If you and your family are yearning for a seaside holiday, these coastal national parks may fit the bill. Here are five to consider:
1. Olympic National Park, Port Angeles, Wash.
Brimming with thousands of years of human history, your family can contemplate the complexity of the natural world amid lush rain forests, glacier-capped mountains and richly hued, seaside tide pools. There are wild animals to observe, trails to hike, rivers to fish and more than 70 miles of untamed coastline to explore. Rangers are in residence to provide input during interpretive walks, campfire programs and to help decode the starry sky. Stay in the park lodge, in cabins or pitch a tent in your own campsite. Built in 1953, Kalaloch Lodge is the only coastal lodging in the park. Contact: https://www.nps.gov/olym; http://www.thekalalochlodge.com
