The Ozette loop, whether you do the entire nine mile loop in a day or backpack it over several days, is one of my favorite beach hikes in Washington. It's a nine mile trianglular hike divided into three equal distanced sections. The three miles to and from the beach are lovely, mostly flat walks through spruce forests and wetlands, much of it on boardwalks. This is a hike that I've done twice over the years as a four day backpack. We've always taken it in a clockwise direction beginning with the sandy beaches of Sand Point, South Sand Point and Yellow Banks to the south. Others begin by taking the northern route to the more rocky beach at Cape Alava.