It's all in the perspective.
[G]oblins Gate is a dramatic entrance to the of the in . It’s at the lower end of and the area. The river is suddenly pinched into a narrow canyon between vertical rock walls (like a gate). It is an easy day-hike to Goblins Gate, via . A broad, low ridge of resistant rock, a …
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Update: ake Aldwell is now gone, with the removal of its dam, but other features remain as described here. The former lake-bed is growing back in a jungle of saplings & brush. One visitor in 10,000 might stop for the easy-quick check. Lake Aldwell is the impoundment of the Elwha River above the lower …
nderson Ranch is a large river-bottom, flood-plain meadow on the left bank of the ; it lies immediately upstream of . More fully, or historically, it was the Billy Anderson Ranch, and that name will sometimes be seen. It is quite near the beginning of the main , but is on the opposite side of …
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ica Canyon Trail is the access to , the upper entrance of . It begins at the 3rd intersection up the main , about 1.1 miles out of the . The first two junctions are for a short side-loop trail called , which is a nice viewpoint for , itself an off-trail day-hike.
oh River Beach is at the end of , down a short trail, and is the southern entrance to a section of undeveloped stretching north to , about 12 miles. The small Hoh Tribe reservation occupies the far (south) side of the river mouth, with a few modest woodframe structures visible beach-side.