Mount Olympus

Mount Olympus, the highest and most prominent peak in Washington’s Olympic Mountains, rises to 7,980 feet near the center of Olympic National Park and is distinguished by dramatic local relief and extensive glaciers. The Hoh and Blue glaciers, together with several others, make it one of the most heavily glaciated mountain masses in the contiguous United States, though these glaciers have retreated in recent decades. The mountain’s recorded names include a Duwamish term of uncertain application, a Spanish name given in 1774, and its present name bestowed in 1788. Its summit was reached in 1890, and it later became central to the peninsula’s conservation history through monument, park, wilderness, and international designations.

Washington · United States