If you are looking for an interesting and somewhat challenging beach hike, the Ozette Loop is a great experience! Before heading to the Trailhead, be sure to have a Tide Chart, I printed mine off the internet. This loop starts as a 3 mile boardwalk, through a lush forest full of wildflowers, interesting slugs, and wonderful woodland scents!! Be careful... More

WARNING! If you want to do the Ozette Loop Trail 9.3 (pretty flat but boardwalk is like a pirate's movie) do not go when the tide is high. My husband & I went and there were mounds 3 ft high of sea weed. I could smell the ocean about 1 mile away, little did I realize it was the smell... More

There are 2 spurs of about 3 miles each on fairly level ground and boardwalks to get to the coast, which were easy and peaceful. The flora by and large on these spurs was not all that special. The middle spur, along the beach, is what makes this 9.3 mile walk worth doing. For starters, the driftwood, particularly at Sand... More

My husband and I made this hike in December... not an ideal month, but we piggybacked this trip onto a Christmas visit w/ his family. Despite being in the middle of Washington's "rainy season," the weather was pretty decent. The boardwalk was still slippery at points (not frozen, just wet). A word of caution - the boardwalk is at a... More

I've been on this hike many times. It is a nice hike in the summer, but in the winter you may want to avoid it. The boardwalks that cover most of the inland trail get very slippery when wet, so be careful, an adult in my scout troop slipped and broke his ankle about halfway to the water a few... More