Lake Fishing

Are the girls fans of the "Twilight" book series? If they are, they'll be excited to find out that Kalaloch is minutes away from Forks, the town where “Twilight” takes place. The nearby Kalaloch Lodge is surrounded by miles of peaceful beaches and beautiful forests that provide the ideal landscape for Twilighters to do some fantasy sightseeing.

Also consider booking a lake or rainforest tour or exploring these areas on your own!

If you're traveling in the fall, some great hotel deals are available at hotels in the region.

Some great tips from the Just for Kids section of our guide to Mount Rainier, Olympic and North Cascades are listed below:

Become a Junior Ranger.
Learn about the park’s plants and animals by picking up a Junior Ranger booklet ($1 donation requested) at any visitor center or ranger station. Complete the activities inside to earn your Junior Ranger badge.
 
Get your hands on a Discovery Pack.
Imagine how much better you could explore the park if you had nature guides, maps, a journal and binoculars! Borrow a Discovery Pack for a $5 donation at the Olympic National Park, Hurricane Ridge or Hoh Visitor Centers or the Storm King, Kalaloch or Quinault Information Stations.
 
Take a Hike.
Many short nature trails have self-guiding booklets and are great fun. Hike the 0.75-mile Hall of Mosses Trail in the Hoh Rain Forest or the one-mile Quinault Loop Trail at Lake Quinault in the Olympic National Forest.
 
See, Hear and Touch.
At the Children’s Discovery Room at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles, you can hold a deer antler, feel a bit of animal fur or listen to a coyote howl. You can also dress as a ranger and visit a “mini” ranger station, solve giant puzzles, and more!
 
Walk with a Park Ranger.
Get the real scoop on nature during a guided walk. On a forest walk, see if you can find a banana slug, a salamander or maybe even a Roosevelt elk! On a tide pool walk, look for sea stars or watch an octopus turn colors.

You should visit the Where to Go section of our website.  In Step 1 select that you wish to go to North or South Carolina. In Step 2 select that you are looking to go fishing. The results should provide with several places that you can visit. Stop back in at OhRanger.com and let us know if you found your answer!

According to the National Park Service website, showers are only available in Yosemite Valley at Curry Village and Housekeeping Camp. In the summer during limited afternoon hours showers are available at Tuolumne Meadows Lodge. Enjoy your trip!

As of now, firearms are not allowed in national parks.

Although a new law permitting concealed loaded firearms at national parks was passed in May, it will not take effect until February. The Interior Department will continue to enforce current restrictions until then.

Under the current regulation, firearms are generally prohibited in national parks, but citizens may transport unloaded and dismantled or cased firearms and carry firearms while participating in approved hunting programs and under certain other circumstances, according to a Department of Interior spokesperson.

Please remember that firearms regulations may vary by park. Check with the National Park Service or the park you plan to visit before your trip for most up-to-date information.

For more information, see the NPS Great Smoky Laws & Policies website.

Hi Park Lover,

There are many fishing spots in Illinois that are handicap accessible. For more information on outdoor opportunities and programs for persons with disabilities, please contact the Illinois Department of Natural Resources by calling 618-439-9111, ext. 257, or writing to 503 East Main Street, Benton, IL 62813.

For more information on the IDNR's Disabled Outdoor Opportunities, click here.

I hope you have a fun and relaxing fishing trip in the Illinois state park of your choice! Remember to come back to OhRanger.com to post pictures and comments about your trip.

Red Feathers Lake is located in Colorado inside of Roosevelt National Forest. The links should provide you with further information. Enjoy your trip!

Red Feather Lakes is located in Colorado inside of Roosevelt National Forest. The links should provide you with further information. Enjoy your trip!

Hello bleedheavymetal,

Soldier Lakes--Patrol Ridge Loop is located 42 road miles north of Stanley, ID.

To get to the trailhead, drive northwest from Stanley on Idaho Highway 21 for 18.6 miles, and then turn left onto the gravel road. Almost immediately, you'll turn right again onto another gravel road. (From here, it's 21 miles to the trailhead at Josephus Lake.) You'll then cross over Marsh Lake on a bridge and come to a fork in the road--stay left and follow the road over Vanity Summit. 

As you descend from Vanity Summit, you'll be on a graded dirt road that only has one and a half lanes, and is often steep. Be careful. Around 16 miles from ID 21, you'll reach the Float Creek Road and Rapid River junction. Stay left and follow Float Creek Road for 5 miles. There's room for about 5 cars at the Josephus Lake Trailhead parking lot.

Hike the trail for 3 miles, and you'll hit Soldier Lakes.

I hope this helps! Remember to come back to OhRanger.com to post pictures and comments about your trip to Soldier Lakes.

If you enjoy scenic beauty, extended hikes, short day hikes, and the serenity of escaping from the crowds, then you'll love the area around Bonanza Creek Campground in Challis Salmon National Forest. The campground is located in the Yankee Fork Ranger District offers over 300 miles of trails to enjoy. There are trails that will take you into a mixture of rugged peaks, timbered slopes, narrow canyon bottoms and majestic lakes. The Yankee Fork District offers a vast variety of trails to satisfy the desires of all kinds of uses, motorcycles, four wheelers, horseback, bicyclers and hikers, whether they are a novice or experienced. You can find a lot more information about the area here: http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/sc/yankeefork/trails.shtml have a great trip!