{{short description|Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington}} {{Infobox landform | name = Rialto Beach | other_name = | image = Rialto Beach.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pushpin_map = | map_width = | map_caption = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_label = | mark = | marker_size = | location = [[Clallam County, Washington|Clallam County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States | grid_ref = | grid_ref_UK = | grid_ref_Ireland = | coordinates = {{coord|47|54|30|N|124|38|32|W|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | range = | part_of = | water_bodies = | length = | formed_by = | type = [[Beach]] | free_label_1 = Patrolled by | free_data_1 = | free_label_2 = Hazard rating | free_data_2 = | free_label_3 = Access | free_data_3 = | embedded = {{succession links|left=|right=}} }}
'''Rialto Beach''' is a public beach located on the [[Pacific Ocean]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington state]]. It is adjacent to Mora Campground in the [[Olympic National Park]] near the mouth of the [[Quillayute River]], and is composed of an ocean beach and coastal forest. The many miles of seaside [[topography]] offer views of sea stacks and rock formations in the Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/rialto-beach.htm |title=Rialto Beach - Olympic National Park (U.S. National Park Service) |publisher=Nps.gov |date=2015-01-05 |access-date=2015-08-12}}</ref>
Rialto Beach is north of the Quillayute River. To the south of the river is [[La Push Beach]].
The beach was named "Rialto" by the famous magician [[Claude Alexander Conlin]] after the Rialto theater chain. Conlin had a home in the 1920s at Mora, overlooking the beach and ocean, until it burned in the 1930s leaving no trace as of 1967.<ref>{{cite news |title=Erickson-James equal Mora |newspaper=Port Angeles Evening News |location=Port Angeles, Washington |date=1967-06-26 |page=31}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Claude Alexander Conlin |magazine=Columbia |page=19 |first=James |last=Bledsoe |issue=Winter 2012–13 |url=http://www.washingtonhistory.org/files/library/26-4-winter.pdf }}</ref>
Rialto Beach also features a tree graveyard, with hundreds of tree trunks deposited by storms.
== Hole-in-the-Wall == [[File:Hole-in-the-wall James Islands.jpg|thumb|273x273px|Hole-in-the-Wall can be seen on the left side of the image.]] Hole-in-the-Wall is a [[rock arch]] near Rialto Beach, and is a popular attraction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rialto Beach and Hole-in-the-Wall |url=https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/rialto-beach-hole-in-the-wall |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=[[Washington Trails Association]] |language=en}}</ref> It was formed by erosion from the sea surf and waves.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rialto Beach |url=https://wa100.dnr.wa.gov/olympic-peninsula/rialto-beach |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Washington 100 |publisher=[[Washington State Department of Natural Resources]] |language=en}}</ref>
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[[Category:Olympic National Park]] [[Category:Beaches of Washington (state)]]