11 Facts About Forks Washington

Forks Washington is a popular destination for sport fishers who fish for salmon and rainbow trout in nearby rivers.

Forks Washington was once inhabited by the Quileute Native American tribe, before they ceded their territory.

Forks Washington is 12 miles from tribal burning areas that area tribes used to regenerate young ferns.

Early settlers to Forks Washington came via the rivers and trails from the Pacific and the Strait of Juan de Fuca due to the lack of overland options.

The name 'Forks Washington' was due to the prairie's location as a fork in the vicinity of three rivers.

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In 1930 the current newspaper, Forks Washington Forum, started publication 40 years after the original Forks Washington newspaper was established.

Forks Washington has an oceanic climate in a temperate rainforest with very high rainfall, above 100 inches per year.

Forks Washington is a part of the Quillayute Valley School District, with Forks Washington High School being the community's high school.

In 2003, an executive on the economic development council noted that 'Forks Washington is going through a transition from a logging community to a tourist community'.

Forks Washington serves as the hub for numerous day excursions to the Hoh Rainforest, the Pacific Beaches, and various wilderness trails.

Forks Washington is well known for its winter steelhead fishing with the Quillayute river system – the Hoh, Sol Duc, Bogachiel and Calawah rivers.