A budding arts community celebrates the area with festivals and tours. The Forks Timber Museum, a large log structure built entirely by volunteer labor, celebrates the area's colorful logging, pioneer and coastal Indian histories. The Museum complex at the south end of town is also home to the Forks Loggers Memorial, beautiful gardens and the Visitor Information Center. Visit the coastal community of LaPush, home to the Quileute Indian Nation. First Beach is a mile long crescent beach framed by James Island and sandstone bluffs, with a resident osprey nest at the south end.
Surfers often take to the waves with a board or kayak, sharing the surf with seals and seabirds.
Just inland are two short hikes to second and third beaches - great places to capture a sunset or explore a tidepool. Rialto beach, on the north side of the Quillayute River, offers huge piles of driftwood, crashing surf and amazing tidal pools. A scenic lookout over the river is a great place to spot heron, seals and eagles. In summer, Park Rangers guide interpretive tidepool walks during low tides. Guides are available for fly-fishing, drift boat and riverbank excursions for steelhead, salmon and native trout.