in 1909 and a national park in 1938, the 1406-sq-mile Olympic National Park shelters one of the world's few temperate…

3. Ediz Hook

22.27 MILES

A mostly flat, easy 1-mile trail offers beach access and mountain views on a clear day, along this spit looping around the bay in Port Angeles.

4. Museum at the Carnegie

22.52 MILES

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe runs this museum in the beautifully restored old library building. Exhibits include artifacts from an ancient tribal village…

5. Feiro Marine Life Center

22.72 MILES

Hands-on touch tanks are inhabited by the aquatic denizens of the strait. The star attractions are the giant Pacific octopi.

6. Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

23.07 MILES

Here you'll find the work of many of the professional artists who live on the peninsula. The gallery is high above the city amid a 5-acre sculpture garden…

7. Sooke Region Museum

23.72 MILES

This jam-packed community museum is like a 100-year-old attic turned inside-out. It illuminates the area's rugged pioneer days with dioramas, glass cases,…

8. John's Beachcombing Museum

23.77 MILES

All sorts of beach fodder is on display here, from sea glass and a mammoth tooth to airplane engine parts and detritus from the Fukushima disaster in…