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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Port Angeles

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Port Angeles, Washington

Updated August 15, 2022

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Olympic Hot Springs

Port Angeles, Washington

Olympic Hot Springs

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Port Angeles, Washington

Port Angeles Underground

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.
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Port Angeles, Washington

Camp Hayden

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.
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Sunset over Dungeness Spit. The calm water in the foreground is Dungeness Bay.

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Dungeness Spit

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
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The huge selection of ingredients.

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Dandelion Botanical Company

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.
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The Mile Zero marker in Victoria, BC

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Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point

The remains of Canada's earliest Chinese pioneers are interred along this picturesque point.
20 miles from Port Angeles
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