Activities mark MLK Day

Free entrance into Olympic National Park is one of the events marking Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day today.

Entrance fees, which are $25 per vehicle, into the national park will be waived today, as well as into state parks.

The national park entrance fee waiver does not cover camping or special tours such as guided snowshoe walks.

Hurricane Ridge Road is scheduled to be open for the holiday today, weather permitting. The road is scheduled to open at 9 a.m. and close to uphill traffic at 4 p.m. All vehicles are required to carry tire chains.

As of Sunday afternoon, the Ridge had 59 inches of snow at its sensor.

For up-to-date information, call the park’s recorded Road & Weather Hotline at 360-565-3131 or follow @HRWinterAccess on Twitter.

Day-use visitors will not need a Discover Pass to visit state parks today.

The Discover Pass is a $30 annual or $10 one-day permit required on recreation lands managed by State Parks, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the state Department of Natural Resources.

The free days apply only at state parks found at www.parks.wa.gov; the Discover Pass is still required on Fish and Wildlife and DNR lands.

Free days apply only to day use, not to overnight stays or facilities.

State parks on the North Olympic Peninsula are Bogachiel near Forks, Dosewallips near Brinnon, Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island, Fort Townsend and Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Anderson Lake State Park near Chimacum and Sequim Bay near Sequim.

Other activities for MLK Day are:

Cleanup

The North Olympic Land Trust will partner with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula’s Carroll C. Kendall Unit in Sequim and the Port Angeles School District’s AmeriCorps Program in hosting a cleanup along the Olympic Discovery Trail from noon to 4 p.m. today.

Register to volunteer at north olympiclandtrust.org/event/martin-luther-king-jr-day-of-service/.

For more information, call 360-683-8095 or see www.bgc-op.org/CCK- sequim.

Gathering in Port Townsend

A community gathering in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Day will occur at noon today in Port Townsend.

“Let us Gather at the Fountain: A Celebration of Dr. King’s Living Message” will be held at the Haller Fountain, 900 Washington St.

Featured will be readings of King’s letters and speeches. Singers in the Rain and other area singers will provide music.

For more information, contact the East Jefferson Ministerial Association at 206-817-6530 or rev.dandrews@ hotmail.com.