Happy Lake
Facilities & details
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Know before you go
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- This is a backcountry site — you'll need to carry in your gear and water.
Location
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Nearby cities & towns
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What’s nearby
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🏞️ Attractions
Lake Sutherland is located on the Olympic Peninsula about 17 miles (27 km) west of Port Angeles, Washington. The lake is located just to the east of Lake Crescent. Lake Sutherland drains into Indian Creek, which is a tributary of the Elwha River. Lake Sutherland is named for the Canadian fur trapper John Sutherland who, with John Everett, explored the lake around 1865. Lake Sutherland and Indian C
mountain in Olympic National Park, Washington, United States
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Madison Creek Falls is located within the Olympic National Park near the Elwha River, west of Port Angeles, Washington. The falls is about 50 feet high and has a light flow in a horsetail shape. Another higher falls is located above the first, but is completely inaccessible. The paved trail to the falls is very short (less than 100 meters) and is wheelchair accessible.


Glines Canyon Dam, also known as Upper Elwha Dam, was a 210-foot (64 m) tall concrete arch dam that impounded Lake Mills reservoir on the Elwha River in Clallam County, Washington. As of 2025, it is the tallest dam ever to be intentionally breached. Built in 1927, Glines Canyon Dam was located 13 miles (21 km) upriver from the mouth of the Elwha River at the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and about 8 mil

Marymere Falls is located in Olympic National Park near Lake Crescent in Washington, United States. The falls are accessed by a 0.9 mile, well-maintained, dirt trail through an old-growth lowland forest consisting of fir, cedar, hemlock, alder trees and 2 wooden bridges. Falls creek descends from Aurora Ridge and tumbles over Marymere Falls and then flows into Barnes Creek. It has a height of 90.5

waterfall in the United States
🛒 Amenities & services
🛒 Groceries
- Shadow Mountain General Store
⛽ Fuel
- Fuel station
- Shadow Mountain General Store Gas
🍽️ Food & drink
- Granny's Cafe
🚰 Drinking water
- Drinking water
🚻 Toilets & showers
- Public toilets
Weather
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Other campgrounds nearby
More places to camp close to Happy Lake.
- Boulder Creek Campground · Olympic National Park
- Appleton Pass · Olympic National Park
- Shadow Mountain Campground
- Sol Duc Crossing Campsite · Olympic National Park
- Horse Head Stock Site · Olympic National Park
- Upper Sol Duc · Olympic National Park