The forest still covers the approach from the mainland.

The beach still stretches north and south of the cape.

The three-mile trail from the nearest road access remains the only way to reach the cape on foot.

Olympic National Park manages much of the surrounding landscape.

The Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, managed by the National Park Service, is a separate designation with different management focus; what is relevant here is that the Cape Alava site is within the Olympic National Park and Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

The specific location of the excavated area at the cape is no longer a visually dramatic site.