Olympic Peninsula Grand Loop on US-101 (Two-Day Ride)

US-101 circles the Olympic Peninsula the way no other highway in the state does: 500 kilometres of water-and-forest riding that touches Hood Canal’s fjord at Hoodsport, the Dungeness crab town of Sequim, Port Angeles under the Olympic peaks, and the wild Pacific coast at Kalaloch and Ruby Beach before curling home through Aberdeen and Shelton. This is a two-day destination ride, not a day loop: split it at Port Angeles or Kalaloch, ride the west side in the morning light, and give the rainforest beaches and the strait views their own days. A side trip up Hurricane Ridge’s mountain road (the park’s classic climb) fits the Port Angeles overnight — the ridge road itself is covered by its own route. Bring range: fuel stops thin out on the west coast stretch.