ake Mills was a more popular and better recreational venue than the more readily-accessible lower reservoir on the (), even though it was farther & slower to get to. And Mills had more regulations and restrictions, because it was within , while the lower lake & dam were entirely outside the Park, and in legal …
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Upper Lake Mills Trail, Olympic Nat’l Park to the base of Rica Canyon
pper Lake Mills Trail leads 0.4 mile from the small roadside to the banks of the , in the . The locale at the river coincides with the exit and termination of , which forms an impassable barrier to travel. It looks like it could be a surviving, partially unmodified fragment of an ancient mountain …
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Lake Aldwell, Elwha River, Olympic Peninsula, NW USA everyone drives right past; worth the stop
Update: ake Aldwell is now gone, with the removal of its dam, but other features remain as described here. The former lake-bed is growing back in a jungle of saplings & brush. One visitor in 10,000 might stop for the easy-quick check. Lake Aldwell is the impoundment of the Elwha River above the lower …