Twenty- 

 Three 



In the Open — The National Forests of Washington 



Summer home on the shore of Lake Quinault 



Crescent Lake is a beautiful, deep-blue body of water ii miles long by one- 

 half to 2 miles wide. It is set between the timbered slopes of Blount IMuller and 

 Mount Storm King, on the northern edge of the Olympic Forest. Here there are 

 good boating, fishing, and bathing. Hotels are available for those who do not care 

 to camp out. There is a daily automobile stage service between Crescent Lake 

 and the Sol Due Hot Springs, and to Forks, the present terminus of the Olympic 

 Highway. Mora, on the Quillayute, can be easily reached by motor, and from here 

 it is a walk of iX miles to La Push, the Indian village of the Pacific Ocean beach. 

 Aurora Camp, Happy Lake, and the Olympic Hot Springs are a few of the interest- 

 ing objectives in the region for hiking trips. Crescent Lake is located 220 miles 

 from Seattle, on the scenic Olympic Highway. Convenient stopping places are 

 found along the way. For those desiring to follow regular transportation routes 

 a midnight steamer may be had from the Coleman Dock at Seattle. The boat 

 arrives at Port Angeles daily at 7 a. m., from which point large motor stages take 

 the tourists direct to Crescent Lake, 20 miles west. Or one may travel over the 

 Seattle, Port Angeles & Western Railroad, the railroad ticket entitling one to 



