The 22-mile-long Hoko-Ozette Road, accessed via Washington State Route 112, terminates at the NPS Lake Ozette Ranger Station, within the coastal strip of Olympic National Park.

The land between the Pacific coast and the Ozette River was settled by a small community of Scandinavian immigrants at the end of the 19th century; these being amongst the first Europeans to establish a permanent presence on the extreme western fringe of the Olympic Peninsula.

In 1997, a delegation from Mihama came to Ozette to commemorate the souls of three Japanese sailors whose ship ran aground in the area in 1834, and who were held briefly by the Makah before being released to Fort Vancouver.

More than 55,000 artifacts were recovered, spanning a period of occupation around 2,000 years,[6]: 171  representing many activities of the Makahs, from whale and seal hunting to salmon and halibut fishing; from toys and games to bows and arrows.

[6]: 113  Hundreds of knives were recovered, with blade materials ranging from mussel shell,[6]: 113  to sharpened beaver teeth, and iron, presumed to have drifted from Asia on wrecked ships.