2023 Map of Stequaleho Creek

About this map

The Olympic Mountains dominate the landscape of this Jefferson County wilderness, where the high-elevation terrain of the Olympic National Park meets the managed lands of the Olympic National Forest. This 2023 survey documents a complex network of glacial and snowmelt drainage, centered on the headwaters of Stequaleho Creek and the Solleks River. These waterways carve through deep valleys before joining the Clearwater River and Queets River to the south and west. The map captures a transition in land use and conservation, as the protected Olympic Wilderness provides a sanctuary for natural processes while neighboring forest lands show a different pattern of access. Remote features such as Yahoo Lake and the Queets River Trl provide the only established human footprints in a landscape defined by sharp elevation changes and the dense tributary systems of Itswoot Creek and Kunamaksi Creek.