Barnes Creek is a small stream that flows in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Washington from the base of Mount Storm King

Mount Storm King

Mount Storm King is located within the Olympic National Park about 20 miles west of Port Angeles, Washington. The mountain is located on the south side of Lake Crescent near Barnes Point, and has an elevation of ....

 and Aurora Ridge

Aurora Peak

Aurora Peak is a peak high along the west side of the Mertz Glacier, south of Mount Murchison. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson who named it after the expedition ship Aurora....

 into Lake Crescent

Lake Crescent

Lake Crescent is a deep lake located entirely within Olympic National Park in Clallam County, Washington, United States, approximately west of Port Angeles, Washington on U.S. Route 101 and nearby to the small community of Piedmont...

. Barnes Creek is also fed by Marymere Falls

Marymere Falls

Marymere Falls is located in Olympic National Park near Lake Crescent in Washington, United States. The falls are accessed by a one-mile trail. Falls creek descends from Aurora Ridge and tumbles over Marymere Falls and then flows into Barnes Creek. It has a height of 90 feet. The falls is one of...

. Barnes Creek sustains the spawning

Spawn (biology)

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 habitat for the endemic Crescenti cutthroat trout. It flows onto Barnes Point

Barnes Point

Barnes Point is an ancient landslide delta that juts out into Lake Crescent in Clallam County, Washington. As one of the few areas of relatively flat ground near Lake Crescent, it hosts Lake Crescent Lodge, the Storm King Ranger Station of Olympic National Park, as well as several private homes. It...

, an ancient landslide delta, and into Lake Crescent

Lake Crescent

Lake Crescent is a deep lake located entirely within Olympic National Park in Clallam County, Washington, United States, approximately west of Port Angeles, Washington on U.S. Route 101 and nearby to the small community of Piedmont...

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Barnes Creek and Barnes Point take their name from Paul Barnes, who settled at Barnes Point in 1890.