The only road with access to the rainforest in Olympic National Park has been closed since December 2024 from a washout, with funding uncertain.

Washington state is providing more than $600,000 to help repair the lone access road to the Hoh Rain Forest, which officials say should allow the popular area of Olympic National Park to reopen sometime in May.

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The only road going into the popular destination is closed due to storm damage and the federal funding needed to repair it has been delayed.

An official for Jefferson County, which maintains Upper Hoh Road next to the Hoh River, says a lack of federal and state funding for repairs is behind the lag.

A popular destination in the Olympic National Park has been closed with no timeline for reopening. Because the Upper Hoh Rain Forest Road is the only route to the rainforest’s trailheads, its closure could lead to canceled summer plans and disappointed tourists.

Washington state will fund repairs to the Upper Hoh Road, which washed out late last year. “Heavy rains washed out part of the road in December and the road has been closed ever since,” Gov. Bob Ferguson said during a press conference in Seattle on Thursday.

In December, the Hoh River took out Jefferson County’s Upper Hoh Road, the only vehicular access to the Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center, campground, picnic area, and trailheads. The county’s efforts to get federal aid for emergency repairs have failed,

Bob Ferguson announced on Thursday that he directed the use of $623,000 from the strategic reserve account on an emergency basis to fix the access road to the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park.