10 Facts About Hoh River

Hoh River is a river of the Pacific Northwest, located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U S state of Washington.

The Hoh River Campground is the trailhead of the Hoh River Trail, which follows the river through the Hoh Rain Forest from the campground to Mount Olympus.

Hoh River continues flowing west, collecting numerous tributary streams, the most important being the South Fork Hoh River, which joins the main Hoh at about river mile 31.

The Hoh River makes a small northward bend, skirting the edge of, and briefly entering Olympic National Forest.

About two miles from its mouth the Hoh River becomes the boundary between the Hoh Indian Reservation, on the south, and the coastal part of Olympic National Park on the north.

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Indigenous people of the Hoh River are known as the Hoh but they call themselves chalat'.

In 1872 the Indian agent R H Milroy explained that the Hoh did not believe they had agreed to cede their land and that the treaty signed had been explained to them as being an agreement about keeping peace with U S citizens and allowing them to enter the Hoh's territory and trade for furs.

Early pioneers wishing to settle in the Hoh River valley faced numerous challenges including the dense forest and enormous trees, regular large-scale flooding, isolation from markets, and the impracticality of navigating the Hoh River due to its swift current, floods, and frequent logjams.

The Hoh River fishery is managed by the Hoh tribe in cooperation with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife [1].

Hoh River Trail, managed by the National Park Service, begins at the national park's Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center at the end of the Upper Hoh Road.