<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> (edit on Wikidata) </Td> </Tr> <P> Olympic National Park is a United States national park located in the state of Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula . The park has four basic regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, the west side temperate rainforest and the forests of the drier east side . Within the park there are three distinct ecosystems which are sub-alpine forest and wildflower meadow, temperate forest, and the rugged Pacific Shore . These three different ecosystems are in pristine condition and have outstanding scenery . </P> <P> U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt originally created Mount Olympus National Monument on 2 March 1909 . It was designated a national park by President Franklin Roosevelt on June 29, 1938 . In 1976, Olympic National Park was designated by UNESCO as an International Biosphere Reserve, and in 1981 as a World Heritage Site . In 1988, Congress designated 95 percent of the park as the Olympic Wilderness . </P> <P> The coastal portion of the park is a rugged, sandy beach along with a strip of adjacent forest . It is 60 miles (97 km) long but just a few miles wide, with native communities at the mouths of two rivers . The Hoh River has the Hoh people and at the town of La Push at the mouth of the Quileute River live the Quileute . </P>

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