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View of Sams River from Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) covered in mosses on Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria), a type of lichen, on Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) and red alder (Alnus rubra) on Sams River Loop Trail.
Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) on Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) near the ranger station on Sams River Loop Trail.
Queets Ranger Station (closed in winter) on Sams River Loop Trail.
Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) covered in mosses on Sams River Loop Trail.
Queets River on the Sams River Loop Trail.
Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophyllaand) on a "nurse" log on the Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Queets River from the Sams River Loop Trail.
Queets River from the Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Sams River Loop Trail.
Old-growth western hemlock (Tsuga heterophyllaand) on the Sams River Loop Trail.
Sword fern (Polystichum munitum) and stairstep moss (Hylocomium splendens) on the Sams River Loop Trail.