Comments on: North Cascades National Park – Marblemount, Washington http://www.washingtonbeautiful.com/north-cascades/north-cascades-national-park-marblemount-washington.html Washington Tourism Info, Washington Vacations Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:32:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: patwatson http://www.washingtonbeautiful.com/north-cascades/north-cascades-national-park-marblemount-washington.html/comment-page-1/#comment-138 patwatson Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:04:41 +0000 http://www.washingtonbeautiful.com/north-cascades/north-cascades-national-park-marblemount-washington.html#comment-138 Coast Redwoods, and their relatives the Giant Sequoias, are both native to California and do not occur naturally in Washington. The Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma has many large planted specimens of these trees in our 75-park system, but none are as large as those in California. Western Red Cedars are native to Washington, and they are the third most massive trees in the world, after the redwoods and sequoias. They are common in the state and national parks in the Olympics and the Cascades, and are also common in urban areas throughout western Washington, including Tacoma. Many of the largest western red cedars are in the Lake Quinault area, on the Olympic Peninsula. Within Tacoma, Point Defiance Park has about 500 acres of old-growth forest, in which you can see large western red cedars and giant Douglas firs, within a beautiful native forest ecosystem that is fully accessible by car and contains about 20 miles of walking trails. There are a few large sequoias and other big trees from California and the world in the formally-planted area at the entrance to the park. Other Tacoma parks with collections of large, old specimen trees include Wright, Jefferson and Lincoln. Coast Redwoods, and their relatives the Giant Sequoias, are both native to California and do not occur naturally in Washington. The Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma has many large planted specimens of these trees in our 75-park system, but none are as large as those in California.
Western Red Cedars are native to Washington, and they are the third most massive trees in the world, after the redwoods and sequoias. They are common in the state and national parks in the Olympics and the Cascades, and are also common in urban areas throughout western Washington, including Tacoma. Many of the largest western red cedars are in the Lake Quinault area, on the Olympic Peninsula.

Within Tacoma, Point Defiance Park has about 500 acres of old-growth forest, in which you can see large western red cedars and giant Douglas firs, within a beautiful native forest ecosystem that is fully accessible by car and contains about 20 miles of walking trails. There are a few large sequoias and other big trees from California and the world in the formally-planted area at the entrance to the park. Other Tacoma parks with collections of large, old specimen trees include Wright, Jefferson and Lincoln.

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