It will depend on your definition of "a day". You can go all away around the park in one day and stop at several spots to enjoy a short hike, a picnic at a scenic viewpoint, etc. but you would need to start really early and plan on at least a 12 hour day, depending on your starting point and ending point.
Here are some suggestions (in order from Northeast corner of the park traveling counterclockwise, but you could also do it in reverse order starting at the Southwest corner)
Hurricane Ridge - on a clear day there are gorgeous views of the Olympic mountains to the southwest and you can take a short hike to look in the opposite direction to the north across the straight of Juan de Fuca to see Vancouver Island in Canada.
Lake Crescent - nice place to stop for a snack or picnic
Sol Duc Falls - pretty waterfall - less than a mile hike
Rialto Beach - Short hike to the beach or skip Rialto and go to Ruby Beach instead (see below)
Hoh Rain Forest - there are a couple of short flat hikes through the huge trees draped with moss - not to be missed
Ruby Beach/Klaloch - the road is much closer to the ocean here and can be seen from the highway. You can take a very short easy hike down to Ruby Beach
Have fun!
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