Cascading, clear and cold, Upper Beaver Creek Falls flows through lush lowland forests and woodlands. The Olympic Peninsula along the Washington coast receives some of the highest rainfall of the lower 48 states. The Hoh Rainforest receives the most rainfall of all (in the Olympic National Park), with an average of about 170 inches (or about 14 feet) of rain which produces some of the most beautiful forests you’ll ever see. Even here a few miles away on Beaver Creek, the woodlands are full of moss, draped in the trees and covering rocks and fallen trees.
Here just a dozen miles up the road from Forks, WA (of the ‘Twilight Saga,’ fame) is Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Sol Duc River. Forks and the nearby areas receive about 110 inches of rain annually and the woodlands that this creek flows through are dense, green and abundant. The Lower Falls have a drop of about twenty feet, cascading across the width of the creek and they are beautiful as well. You have to do a bit of climbing through brush and stand on steep, slippery banks to get a view of either the Upper or Lower Falls, but it is worth the effort.
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‘WEEKLY TOP SHOT’ – Week #17
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that is truly beautiful.
Lovely spot! Well worth a bit of a hike.
Love this shot…How long of an exposure did you shoot it? Love the silky look of the cascading water.
Perfect camera settings for this photo, Madge. :) Thanks for hosting Weekly Top Shot.
Gorgeous country, isn’t it? I like to think that this is the place where God invented the color green. You’ve caught its lush beauty.
By some miracle, the first time I visited the Hoh River – and camped – it didn’t rain. We hiked alongside the river and it was like walking on velvet.
Beautiful pictures you take.
Good weekend, Marit, Norway
Madge, that’s another beautiful photo. My computer with my photos is down so am not playing along; hopefully, I can get it figured out but it’s already been a few days.
What a gorgeous scene, a beautiful photo.
Breathtaking- I love waterfalls.
Nice shot! Beautiful scenery.
What a gorgeous photo. I want to get up to that part of the state next time we’re in the Seattle area.
very pretty!!
Wow, that is an amazing shot Madge. I would have to say your best this week.
I really hope to get to that part of the PNW some day! It is amazing to see the beauty of a rain forest.
That looks a beautiful place to explore.
What a beauty of a spot. So lush and green.
Thank you so much for your frequent visits to my blog. Your kind comments are so appreciated.. .as is your invite to take part in your top shot contests. I scarcely have time to post to my blog, these days but I sure do thank you for the offer. :)
Beautiful photo.
Regards and best wishes
Such a fantastic waterfall, great photo work.
Best regards, Karin
Upper Beaver Creek Falls are lovely, very nicely photographed too.
I think every state, or province in Canada has a Beaver Creek or Beaver River. The only difference with your’s is that it has a beautiful water falls to show off. With your extended shutter speed you brought out the best in the falls.
Love this image Madge, it’s so lush and green, which is certainly not the case here in Perth in our hot summer! Madge thanks so much for asking to join this theme, thing is I’m just hopeless with things like this. The only one I do is the monthly CDP one and you should see the tangle I get myself into with that one haha! believe it or not I’m a complete technophobe, but I have to say I am thoroughly enjoying looking at yours and the other blogs that enter into the theme.
gorgeous photo and scenery!
thanks so much for brightening my day.
Great shot, Madge! The Hoh Rainforest and surrounding areas are some of my absolute favorites in Washington.
If that’s the view from where you are, I’m coming over!!!
What a gorgeous spot!
That is a GORGEOUS photo Madge! I love it. So glad to finally be linking up! :)
Totally beautiful spot;
love the way you captured the water in motion.
Today I participate for the first time in your beautiful meme.
I like your photographs very much.
Regards and best wishes
I don’t doubt that it’s worth the work to get there at all, amazingly beautiful & oh so very incredibly green! WoW!!!
Gorgeous country! =)
That is gorgeous!!
I love this photograph so much of UPPER BEAVER CREEK FALLS that I voted for it at this week’s My Thirda Eye Weekly challenge.
brilliant…great use of the shutter speed to make this such a nice shot!
n please accept my sincere apologies on visiting so late, and thank you for contributing to Saturday Sareenity.