Marymere Falls in old-growth forest

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90 feet, dropping over a basalt outcropping in two stages. The upper fall plunges into a small green pool; the lower spills onto a streambed below. The volume runs strong from October through May and slackens by late summer.

On Falls Creek in Olympic National Park, on the south shore of Lake Crescent. The trailhead is at the Storm King Ranger Station, on US Highway 101 about thirty miles west of Port Angeles, on the northern Olympic Peninsula.

1.8 miles round trip with a 400-foot climb to the upper viewing platform. The grade is gentle for the first three-quarters of the route, steeper on the final switchbacks. Most walkers complete the loop in 60 to 90 minutes.

Old-growth Pacific Northwest temperate rainforest: Douglas-fir, western red-cedar, western hemlock, and bigleaf maple draped in moss. The Olympic Peninsula receives well over 100 inches of rain in places, and the cedars carry moss from the ground to the canopy.

Most of the year, yes. Winter storms occasionally bring trees down across the route and trail crews clear them when conditions allow. The park rarely closes the trail outright, but the footbridge over Barnes Creek can be slick and an early start is safer.

The falls were named in honour of Mary Alice Barnes, by Charles A. Barnes of the Press Expedition that crossed the Olympic interior in 1889–90. The expedition was the first recorded traverse of the Olympic Mountains, sponsored by the Seattle Press newspaper.

The lake holds extremely low levels of nitrogen, which limits algae growth and leaves the water unusually clear. Sunlight penetrates deep, longer wavelengths absorb, and the lake reads as a cold, clean blue. At 624 feet, it is also Washington's second-deepest lake.

It's been a meaningful gift for our customers with ties to the Olympic Peninsula. Marymere Falls is the first walk most park visitors take from the Lake Crescent side; the cedar shade and the green pool stay with people. A Coaster or Small with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The piece reads as cool, green, and cedared, which is the Pacific Northwest forest as everyone from Oregon to British Columbia knows it. A Medium or Large works well in an entryway or above a desk for someone who walks the Olympic, Cascade, or Coast Range trails.

The Voynich stained-glass treatment lets the cedar greens, the cool pool, and the falling water hold a wall against Pacific Northwest-modern, Mountain-modern, and Japandi interiors. It also reads well in cabin and lake-house spaces where the rest of the room runs warm wood.

Yes. Biophilic design, which uses living elements and natural imagery to settle interior spaces, has held steady as a category since 2022. A waterfall in old-growth forest fits the brief directly; the green pool reads as a small interior window onto cool water.

A single Large is the most common choice above a console. Above a sofa, customers usually order the 4-tile Mural or the 9-tile Mural, which read as a window onto the falls or as a stained-glass panel respectively. The Triptych works for narrower walls between two windows.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for either room. Both finishes resist scratches and stand up to steam, the temperature swing, and daily wipe-down. The Glossy is for dry wall display and is not the right finish for a backsplash or a shower.

A soft microfibre cloth and water are enough. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so the image cannot be scrubbed off or rubbed away. Avoid abrasive scouring pads and bleach-based cleaners.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is not licensed in or out. Reid Wender, the curator, chooses each place and approves each piece before it ships.