Backcountry Campfire Ban in Olympic National Park
Incident: Heatwave Complex Wildfire
Released: 8/3/2009
Effective August 3, campfires are prohibited in the park, except for campfires in permanent fire grates in the park's established frontcountry (road accessible) campgrounds and below the high tide line on the coast. Exception- between Wedding Rocks and Yellow Banks where a year round fire ban is in effect. Portable gas stoves are permitted.
For more information, please contact Olympic National Park's Wilderness Information Center at 360-565-3100 or the park's Fire Management Office at 360-565-3120.
