Olympic National Park Permits 2026
One of the most diverse parks in the Pacific Northwest, with rainforests, mountains, and wild coast. Wilderness permits are first-come reservations on Recreation.gov, not a lottery.
This guide covers Olympic permits.
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Summer Permits On Sale
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🏔️ Where to Go
High Divide
Most competitive quota area in the park. Seven Lakes Basin sites sell out within minutes of the April release.
Coastal
Cape Alava and the wilderness coast have quotas too. Shi Shi Beach trips also need a Makah Recreation Pass.
Rainforest
Hoh and Quinault valley sites are easier to get, especially midweek and outside July and August.
Quota Areas Sold Out?
Reserved trips get canceled all summer. Set up alerts to catch High Divide and coastal sites the moment they come back.
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Other Washington permits
Three more Washington quotas, each sold on a different schedule than Olympic's.
- Mount St. Helens climbing permit datesWashington's one climbing quota that is not a lottery: permits for a whole month go on sale at 7:00 AM PT on the 1st.
- Enchantments Through-Hike permit datesWashington's hardest overnight draw, and the reason people hike the whole 18 miles in a day instead.
- Wonderland Trail permitThe loop around Mount Rainier, drawn by lottery and booked as a designated-site itinerary.