Elwha, Washington

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Elwha is an unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 101 about {{convert|9|mi}} from Port Angeles,{{Cite Google Maps|title=Port Angeles, Washington to Elwha, Washington 98363|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Port+Angeles,+Washington/Elwha,+Washington+98363}} on the northern edge of the Olympic National Park.{{Cite web |last=Olympic National Park |author-link=Olympic National Park |title=Maps |url=https://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/maps.htm |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=National Park Service |at=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160422230504/https://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/upload/OLYMmap1.pdf OLYMmap1] |language=en}} The community is located on the Elwha River; where the Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project took place.{{Cite web |last=Olympic National Park |author-link=Olympic National Park |title=Elwha River Restoration |url=https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/nature/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=National Park Service |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Olympic National Park |author-link=Olympic National Park |title=Elwha Brochure |url=https://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/elwha-brochure.htm |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=National Park Service |language=en}}

The National Park Service usually staffs a ranger station for Olympic National Park in Elwha,{{Cite web |last= |date=May 11, 2017 |title=Visitor Centers in Olympic National Park |url=https://www.myolympicpark.com/park/faqs/visitor-centers/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Olympic National Park Trips |language=en}} although it is currently closed.{{Cite web |title=Elwha Ranger Station: Olympic National Park |url=https://www.nps.gov/places/000/elwha-ranger-station.htm |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=National Park Service |language=en}} There is also a small interpretive site commemorating the Elwha River Restoration Project.{{Cite web |title=Elwha Dam Interpretive Site: Olympic National Park |url=https://www.nps.gov/places/000/elwha-dam-interpretive-site.htm |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=National Park Service |language=en}}