Elwha West Lake Mills Trail starts at the Lake Mills boat launch parking area. Two miles one way. Griff Creek Trail begins behind the Elwha ranger station and has sections of steep switchbacks. 2.8 miles one way. A number of Elwha trails begin at the end of the Whiskey Bend Road, a narrow gravel road 5 miles south of the Elwha Ranger Station.
Trout fishing is available.
The main Elwha River Trail continues south crossing the interior of the park. One half mile south of Krause Bottom is Humes Ranch , an old homesteading cabin, where you can loop up to main Elwha Trail. Turning north will take you to Goblins Gate. Madison Falls Trail wanders through meadow and forest grove, then follows Madison Creek through a cleft in the mountainside to splendid falls that cascade a hundred feet down basalt cliffs. The trail wanders through a century of pioneer history, commencing near Smith's timber claim and Sweet's Cedarvale Resort, ending at Matteson's mining claim by the falls.