Moclips Highway

The Moclips Highway is a two-lane highway in the U.S. state of Washington. It goes about 22 miles (35 km) from Moclips on the Pacific Ocean, through the Quinault Indian Reservation, to U.S. Highway 101.[1]

The Moclips Highway can be combined with Washington State Route 109 and Highway 101 for a scenic tour of the Olympic Peninsula.[2]^:76

The most direct route between Taholah and Queets, 15 miles (24 km) apart on the Quinault Reservation as the crow flies, is via the Moclips Highway and US 101 a total of 75 miles (121 km), which makes Queets disadvantaged for employment and development, as well as tribal activities and services provided at the tribal center in Taholah.[3]^:13

The Quinault National Fish Hatchery is a fish hatchery on the Quinault Reservation, operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Fish Hatchery System. It is on the Moclips Highway, about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of its intersection with US 101 (47.359°N 123.991°W / 47.359; -123.991).[4]

References

1. National Geographic 2007.
2. Marsh 2000.
3. Buttolph et al. 2006.
4. Quinault National Fish Hatchery, Washington, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, retrieved 2015-07-17

Sources

• Marsh, Carole (2000), My First Pocket Guide About Washington, Gallopade International, ISBN 9780635089649
• National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, National Geographic Society, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4262-0056-4
• Hidden Coast Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan (PDF), Grays Harbor Council of Governments, June 2011, retrieved 2015-07-17
• Lita P. Buttolph, William Kay, Susan Charnley, Cassandra Moseley, Ellen M. Donoghue (July 2006), Socioeconomic Monitoring of the Olympic National Forest and Three Local Communities (PDF), USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, PNW-GTR-675CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)