Dear Geocachers, This is to inform you that the Olympic Peninsula GeoTour is coming to an end. The last day the caches will be available is January 1, 2022. As of 1/2/22 our GeoTour will be a thing of the past. Thank you to everyone who has made this so much fun over the years. If you have started a Passport, but have not completed it, please send it to us by January 20, 2022 in its current state to: OPVB PO Box 670 Port Angeles, WA 98362 As long as we have coins, we will honor incomplete passports. Again, thank you. Olympic Peninsula Tourism Commission
The 256-acre Elk Creek Conservation Area officially opened to the public in June of 2011 with 1.25 miles of new hiking trails. Day use of the Elk Creek Conservation Area is encouraged for quiet passive recreation, such as hiking, biking, and horseback riding. A former logging road now serves as a beautiful riverside trail, providing over three miles of pathways for visitors round trip. The Conservation Area provides a rare opportunity to the Forks community, as it is one of only two established nature hikes in the Forks area. It is also a reserve for steelhead, Chinook and 35% of the Calawah River’s spawning coho, and provides habitat for elk, marbled murrelet other wildlife.