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Cape Alava , in ___MASK17___ , ___MASK67___ , U . S ., is the westernmost point in the contiguous 48 states , with a longitude of ( during low tide and walking out to the ___MASK52___ side of Tskawahyah Island ). The westernmost point is located in Olympic National Park and the Makah Indian Reservation . Cape Alava is accessible via a 3 - mile boardwalk hike from a ranger station in the park . Cape Alava Trail was designated a National Recreation Trail in 1981 . Walter Elias " Walt " Disney ( December 5 , 1901December 15 , 1966 ) was an American entrepreneur , animator , voice actor and film producer . A pioneer ___MASK33___ the American animation industry , he introduced several developments in the production ___MASK33___ cartoons . As a film producer , Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual , having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations . He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award , among other honors . Several ___MASK33___ his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library ___MASK33___ Congress . Olympic ___MASK58___ is a United States ___MASK58___ located in the state ___MASK33___ ___MASK67___ , on the Olympic Peninsula . The park has four basic regions : the Pacific coastline , alpine areas , the west side temperate rainforest and the forests ___MASK33___ the drier east side . Within the park there are three distinct ecosystems which are sub - alpine forest and wildflower meadow , temperate forest , and the rugged Pacific Shore . These three different ecosystems are in pristine condition and have outstanding scenery . The contiguous United States consists ___MASK33___ the 48 adjoining U . S . states plus ___MASK67___ , D . C . ( federal district ), on the continent ___MASK33___ North America . The term excludes the non - contiguous states ___MASK33___ Alaska and Hawaii and all off - shore United States territories and possessions , which include American Samoa , Guam , the Northern Mariana Islands , Puerto Rico , and the U . S . Virgin Islands . The Humes Ranch cabin was built around the year 1900 by William Humes . William Humes was originally from New York and arrived in the Elwha ___MASK72___ area en route to the Klondike . William , his brother , and a cousin liked the area so much they set up homestead sites . In the early 1940s , Herb Crisler settled into the cabin at Humes Ranch with his bride , Lois , while they filmed wildlife for what became Walt Disney ' s `` Olympic Elk '' film . Since acquiring the property from Peninsula Plywood , the ___MASK58___ Service has restored the cabin , conforming to its original appearance and with much ___MASK33___ the original materials . Wood deterioration , however , is occurring , as a result ___MASK33___ the moist Olympic Peninsula environment . The cabin is accessible via the Geyser Valley trail , approximately 3 miles from Whiskey Bend Trailhead and 1 . 3 miles from Goblins Gate . Just beyond the cabin lie Humes ' old fields and then the trail continues for less than 0 . 5 miles to Dodger point bridge and the Grand Canyon ___MASK33___ the Elwha . ___MASK10___ is a seaport city on the west coast ___MASK33___ the United States and the seat ___MASK33___ King County , ___MASK67___ . With an estimated 684 , 451 residents , ___MASK10___ is the largest city in both the state ___MASK33___ ___MASK67___ and the Pacific Northwest region ___MASK33___ North America . In July 2013 , it was the fastest - growing major city in the United States and remained in the Top 5 in May 2015 with an annual growth rate ___MASK33___ 2 . 1 %. The city is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound ( an inlet ___MASK33___ the Pacific Ocean ) and Lake ___MASK67___ , about south ___MASK33___ the Canada  United States border . A major gateway for trade with Asia , ___MASK10___ is the fourth - largest port in North America in terms ___MASK33___ container handling . Western ___MASK67___ is a region of the United States defined as that part of ___MASK67___ west of the Cascade Mountains . This region is home to the state ' s largest city , Seattle , and the majority of the state ' s residents . The climate is generally far more damp and temperate than Eastern ___MASK67___ . A ___MASK58___ is a park in use for conservation purposes . Often it is a reserve ___MASK33___ natural , semi - natural , or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns . Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently , there is a common idea : the conservation ___MASK33___ ' wild nature ' for posterity and as a symbol ___MASK33___ national pride . An international organization , the International Union for Conservation ___MASK33___ Nature ( IUCN ), and its World Commission on Protected Areas , has defined " National Park " as its " Category II " type ___MASK33___ protected areas . The Library ___MASK33___ Congress (" LOC ") is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the " de facto " national library ___MASK33___ the United States . It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States . The Library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in ___MASK67___ , D . C .; it also maintains the Packard Campus in Culpeper , Virginia , which houses the National Audio - Visual Conservation Center . The Strait ___MASK33___ Juan de Fuca ( officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada ) is a large body ___MASK33___ water about long that is the Salish Sea ' s outlet to the ___MASK88___ . The international boundary between Canada and the United States runs down the ___MASK12___ ___MASK33___ the Strait . Cape Flattery is the northwesternmost point ___MASK33___ the contiguous United States . It is in Clallam County , ___MASK67___ on the Olympic Peninsula , where the Strait ___MASK33___ Juan de Fuca joins the Pacific Ocean . It is also part ___MASK33___ the Makah Reservation , and is the northern boundary ___MASK33___ the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary . Cape Flattery can be reached from a short hike , most ___MASK33___ which is boardwalked . The westernmost point in the contiguous United States is at Cape Alava , south ___MASK33___ Cape Flattery in Olympic National Park . However , the westernmost tip ___MASK33___ Cape Flattery is almost exactly as far west as Cape Alava , the difference being approximately 5 seconds ___MASK33___ longitude , about , at high tide and somewhat more at low tide . The ___MASK88___ is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east . The National Film Registry ( NFR ) is the United States National Film Preservation Board ' s ( NFPB ) selection ___MASK33___ films for preservation in the Library ___MASK33___ Congress . The NFPB , established by the National Film Preservation Act ___MASK33___ 1988 , was reauthorized by acts ___MASK33___ Congress in 1992 , 1996 , 2005 , and again in October 2008 . The NFPB ' s mission , to which the NFR contributes , is to ensure the survival , conservation , and increased public availability ___MASK33___ America ' s film heritage . The 1996 law also created the non - profit National Film Preservation Foundation which , although affiliated with the NFPB , raises money from the private sector . A U . S . state is a constituent political entity ___MASK33___ the United States ___MASK33___ America . There are 50 states , which are bound together in a union with each other . Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government , Americans are citizens ___MASK33___ both the federal republic and ___MASK33___ the state in which they reside . State citizenship and residency are flexible , and no government approval is required to move between states , except for persons covered by certain types ___MASK33___ court orders ( e . g ., paroled convicts and children ___MASK33___ divorced spouses who are sharing custody ). The ___MASK58___ Service Organic Act ( or simply " the Organic Act " within the ___MASK58___ Service , conservationists , etc .) is a United States federal law that established the ___MASK58___ Service ( NPS ), an agency ___MASK33___ the United States Department ___MASK33___ the Interior . The Act was signed into law on August 25 , 1916 , by President Woodrow Wilson , and is located in Title 16 ___MASK33___ the United States Code . The United States Department ___MASK33___ the Interior ( DOI ) is the United States federal executive department ___MASK33___ the U . S . government responsible for the management and conservation ___MASK33___ most federal land and natural resources , and the administration ___MASK33___ programs relating to Native American , Alaska Natives , Native Hawaiians , territorial affairs , and insular areas ___MASK33___ the United States . About 75 % ___MASK33___ federal public land is managed by the department , with most ___MASK33___ the remainder managed by the Agriculture Department ' s United States Forest Service . The Elwha ___MASK72___ is a ___MASK72___ on the Olympic Peninsula in the U . S . state ___MASK33___ ___MASK67___ . From its source at Elwha snowfinger in the Olympic Range ___MASK33___ Olympic National Park , it flows generally north to the Strait ___MASK33___ Juan de Fuca . Most ___MASK33___ the ___MASK72___ is in Olympic National Park . The Elwha Snowfinger is a perennial snow field located near the Dodwell Rixon Pass , which is 1452m / 4763 ft high and separates the watersheds ___MASK33___ the Elwha and Queets rivers in the Olympic Peninsula in ___MASK67___ State in the USA . This snowfield is created by continuous winter and spring avalanches into the upper pass area . It is the source ___MASK33___ the Elwha River . The Academy Awards , or " Oscars ", is an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Academy ___MASK33___ Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States film industry as assessed by the Academy ' s voting membership . The various category winners are awarded a copy ___MASK33___ a statuette , officially called the Academy Award ___MASK33___ Merit , which has become commonly known by its nickname " Oscar ." The awards , first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel , are overseen by AMPAS . The Olympic Peninsula is the large arm ___MASK33___ land in western ___MASK67___ that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle . It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean , the north by the Strait ___MASK33___ Juan de Fuca , and the east by Hood Canal . Cape Alava , the westernmost point in the contiguous United States , and Cape Flattery , the northwesternmost point , are on the peninsula . Comprising about 3600 square miles , the Olympic Peninsula contained many ___MASK33___ the last unexplored places in the contiguous United States . It remained largely unmapped until Arthur Dodwell and Theodore Rixon mapped most ___MASK33___ its topography and timber resources between 1898 and 1900 . The ___MASK58___ Service ( NPS ) is an agency ___MASK33___ the United States federal government that manages all U . S . national parks , many American national monuments , and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations . It was created on August 25 , 1916 , by Congress through the ___MASK58___ Service Organic Act and is an agency ___MASK33___ the United States Department ___MASK33___ the Interior . The NPS is charged with a dual role ___MASK33___ preserving the ecological and historical integrity ___MASK33___ the places entrusted to its management while also making them available and accessible for public use and enjoyment . Puget Sound is a sound along the northwestern coast ___MASK33___ the U . S . state ___MASK33___ ___MASK67___ , an inlet ___MASK33___ the Pacific Ocean , and part ___MASK33___ the Salish Sea . It is a complex estuarine system ___MASK33___ interconnected marine waterways and basins , with one major and two minor connections to the open Pacific Ocean via the Strait ___MASK33___ Juan de Fuca  Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and Deception Pass and Swinomish Channel being the minor . Flow through Deception Pass is approximately equal to 2 % ___MASK33___ the total tidal exchange between Puget Sound and the Strait ___MASK33___ Juan de Fuca . Puget Sound extends approximately from Deception Pass in the north to Olympia , ___MASK67___ in the south . Its average depth is and its maximum depth , off Point Jefferson between Indianola and Kingston , is . The depth ___MASK33___ the main basin , between the southern tip ___MASK33___ Whidbey Island and Tacoma , ___MASK67___ , is approximately .