Obtain cards from local tackle shops along US Hwy. For ocean fishing from the shore obtain a Personal Use Food Fish license. Hiking Be aware of changeable weather conditions . Six hundred miles of short and long distance trails cover the Olympic Peninsula along the beaches, through the forests and on mountain ridges. When Hiking on the Coast bring a tide timetable and use overland trails whenever possible.
Some headlands are impassable even at low tide.
9.3 miles round trip, half day, minimal elevation gain. Follow a 3.3 mile wooden walkway through coastal forest to Cape Alva, then follow the beaches about 3 miles to Sand Point, passing Native American petrogyphs. Another 3 miles return to Ozette Lake. Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center. The first 11 miles go make a gradual ascent through rainforest.